Webdings
Category | Symbol |
---|---|
Designer(s) | Vincent Connare Sue Lightfoot Ian Patterson Geraldine Wade |
Foundry | Microsoft |
Webdingsis aTrueTypedingbattypefacedeveloped in 1997. It was initially distributed withInternet Explorer4.0, then as part ofCore fonts for the Web,and is included in all versions ofMicrosoft Windowssince Windows 98. All of thepictographicWebdingglyphsthat were not unifiable with existingUnicodecharacters were added to the Unicode Standard when version 7.0 was released in June 2014.[1]
Symbol types
[edit]Language(s) | Dingbatornaments |
---|---|
Definitions | UTC L2/12-368 |
Classification | msttcorepi font |
Other related encoding(s) | Marlett,Wingdings,Zapf Dingbats,Bookshelf Symbol 7 |
There are some "categories" of symbols in Webdings; groups of similar symbols. Symbol trends like this in the font include weather icons, land with different structures built on top, vehicles andICT.Symbols which are the Webdings equivalent of characters not available on an English keyboard also exist in the font (for example, the dove and Earth symbols).
An unusual character in the font was the "man in business suit levitating", a humanizedexclamation point.According toVincent Connare,who designed the font, the character was intended as a nod to the logo of the Britishskarecord label2 Tone Records.[2]The character has since been adopted as anemoji:U+1F574🕴MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT LEVITATING.
Connare also designed the lightning bolt symbol to resemble the one on the cover of theDavid BowiealbumAladdin Sane.[2]
Following thecontroversyover possible anti-Semitic messages in theWingdingsfont, Connare intentionally rendered the Webdings character sequence "NYC" as an eye, a heart, and a city skyline, referring to theI Love New Yorklogo.[3][2]
Character set
[edit]0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
0_ | ||||||||||||||||
1_ | ||||||||||||||||
2_ | SP | 🕷 1F577 |
🕸 1F578 |
🕲 1F572 |
🕶 1F576 |
🏆︎ 1F3C6 |
🎖 1F396 |
🖇 1F587 |
🗨 1F5E8 |
🗩 1F5E9 |
🗰 1F5F0 |
🗱 1F5F1 |
🌶 1F336 |
🎗 1F397 |
🙾 1F67E |
🙼 1F67C |
3_ | 🗕 1F5D5 |
🗖 1F5D6 |
🗗 1F5D7 |
⏴ 23F4 |
⏵ 23F5 |
⏶ 23F6 |
⏷ 23F7 |
⏪︎ 23EA |
⏩︎ 23E9 |
⏮ 23EE |
⏭ 23ED |
⏸ 23F8 |
⏹ 23F9 |
⏺ 23FA |
🗚 1F5DA |
🗳 1F5F3 |
4_ | 🛠 1F6E0 |
🏗 1F3D7 |
🏘 1F3D8 |
🏙 1F3D9 |
🏚 1F3DA |
🏜 1F3DC |
🏭︎ 1F3ED |
🏛 1F3DB |
🏠︎ 1F3E0 |
🏖 1F3D6 |
🏝 1F3DD |
🛣 1F6E3 |
🔍︎ 1F50D |
🏔 1F3D4 |
👁 1F441 |
👂︎ 1F442 |
5_ | 🏞 1F3DE |
🏕 1F3D5 |
🛤 1F6E4 |
🏟 1F3DF |
🛳 1F6F3 |
🕬 1F56C |
🕫 1F56B |
🕨 1F568 |
🔈︎ 1F508 |
🎔 1F394 |
🎕 1F395 |
🗬 1F5EC |
🙽 1F67D |
🗭 1F5ED |
🗪 1F5EA |
🗫 1F5EB |
6_ | ⮔ 2B94 |
✔ 2714 |
🚲︎ 1F6B2 |
⬜︎ 2B1C |
🛡 1F6E1 |
📦︎ 1F4E6 |
🛱 1F6F1 |
⬛︎ 2B1B |
🚑︎ 1F691 |
🛈 1F6C8 |
🛩 1F6E9 |
🛰 1F6F0 |
🟈 1F7C8 |
🕴︎ 1F574 |
⬤ 2B24 |
🛥 1F6E5 |
7_ | 🚔︎ 1F694 |
🗘 1F5D8 |
🗙 1F5D9 |
❓︎ 2753 |
🛲 1F6F2 |
🚇︎ 1F687 |
🚍︎ 1F68D |
⛳︎ 26F3 |
⦸ 29B8 |
⊖ 2296 |
🚭︎ 1F6AD |
🗮 1F5EE |
⏐ 23D0 |
🗯 1F5EF |
🗲 1F5F2 |
|
8_ | 🚹︎ 1F6B9 |
🚺︎ 1F6BA |
🛉 1F6C9 |
🛊 1F6CA |
🚼︎ 1F6BC |
👽︎ 1F47D |
🏋︎ 1F3CB |
⛷ 26F7 |
🏂︎ 1F3C2 |
🏌︎ 1F3CC |
🏊︎ 1F3CA |
🏄︎ 1F3C4 |
🏍 1F3CD |
🏎 1F3CE |
🚘︎ 1F698 |
🗠 1F5E0 |
9_ | 🛢 1F6E2 |
💰︎ 1F4B0 |
🏷 1F3F7 |
💳︎ 1F4B3 |
👪︎ 1F46A |
🗡 1F5E1 |
🗢 1F5E2 |
🗣 1F5E3 |
✯ 272F |
🖄 1F584 |
🖅 1F585 |
🖃 1F583 |
🖆 1F586 |
🖹 1F5B9 |
🖺 1F5BA |
🖻 1F5BB |
A_ | 🕵︎ 1F575 |
🕰 1F570 |
🖽 1F5BD |
🖾 1F5BE |
📋︎ 1F4CB |
🗒 1F5D2 |
🗓 1F5D3 |
🕮 1F56E |
📚︎ 1F4DA |
🗞 1F5DE |
🗟 1F5DF |
🗃 1F5C3 |
🗂 1F5C2 |
🖼 1F5BC |
🎭︎ 1F3AD |
🎜 1F39C |
B_ | 🎘 1F398 |
