Webdings

Webdings

Infobox font
name = Webdings


style = Symbol
date = 1997
creator = 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.

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". [http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/09/47042 MS Denies Wingding Thing, Again|Wired Magazine] ] 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.

ee also

* Wingdings
* Core fonts for the Web

References

External links

* [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:eUQUGFR3ThMJ:www.zakie.fsnet.co.uk/ChatRoomsStuff/Help/wingdingsfontchart.htm Font chart for webdings and wingdings] (hosted by Google cache)
* [http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FID=5&FNAME=Webdings Webdings font information] (Microsoft typography)
* [http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/fonts/webdings/default.htm Webdings info page] (Microsoft typography)
* [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe?download Downloadable version of Webdings for Windows] (Core fonts for the Web)


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