Webdings

Webdings

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Category	Symbol
Designer(s)	Vincent Connare Sue Lightfoot Ian Patterson Geraldine Wade
Foundry	Microsoft
Sample

Webdings is a TrueType dingbat font developed in 1997 and included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since that time. Most of the glyphs have no Unicode character equivalents.

[edit] New York City

When typing the initials for New York City, "NYC", the three resulting glyphs are an eye, a heart, and a city skyline: "I Love New York." A Microsoft spokesperson explained that "typographers took pains to ensure that the image corresponding with the capital letters NYC was a pleasant one".^[1] This occurred after Wingdings accidentally associated "NYC" with a poison (death) symbol, a Jewish Magen David, and a thumbs-up, creating what appeared to some people as an endorsement of anti-Semitism.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Wingdings
• Core fonts for the Web

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Font chart for webdings and wingdings (hosted by Google cache)
• Webdings font information (Microsoft typography)
• Webdings info page (Microsoft typography)
• Downloadable version of Webdings for Windows (Core fonts for the Web)

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