🎙 1F399 |
🎧︎ 1F3A7 |
💿︎ 1F4BF |
🎞 1F39E |
📷︎ 1F4F7 |
🎟 1F39F |
🎬︎ 1F3AC |
📽 1F4FD |
📹︎ 1F4F9 |
📾 1F4FE |
📻︎ 1F4FB |
🎚 1F39A |
🎛 1F39B |
📺︎ 1F4FA |
💻︎ 1F4BB |
C_ | 🖥 1F5A5 |
🖦 1F5A6 |
🖧 1F5A7 |
🕹 1F579 |
🎮︎ 1F3AE |
🕻 1F57B |
🕼 1F57C |
📟︎ 1F4DF |
🖁 1F581 |
🖀 1F580 |
🖨 1F5A8 |
🖩 1F5A9 |
🖿 1F5BF |
🖪 1F5AA |
🗜 1F5DC |
🔒︎ 1F512 |
D_ | 🔓︎ 1F513 |
🗝 1F5DD |
📥︎ 1F4E5 |
📤︎ 1F4E4 |
🕳 1F573 |
🌣 1F323 |
🌤 1F324 |
🌥 1F325 |
🌦 1F326 |
☁ 2601 |
🌨 1F328 |
🌧 1F327 |
🌩 1F329 |
🌪 1F32A |
🌬 1F32C |
🌫 1F32B |
E_ | 🌜︎ 1F31C |
🌡 1F321 |
🛋 1F6CB |
🛏 1F6CF |
🍽 1F37D |
🍸︎ 1F378 |
🛎 1F6CE |
🛍 1F6CD |
Ⓟ 24C5 |
♿︎ 267F |
🛆 1F6C6 |
🖈 1F588 |
🎓︎ 1F393 |
🗤 1F5E4 |
🗥 1F5E5 |
🗦 1F5E6 |
F_ | 🗧 1F5E7 |
🛪 1F6EA |
🐿 1F43F |
🐦︎ 1F426 |
🐟︎ 1F41F |
🐕︎ 1F415 |
🐈︎ 1F408 |
🙬 1F66C |
🙮 1F66E |
🙭 1F66D |
🙯 1F66F |
🗺 1F5FA |
🌍︎ 1F30D |
🌏︎ 1F30F |
🌎︎ 1F30E |
🕊 1F54A |
Vincent Connare
[edit]The man who created Webdings also created several other fonts includingComic SansandTrebuchet MS.Webdings was created due to the demand of the new digital age; hence Connare was told to draft up a font that was "creative," "friendly" and "hand-drawn".[4]Jennifer Niederst, author of "Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference," talks about Connare's work with type, including Webdings. Niederst states in her book, "These fonts have generous character spacing, large x-heights, and open, rounded features that make them better for online reading," which further comments on the kind of fonts Connare was told to create.[5]
Opportunities
[edit]People such as Karl Pentzlin have proposed that dingbat typefaces, such as Webdings, be encoded to Apple devices or more handheld devices in general.[6]There are also organizations and individuals such as Michal Suignard who have created proposals for Webdings to be encoded in the "international character encoding standard Unicode".[7]Both of these proposal examples also include other dingbat typefaces such as Wingdings.
Webdings has also been used to help create artwork. In the case of Pat Boas, it has been stated that in Boas's work titled, “Abstraction Machine,” she "began by typing 'poison' in the font called 'Webdings,'..." which helped Boas to create a painting that challenged the audience to de-code its meaning.[8]Boas also notes how the artwork captures a dialogue between the Webdings typeface, which is based in logic, and the handpainted artwork, which is "sensuous".[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Unicode 7.0.0".Unicode Consortium.Retrieved2014-06-27.
- ^abcVeix, Joe (30 March 2016)."The secret history of the 'Man in Business Suit Levitating' emoji".Newsweek.Retrieved2 December2016.
- ^MS Denies Wingding Thing, Again|Wired Magazine
- ^Rath, Kyle (2020-01-02)."Type-Cast? Insights on the Rhetorical Fluidity of Iconic Type".De Arte.55(1): 76–103.doi:10.1080/00043389.2020.1721164.ISSN0004-3389.S2CID219407154.
- ^Niederst, Jennifer; Robbins, Jennifer Niederst (2001).Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference."O'Reilly Media, Inc.".ISBN978-0-596-00196-4.
- ^Preliminary Proposal to encode Ornamental Dingbats present on Apple devices
- ^Suignard, Michel (2012-11-06)."Status of encoding of Wingdings and Webdings Symbols".
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External links
[edit]- Webdings font information(Microsoft typography)
- Webdings info page(Microsoft typography)
- Downloadable version of Webdings for Windows(Core fonts for the Web)