Zapf Dingbats
Category | Dingbats |
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Designer(s) | Hermann Zapf |
Foundry | ITC |
Alias(es) | x-mac-dingbats pi font |
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Other related encoding(s) | Other dingbats: Webdings, Wingdings Other PS Pi fonts: Symbol |
ITC Zapf Dingbats is one of the more common
History
In 1977, Zapf created about 1000 (or over 1200 according to Linotype) sketches of signs and symbols. ITC chose from those a subset of 360 symbols, ornaments and typographic elements based on the original designs, which became known as ITC Zapf Dingbats. The font first gained wide distribution when ITC Zapf Dingbats, which consists of the subset chosen by ITC, became one of 35 PostScript fonts built into Apple's LaserWriter Plus.[citation needed]
When ITC Zapf Dingbats was first announced in U&lc magazine, volume 5-2,[2] the family was divided into the 100 series (ITC-100), 200 series (ITC-200), 300 series (ITC-300). Each series contains 120 symbols.
Zapf Dingbats series 100 became widely implemented on
Availability
The ITC glyph set is included in Unicode and it is one of the "Basic 14" typefaces guaranteed to be available for PDF files.
ZapfDingbats, the
ITC Zapf Dingbats Std is an OpenType version of the font family, based on the PostScript variant of the font. The
Zapf Essentials
Zapf Essentials is an update to the Zapf Dingbats family which consists of 6 symbol-encoded fonts categorized in Arrows One (black arrows), Arrows Two (white arrows, patterned arrows), Communication (pointing fingers, communication devices), Markers (squares, triangles, circles, ticks, hearts, crosses, check marks, leaves), Office (pen, clock, currency, scissors, hand), Ornaments (flowers, stars), for a total of 372 glyphs. However, not all ITC Zapf Dingbats glyphs are included in the Zapf Essentials collections (e.g.: airplane, letter).[4][5]
Codepage layout
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
0x | ||||||||||||||||
1x | ||||||||||||||||
2x | SP
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✁
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✂
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✃
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✄
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☎
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✆
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✇
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✈
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✉
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☛
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☞
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✌
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✍
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✎
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✏
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3x | ✐
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✑
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✒
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✓
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✔
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✕ | ✖ | ✗
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✘
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✙
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✚
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✛
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✜
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✝
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✞
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✟
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4x | ✠
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✡
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✢
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✣
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✤
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✥
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✦
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✧
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★
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✩
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✪
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✫
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✬
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✭
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✮
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✯
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5x | ✰
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✱
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✲
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✳
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✴
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✵
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✶
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✷
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✸
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✹
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✺
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✻
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✼
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✽
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✾
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✿
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6x | ❀
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❁
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❂
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❃
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❄
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❅
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❆
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❇
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❈
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❉
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❊
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❋
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●
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❍
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■
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❏
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7x | ❐
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❑
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❒
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▲
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▼
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◆
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❖
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◗
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❘
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❙
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❚
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❛
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❜
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❝
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❞
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8x | ❨
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❩
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❪
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❫
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❬
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❭
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❮
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❯
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❰
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❱
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❲
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❳
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❴
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❵
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9x | ||||||||||||||||
Ax | ❡
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❢
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❣
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❤
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❥
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❦
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❧
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♣
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♦
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♥
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♠
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①
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②
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③
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④
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Bx | ⑤
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⑥
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⑦
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⑧
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⑨
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⑩
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❶
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❷
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❸
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❹
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❺
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❻
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❼
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❽
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❾
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❿
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Cx | ➀
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➁
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➂
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➃
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➄
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➅
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➆
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➇
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➈
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➉
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➊
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➋
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➌
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➍
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➎
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➏
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Dx | ➐
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➑
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➒
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➓
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➔
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→
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↔
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↕ | ➘
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➙
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➚
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➛
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➜
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➝
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➞
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➟
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Ex | ➠
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➡ | ➢
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➣
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➤
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➥
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➦
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➧
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➨
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➩
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➪
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➫
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➬
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➭
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➮
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➯
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Fx | ➱
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➲
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➳
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➴
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➵
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➶
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➷
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➸
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➹
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➺
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➻
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➼
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➽
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➾
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Usages
David Carson, radical editor of experimental music magazine Ray Gun, lent the font a degree of notoriety in 1994 when he printed an interview with Bryan Ferry in the magazine entirely in the symbols-only font – the double-page spread was therefore incomprehensible and would have to be interpreted like a cryptogram for those unfamiliar with the font. He said he did it because the interview was "incredibly boring" and that upon searching his typeface collection for a suitable font and ending at Zapf Dingbats, decided to use it with hopes of making the article interesting again.[7]
References
- ^ Safari x-mac-dingbats
- ^ U&lc. magazine volume 5-2
- ^ Whistler, Ken (2015-05-28). "Re: Arrow dingbats". Unicode Mailing List Archive.
- ^ Linotype Zapf Essentials - Available as Value Pack for instant download or on CD with physical shipping
- ^ A dynamic, versatile symbol font by Hermann Zapf
- ^ "Map (external version) from Mac OS Dingbats character set to Unicode 3.2 and later". Apple, Inc. 2005.
- ^ Helvetica, 2007 film by Gary Hustwit.
External links
- ITC Zapf Dingbats Font Family - by Hermann Zapf
- Linotype Zapf Essentials
- Zapf Dingbats to Unicode mapping - provided to the Unicode Consortium by Apple.
- Official Unicode Dingbats block code chart (contains the Zapf Dingbats characters, except those that had already been present in Unicode) - Unicode.org, PDF format