Zapf Dingbats

• Name — Zapf Dingbats • Style — Dingbats • Releasedate — 1978 • Creator — Hermann Zapf • Foundry — ITC

• Name — Zapf Dingbats Encoding • Definitions — Mac OS Dingbats Adobe Zapf Dingbats • Alias — x-mac-dingbats • Lang — Dingbat ornaments • Otherrelated — Other dingbats: Webdings, Wingdings Other PS Pi fonts: Symbol • Classification — PostScript core pi font ITC Zapf Dingbats is one of the more common dingbat typefaces. It was designed by the typographer Hermann Zapf in 1978 and licensed by International Typeface Corporation.

In 1977, Zapf created over 1,200 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. When ITC Zapf Dingbats was first announced in U&lc magazine, volume 5-2, 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 PostScript printers, and gained currency as a pi font encoding in the 1980s and early 1990s. It incorporates several rightward-facing arrows without counterparts for the other three cardinal directions, on the assumption that it would be used in contexts allowing rotation of text characters.

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 PostScript version of ITC Zapf Dingbats, is distributed with Acrobat Reader 5 and 5.1. URW++ donated a version of ZapfDingbats to GhostScript under the non-commercial Aladdin Free Public License. The font can be found in GhostPCL source code, as D050000L.ttf. ITC Zapf Dingbats Std is an OpenType version of the font family, based on the PostScript variant of the font. The glyphs are mapped to the corresponding Unicode code points. The family consists of 1 font (ITC Zapf Dingbats Medium) with 204 glyphs.

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).

