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Not to be confused with Wingdings.
Webdings
File:Webdings font.png
CategorySymbol
Designer(s)Vincent Connare
Sue Lightfoot
Ian Patterson
Geraldine Wade
FoundryMicrosoft

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. All of the Webding glyphs that are not unifiable with existing Unicode characters were added to the Unicode Standard when version 7.0 was released in June 2014.[1]

Symbol Types

Webdings Encoding
Language(s)Dingbat ornaments
DefinitionsUTC L2/12-368
Classificationmsttcore pi font
Other related encoding(s)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 and ICT. 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 humanized exclamation point. According to Vincent Connare, who designed the font, the character was intended as a nod to the logo of the British ska record label 2 Tone Records.[2] The character has since been adopted as an emoji: U+1F574 🕴 MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT LEVITATING.

Connare also designed the lightning bolt symbol to resemble the one on the cover of the David Bowie album Aladdin Sane.[2]

Following the controversy over possible anti-Semitic messages in the Wingdings font, Connare intentionally rendered the Webdings character sequence "NYC" as an eye, a heart, and a city skyline, referring to the I Love New York logo.[3][2]

Webdings font sample showing the Webdings encoding

Character set

Webdings
_0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _7 _8 _9 _A _B _C _D _E _F
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2_
32 		Template:Chset-color-misc|SP
0020 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕷
1F577 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕸
1F578 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕲
1F572 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕶
1F576 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏆
1F3C6 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎖
1F396 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖇
1F587 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗨
1F5E8 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗩
1F5E9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗰
1F5F0 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗱
1F5F1 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌶
1F336 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎗
1F397 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🙾
1F67E 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🙼
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3_
48 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗕
1F5D5 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗖
1F5D6 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗗
1F5D7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏴
23F4 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏵
23F5 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏶
23F6 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏷
23F7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏪
23EA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏩
23E9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏮
23EE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏭
23ED 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏸
23F8 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏹
23F9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏺
23FA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗚
1F5DA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗳
1F5F3
4_
64 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛠
1F6E0 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏗
1F3D7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏘
1F3D8 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏙
1F3D9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏚
1F3DA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏜
1F3DC 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏭
1F3ED 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏛
1F3DB 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏠
1F3E0 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏖
1F3D6 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏝
1F3DD 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛣
1F6E3 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🔍
1F50D 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏔
1F3D4 		Template:Chset-color-graph|👁
1F441 		Template:Chset-color-graph|👂
1F442
5_
80 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏞
1F3DE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏕
1F3D5 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛤
1F6E4 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏟
1F3DF 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛲
1F6F3 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕬
1F56C 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕫
1F56B 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕨
1F568 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🔈
1F508 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎔
1F394 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎕
1F395 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗬
1F5EC 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🙽
1F67D 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗭
1F5ED 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗪
1F5EA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗫
1F5EB
6_
96 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⮔
2B94 		Template:Chset-color-graph|✔
2714 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚲
1F6B2 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⬜
2B1C 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛡
1F6E1 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📦
1F4E6 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛱
1F6F1 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⬛
2B1B 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚑
1F691 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛈
1F6C8 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛩
1F6E9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛰
1F6F0 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🟈
1F7C8 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕴
1F574 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⬤
2B24 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛥
1F6E5
7_
112 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚔
1F694 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗘
1F5D8 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗙
1F5D9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|❓
2753 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛲
1F6F2 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚇
1F687 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚍
1F68D 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⛳
26F3 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⦸
29B8 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⊖
2296 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚭
1F6AD 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗮
1F5EE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⏐
23D0 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗯
1F5EF 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗲
1F5F2 		Template:Chset-color-undef|
 
8_
128 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚹
1F6B9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚺
1F6BA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛉
1F6C9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛊
1F6CA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚼
1F6BC 		Template:Chset-color-graph|👽
1F47D 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏋
1F3CB 		Template:Chset-color-graph|⛷
26F7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏂
1F3C2 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏌
1F3CC 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏊
1F3CA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏄
1F3C4 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏍
1F3CD 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏎
1F3CE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🚘
1F698 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗠
1F5E0
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144 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛢
1F6E2 		Template:Chset-color-graph|💰
1F4B0 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🏷
1F3F7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|💳
1F4B3 		Template:Chset-color-graph|👪
1F46A 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗡
1F5E1 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗢
1F5E2 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗣
1F5E3 		Template:Chset-color-graph|✯
272F 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖄
1F584 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖅
1F585 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖃
1F583 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖆
1F586 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖹
1F5B9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖺
1F5BA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖻
1F5BB
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160 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕵
1F575 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕰
1F570 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖽
1F5BD 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖾
1F5BE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📋
1F4CB 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗒
1F5D2 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗓
1F5D3 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕮
1F56E 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📚
1F4DA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗞
1F5DE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗟
1F5DF 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗃
1F5C3 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗂
1F5C2 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖼
1F5BC 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎭
1F3AD 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎜
1F39C
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176 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎘
1F398 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎙
1F399 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎧
1F3A7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|💿
1F4BF 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎞
1F39E 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📷
1F4F7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎟
1F39F 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎬
1F3AC 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📽
1F4FD 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📹
1F4F9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📾
1F4FE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📻
1F4FB 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎚
1F39A 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎛
1F39B 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📺
1F4FA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|💻
1F4BB
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192 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖥
1F5A5 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖦
1F5A6 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖧
1F5A7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕹
1F379 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎮
1F3AE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕻
1F57B 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕼
1F57C 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📟
1F4DF 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖁
1F581 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖀
1F580 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖨
1F5A8 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖩
1F5A9 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖿
1F5BF 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖪
1F5AA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗜
1F5DC 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🔒
1F512
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208 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🔓
1F513 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗝
1F5DD 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📥
1F4E5 		Template:Chset-color-graph|📤
1F4E4 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕳
1F573 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌣
1F323 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌤
1F324 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌥
1F325 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌦
1F326 		Template:Chset-color-graph|☁
2601 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌨
1F328 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌧
1F327 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌩
1F329 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌪
1F32A 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌬
1F32C 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌫
1F32B
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224 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌜
1F31C 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌡
1F321 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛋
1F6CB 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛏
1F6CF 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🍽
1F37D 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🍸
1F378 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛎
1F6CE 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛍
1F6CD 		Template:Chset-color-graph|Ⓟ
24C5 		Template:Chset-color-graph|♿
267F 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛆
1F6C6 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🖈
1F588 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🎓
1F393 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗤
1F5E4 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗥
1F5E5 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗦
1F5E6
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240 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗧
1F5E7 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🛪
1F6EA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🐿
1F43F 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🐦
1F426 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🐟
1F41F 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🐕
1F415 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🐈
1F408 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🙬
1F66C 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🙮
1F66E 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🙭
1F66D 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🙯
1F66F 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🗺
1F5FA 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌍
1F30D 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌏
1F30F 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🌎
1F30E 		Template:Chset-color-graph|🕊
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See also

References

  1. ^ "Unicode 7.0.0". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  2. ^ a b c Veix, Joe (30 March 2016). "The secret history of the 'Man in Business Suit Levitating' emoji". Newsweek. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ^ MS Denies Wingding Thing, Again|Wired Magazine
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