Dingbat
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A dingbat is an ornament, character or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a "printer's ornament" or "printer's character".
The term continues to be used in the computer industry to describe fonts that have symbols and shapes in the positions designated for alphabetical or numeric characters.
Examples of characters included in Unicode (ITC Zapf dingbats series 100 and others):
| ✁ | ✂ | ✃ | ✄ | ☎ | ✆ | ✇ | ✈ | ✉ | ☛ | ☞ | ✌ | ✍ | ✎ | ✏ | |
| ✐ | ✑ | ✒ | ✓ | ✔ | ✕ | ✖ | ✗ | ✘ | ✙ | ✚ | ✛ | ✜ | ✝ | ✞ | ✟ |
| ✠ | ✡ | ✢ | ✣ | ✤ | ✥ | ✦ | ✧ | ★ | ✩ | ✪ | ✫ | ✬ | ✭ | ✮ | ✯ |
| ✰ | ✱ | ✲ | ✳ | ✴ | ✵ | ✶ | ✷ | ✸ | ✹ | ✺ | ✻ | ✼ | ✽ | ✾ | ✿ |
| ❀ | ❁ | ❂ | ❃ | ❄ | ❅ | ❆ | ❇ | ❈ | ❉ | ❊ | ❋ | ● | ❍ | ■ | ❏ |
| ☺ | ☻ | ♥ | ♦ | ♣ | ♠ | • | ◘ | ○ | ❐ | ❑ | ❒ | ▲ | ▼ | ◆ | ❖ |
| ◗ | ❘ | ❙ | ❚ | ❛ | ❜ | ❝ | ❞ |
The advent of Unicode and the universal character set it provides allowed commonly-used dingbats to be given their own character codes, from 2700 to 27BF. Although fonts claiming Unicode coverage will contain glyphs for dingbats in addition to alphabetic characters, fonts that have dingbats in place of alphabetic characters continue to be popular, primarily for ease of input. Such fonts are also sometimes known as pi fonts.
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[edit] Unicode Dingbats
Dingbats were added to the Unicode Standard in June, 1993 with the release of version 1.1.
The Unicode block for Dingbats is U+2700–U+27BF:
| Dingbats[1] Unicode.org chart (PDF) |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+270x | ✁ | ✂ | ✃ | ✄ | ✅ | ✆ | ✇ | ✈ | ✉ | ✊ | ✋ | ✌ | ✍ | ✎ | ✏ | |
| U+271x | ✐ | ✑ | ✒ | ✓ | ✔ | ✕ | ✖ | ✗ | ✘ | ✙ | ✚ | ✛ | ✜ | ✝ | ✞ | ✟ |
| U+272x | ✠ | ✡ | ✢ | ✣ | ✤ | ✥ | ✦ | ✧ | ✨ | ✩ | ✪ | ✫ | ✬ | ✭ | ✮ | ✯ |
| U+273x | ✰ | ✱ | ✲ | ✳ | ✴ | ✵ | ✶ | ✷ | ✸ | ✹ | ✺ | ✻ | ✼ | ✽ | ✾ | ✿ |
| U+274x | ❀ | ❁ | ❂ | ❃ | ❄ | ❅ | ❆ | ❇ | ❈ | ❉ | ❊ | ❋ | ❌ | ❍ | ❎ | ❏ |
| U+275x | ❐ | ❑ | ❒ | ❓ | ❔ | ❕ | ❖ | ❗ | ❘ | ❙ | ❚ | ❛ | ❜ | ❝ | ❞ | ❟ |
| U+276x | ❠ | ❡ | ❢ | ❣ | ❤ | ❥ | ❦ | ❧ | ❨ | ❩ | ❪ | ❫ | ❬ | ❭ | ❮ | ❯ |
| U+277x | ❰ | ❱ | ❲ | ❳ | ❴ | ❵ | ❶ | ❷ | ❸ | ❹ | ❺ | ❻ | ❼ | ❽ | ❾ | ❿ |
| U+278x | ➀ | ➁ | ➂ | ➃ | ➄ | ➅ | ➆ | ➇ | ➈ | ➉ | ➊ | ➋ | ➌ | ➍ | ➎ | ➏ |
| U+279x | ➐ | ➑ | ➒ | ➓ | ➔ | ➕ | ➖ | ➗ | ➘ | ➙ | ➚ | ➛ | ➜ | ➝ | ➞ | ➟ |
| U+27Ax | ➠ | ➡ | ➢ | ➣ | ➤ | ➥ | ➦ | ➧ | ➨ | ➩ | ➪ | ➫ | ➬ | ➭ | ➮ | ➯ |
| U+27Bx | ➰ | ➱ | ➲ | ➳ | ➴ | ➵ | ➶ | ➷ | ➸ | ➹ | ➺ | ➻ | ➼ | ➽ | ➾ | ➿ |
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[edit] Typefaces
For more examples of dingbat typefaces, see Wingdings and Webdings. Another famous dingbat typeface, Zapf Dingbats, was designed by the typographer Hermann Zapf.
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