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Webdings is a TrueType dingbat typeface developed in 1997. It was initially distributed with Internet Explorer 4.0, then as part of Core fonts for the Web , and is included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 98.
Code chart ∣ Web page Note : [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Geometric Shapes Extended is a Unicode block containing Webdings / Wingdings symbols, mostly different weights of squares , crosses , and saltires , and different weights of variously spoked asterisks , stars , and various color squares and circles for emoji.
Suignard, Michel (2011-09-28), Updated proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings Symbols: L2/11-417: N4155: Proposal to encode an additional sans-serif heavy double quote symbol in the UCS, 2011-10-17: N4103 "10.2.1 Wingdings/Webdings additions", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03: L2/12-130: N4239
Code chart ∣ Web page ... Wingdings and Webdings symbols - Preliminary study: L2/11-149: Suignard, Michel (2011-05-09), Proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings symbols:
Dingbats is a Unicode block containing dingbats (or typographical ornaments, like the FLORAL HEART character). Most of its characters were taken from Zapf Dingbats; it was the Unicode block to have imported characters from a specific typeface; Unicode later adopted a policy that excluded symbols with "no demonstrated need or strong desire to exchange in plain text", [3] and thus no further ...
Poem typeset with generous use of decorative dingbats around the edges (1880s). Dingbats are not part of the text. In typography, a dingbat (sometimes more formally known as a printer's ornament or printer's character) is an ornament, specifically, a glyph used in typesetting, often employed to create box frames (similar to box-drawing characters), or as a dinkus (section divider).
Note that as of today, the Font chart is still unreadable, because it shows approximated Unicode characters that are not in all web browsers. Given that this is a font of supplemental dingbats beyond the Zapf Dingbats set, a chart of glyph images in SVG or 16x16 PNG would be much more useful than a chart relying on viewers having full Unicode ...
To ensure that all Web users had a basic set of fonts, Microsoft started the Core fonts for the Web initiative in 1996 (terminated in 2002). Released fonts include Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman, Comic Sans, Impact, Georgia, Trebuchet, Webdings and Verdana—under an EULA that made them freely distributable but also limited some rights to their use.