ITC Zapf Dingbats • U+2701 UPPER BLADE SCISSORS — U+2702 BLACK SCISSORS — U+2703 LOWER BLADE SCISSORS — U+2704 WHITE SCISSORS — U+260E BLACK TELEPHONE — U+2706 TELEPHONE LOCATION SIGN — U+2707 TAPE DRIVE — U+2708 AIRPLANE — U+2709 ENVELOPE — U+261B BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX — U+261E WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX — U+270C VICTORY HAND — U+270D WRITING HAND — U+270E LOWER RIGHT PENCIL — U+270F PENCIL • U+2710 UPPER RIGHT PENCIL — U+2711 WHITE NIB — U+2712 BLACK NIB — U+2713 CHECK MARK — U+2714 HEAVY CHECK MARK — U+2716 HEAVY MULTIPLICATION X — U+2717 BALLOT X — U+2718 HEAVY BALLOT X — U+2719 OUTLINED GREEK CROSS — U+271A HEAVY GREEK CROSS — U+271B OPEN CENTRE CROSS — U+271C HEAVY OPEN CENTRE CROSS — U+271D LATIN CROSS — U+271E SHADOWED WHITE LATIN CROSS — U+271F OUTLINED LATIN CROSS • U+2720 MALTESE CROSS — U+2721 STAR OF DAVID — U+2722 FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK — U+2723 FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK — U+2724 HEAVY FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK — U+2725 FOUR CLUB-SPOKED ASTERISK — U+2726 BLACK FOUR POINTED STAR — U+2727 WHITE FOUR POINTED STAR — U+2605 BLACK STAR — U+2729 STRESS OUTLINED WHITE STAR — U+272A CIRCLED WHITE STAR — U+272B OPEN CENTRE BLACK STAR — U+272C BLACK CENTRE WHITE STAR — U+272D OUTLINED BLACK STAR — U+272E HEAVY OUTLINED BLACK STAR — U+272F PINWHEEL STAR • U+2730 SHADOWED WHITE STAR — U+2731 HEAVY ASTERISK — U+2732 OPEN CENTRE ASTERISK — U+2733 EIGHT SPOKED ASTERISK — U+2734 EIGHT POINTED BLACK STAR — U+2735 EIGHT POINTED PINWHEEL STAR — U+2736 SIX POINTED BLACK STAR — U+2737 EIGHT POINTED RECTILINEAR BLACK STAR — U+2738 HEAVY EIGHT POINTED RECTILINEAR BLACK STAR — U+2739 TWELVE POINTED BLACK STAR — U+273A SIXTEEN POINTED ASTERISK — U+273B TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK — U+273C OPEN CENTRE TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK — U+273D HEAVY TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK — U+273E SIX PETALLED BLACK AND WHITE FLORETTE — U+273F BLACK FLORETTE • U+2740 WHITE FLORETTE — U+2741 EIGHT PETALLED OUTLINED BLACK FLORETTE — U+2742 CIRCLED OPEN CENTRE EIGHT POINTED STAR — U+2743 HEAVY TEARDROP-SPOKED PINWHEEL ASTERISK — U+2744 SNOWFLAKE — U+2745 TIGHT TRIFOLIATE SNOWFLAKE — U+2746 HEAVY CHEVRON SNOWFLAKE — U+2747 SPARKLE — U+2748 HEAVY SPARKLE — U+2749 BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK — U+274A EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK — U+274B HEAVY EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK — U+25CF BLACK CIRCLE — U+274D SHADOWED WHITE CIRCLE — U+25A0 BLACK SQUARE — U+274F LOWER RIGHT DROP-SHADOWED WHITE SQUARE • U+2750 UPPER RIGHT DROP-SHADOWED WHITE SQUARE — U+2751 LOWER RIGHT SHADOWED WHITE SQUARE — U+2752 UPPER RIGHT SHADOWED WHITE SQUARE — U+25B2 BLACK UP-POINTING TRIANGLE — U+25BC BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE — U+25C6 BLACK DIAMOND — U+2756 BLACK DIAMOND MINUS WHITE X — U+25D7 RIGHT HALF BLACK CIRCLE — U+2758 LIGHT VERTICAL BAR — U+2759 MEDIUM VERTICAL BAR — U+275A HEAVY VERTICAL BAR — U+275B HEAVY SINGLE TURNED COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT — U+275C HEAVY SINGLE COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT — U+275D HEAVY DOUBLE TURNED COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT — U+275E HEAVY DOUBLE COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT • U+2768 MEDIUM LEFT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT — U+2769 MEDIUM RIGHT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT — U+276A MEDIUM FLATTENED LEFT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT — U+276B MEDIUM FLATTENED RIGHT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT — U+276C MEDIUM LEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT — U+276D MEDIUM RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT — U+276E HEAVY LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT — U+276F HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT — U+2770 HEAVY LEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT — U+2771 HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT — U+2772 LIGHT LEFT TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET ORNAMENT — U+2773 LIGHT RIGHT TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET ORNAMENT — U+2774 MEDIUM LEFT CURLY BRACKET ORNAMENT — U+2775 MEDIUM RIGHT CURLY BRACKET ORNAMENT • U+2761 CURVED STEM PARAGRAPH SIGN ORNAMENT — U+2762 HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT — U+2763 HEAVY HEART EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT — U+2764 HEAVY BLACK HEART — U+2765 ROTATED HEAVY BLACK HEART BULLET — U+2766 FLORAL HEART — U+2767 ROTATED FLORAL HEART BULLET — U+2663 BLACK CLUB SUIT — U+2666 BLACK DIAMOND SUIT — U+2665 BLACK HEART SUIT — U+2660 BLACK SPADE SUIT — U+2460 CIRCLED DIGIT ONE — U+2461 CIRCLED DIGIT TWO — U+2462 CIRCLED DIGIT THREE — U+2463 CIRCLED DIGIT FOUR • U+2464 CIRCLED DIGIT FIVE — U+2465 CIRCLED DIGIT SIX — U+2466 CIRCLED DIGIT SEVEN — U+2467 CIRCLED DIGIT EIGHT — U+2468 CIRCLED DIGIT NINE — U+2469 CIRCLED NUMBER TEN — U+2776 DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT ONE — U+2777 DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT TWO — U+2778 DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT THREE — U+2779 DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT FOUR — U+277A DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT FIVE — U+277B DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT SIX — U+277C DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT SEVEN — U+277D DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT EIGHT — U+277E DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT NINE — U+277F DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER TEN • U+2780 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT ONE — U+2781 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT TWO — U+2782 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT THREE — U+2783 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT FOUR — U+2784 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT FIVE — U+2785 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT SIX — U+2786 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT SEVEN — U+2787 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT EIGHT — U+2788 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT NINE — U+2789 DINGBAT CIRCLED SANS-SERIF NUMBER TEN — U+278A DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT ONE — U+278B DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT TWO — U+278C DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT THREE — U+278D DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT FOUR — U+278E DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT FIVE — U+278F DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT SIX • U+2790 DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT SEVEN — U+2791 DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT EIGHT — U+2792 DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF DIGIT NINE — U+2793 DINGBAT NEGATIVE CIRCLED SANS-SERIF NUMBER TEN — U+2794 HEAVY WIDE-HEADED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+2194 LEFT RIGHT ARROW — U+2798 HEAVY SOUTH EAST ARROW — U+2799 HEAVY RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+279A HEAVY NORTH EAST ARROW — U+279B DRAFTING POINT RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+279C HEAVY ROUND-TIPPED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+279D TRIANGLE-HEADED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+279E HEAVY TRIANGLE-HEADED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+279F DASHED TRIANGLE-HEADED RIGHTWARDS ARROW • U+27A0 HEAVY DASHED TRIANGLE-HEADED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27A2 THREE-D TOP-LIGHTED RIGHTWARDS ARROWHEAD — U+27A3 THREE-D BOTTOM-LIGHTED RIGHTWARDS ARROWHEAD — U+27A4 BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROWHEAD — U+27A5 HEAVY BLACK CURVED DOWNWARDS AND RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27A6 HEAVY BLACK CURVED UPWARDS AND RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27A7 SQUAT BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27A8 HEAVY CONCAVE-POINTED BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27A9 RIGHT-SHADED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27AA LEFT-SHADED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27AB BACK-TILTED SHADOWED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27AC FRONT-TILTED SHADOWED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27AD HEAVY LOWER RIGHT-SHADOWED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27AE HEAVY UPPER RIGHT-SHADOWED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27AF NOTCHED LOWER RIGHT-SHADOWED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW • U+27B1 NOTCHED UPPER RIGHT-SHADOWED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27B2 CIRCLED HEAVY WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27B3 WHITE-FEATHERED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27B4 BLACK-FEATHERED SOUTH EAST ARROW — U+27B5 BLACK-FEATHERED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27B6 BLACK-FEATHERED NORTH EAST ARROW — U+27B7 HEAVY BLACK-FEATHERED SOUTH EAST ARROW — U+27B8 HEAVY BLACK-FEATHERED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27B9 HEAVY BLACK-FEATHERED NORTH EAST ARROW — U+27BA TEARDROP-BARBED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27BB HEAVY TEARDROP-SHANKED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27BC WEDGE-TAILED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27BD HEAVY WEDGE-TAILED RIGHTWARDS ARROW — U+27BE OPEN-OUTLINED RIGHTWARDS ARROW

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.