Zapf Dingbats
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Category | Dingbats |
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Designer(s) | Hermann Zapf |
Foundry | ITC |
Alias(es) |
x-mac-dingbats [1] |
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Language(s) | Dingbat ornaments |
Definitions |
Mac OS Dingbats Adobe Zapf Dingbats |
Classification | PostScript core pi font |
Other related encoding(s) |
Other dingbats: Webdings, Wingdings Other PS Pi fonts: Symbol |
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.
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.
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.
ITC Zapf Dingbats Std
It 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.
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 PostScript version of ITC Zapf Dingbats, is distributed with Acrobat Reader 5 and 5.1.
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).[3][4]
Unicode
Examples of characters included in Unicode (ITC Zapf dingbats series 100 and others):
✁ | ✂ | ✃ | ✄ | ☎ | ✆ | ✇ | ✈ | ✉ | ☛ | ☞ | ✌ | ✍ | ✎ | ✏ | |
✐ | ✑ | ✒ | ✓ | ✔ | ✕ | ✖ | ✗ | ✘ | ✙ | ✚ | ✛ | ✜ | ✝ | ✞ | ✟ |
✠ | ✡ | ✢ | ✣ | ✤ | ✥ | ✦ | ✧ | ★ | ✩ | ✪ | ✫ | ✬ | ✭ | ✮ | ✯ |
✰ | ✱ | ✲ | ✳ | ✴ | ✵ | ✶ | ✷ | ✸ | ✹ | ✺ | ✻ | ✼ | ✽ | ✾ | ✿ |
❀ | ❁ | ❂ | ❃ | ❄ | ❅ | ❆ | ❇ | ❈ | ❉ | ❊ | ❋ | ● | ❍ | ■ | ❏ |
☺ | ☻ | ♥ | ♦ | ♣ | ♠ | • | ◘ | ○ | ❐ | ❑ | ❒ | ▲ | ▼ | ◆ | ❖ |
◗ | ❘ | ❙ | ❚ | ❛ | ❜ | ❝ | ❞ |
_0 | _1 | _2 | _3 | _4 | _5 | _6 | _7 | _8 | _9 | _A | _B | _C | _D | _E | _F | |
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0_ | 0 |
1 |
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1_ | 16 |
17 |
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31 |
2_ | SP 0020 32 |
✁ 2701 33 |
✂ 2702 34 |
✃ 2703 35 |
✄ 2704 36 |
☎ 260E 37 |
✆ 2706 38 |
✇ 2707 39 |
✈ 2708 40 |
✉ 2709 41 |
☛ 261B 42 |
☞ 261E 43 |
✌ 270C 44 |
✍ 270D 45 |
✎ 270E 46 |
✏ 270F 47 |
3_ | ✐ 2710 48 |
✑ 2711 49 |
✒ 2712 50 |
✓ 2713 51 |
✔ 2714 52 |
✕ 2715 53 |
✖ 2716 54 |
✗ 2717 55 |
✘ 2718 56 |
✙ 2719 57 |
✚ 271A 58 |
✛ 271B 59 |
✜ 271C 60 |
✝ 271D 61 |
✞ 271E 62 |
✟ 271F 63 |
4_ | ✠ 2720 64 |
✡ 2721 65 |
✢ 2722 66 |
✣ 2723 67 |
✤ 2724 68 |
✥ 2725 69 |
✦ 2726 70 |
✧ 2727 71 |
★ 2605 72 |
✩ 2729 73 |
✪ 272A 74 |
✫ 272B 75 |
✬ 272C 76 |
✭ 272D 77 |
✮ 272E 78 |
✯ 272F 79 |
5_ | ✰ 2730 80 |
✱ 2731 81 |
✲ 2732 82 |
✳ 2733 83 |
✴ 2734 84 |
✵ 2735 85 |
✶ 2736 86 |
✷ 2737 87 |
✸ 2738 88 |
✹ 2739 89 |
✺ 273A 90 |
✻ 273B 91 |
✼ 273C 92 |
✽ 273D 93 |
✾ 273E 94 |
✿ 273F 95 |
6_ | ❀ 2740 96 |
❁ 2741 97 |
❂ 2742 98 |
❃ 2743 99 |
❄ 2744 100 |
❅ 2745 101 |
❆ 2746 102 |
❇ 2747 103 |
❈ 2748 104 |
❉ 2749 105 |
❊ 274A 106 |
❋ 274B 107 |
● 25CF 108 |
❍ 274D 109 |
■ 25A0 110 |
❏ 274F 111 |
7_ | ❐ 2750 112 |
❑ 2751 113 |
❒ 2752 114 |
▲ 25B2 115 |
▼ 25BC 116 |
◆ 25C6 117 |
❖ 2756 118 |
◗ 25D7 119 |
❘ 2758 120 |
❙ 2759 121 |
❚ 275A 122 |
❛ 275B 123 |
❜ 275C 124 |
❝ 275D 125 |
❞ 275E 126 |
127 |
8_ | ❨ 2768 128 |
❩ 2769 129 |
❪ 276A 130 |
❫ 276B 131 |
❬ 276C 132 |
❭ 276D 133 |
❮ 276E 134 |
❯ 276F 135 |
❰ 2770 136 |
❱ 2771 137 |
❲ 2772 138 |
❳ 2773 139 |
❴ 2774 140 |
❵ 2775 141 |
142 |
143 |
9_ | 144 |
145 |
146 |
147 |
148 |
149 |
150 |
151 |
152 |
153 |
154 |
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156 |
157 |
158 |
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A_ | 160 |
❡ 2761 161 |
❢ 2762 162 |
❣ 2763 163 |
❤ 2764 164 |
❥ 2765 165 |
❦ 2766 166 |
❧ 2767 167 |
♣ 2663 168 |
♦ 2666 169 |
♥ 2665 170 |
♠ 2660 171 |
① 2460 172 |
② 2461 173 |
③ 2462 174 |
④ 2463 175 |
B_ | ⑤ 2464 176 |
⑥ 2465 177 |
⑦ 2466 178 |
⑧ 2467 179 |
⑨ 2468 180 |
⑩ 2469 181 |
❶ 2776 182 |
❷ 2777 183 |
❸ 2778 184 |
❹ 2779 185 |
❺ 277A 186 |
❻ 277B 187 |
❼ 277C 188 |
❽ 277D 189 |
❾ 277E 190 |
❿ 277F 191 |
C_ | ➀ 2780 192 |
➁ 2781 193 |
➂ 2782 194 |
➃ 2783 195 |
➄ 2784 196 |
➅ 2785 197 |
➆ 2786 198 |
➇ 2787 199 |
➈ 2788 200 |
➉ 2789 201 |
➊ 278A 202 |
➋ 278B 203 |
➌ 278C 204 |
➍ 278D 205 |
➎ 278E 206 |
➏ 278F 207 |
D_ | ➐ 2790 208 |
➑ 2791 209 |
➒ 2792 210 |
➓ 2793 211 |
➔ 2794 212 |
→ 2192 213 |
↔ 2194 214 |
↕ 2195 215 |
➘ 2798 216 |
➙ 2799 217 |
➚ 279A 218 |
➛ 279B 219 |
➜ 279C 220 |
➝ 279D 221 |
➞ 279E 222 |
➟ 279F 223 |
E_ | ➠ 27A0 224 |
➡ 27A1 225 |
➢ 27A2 226 |
➣ 27A3 227 |
➤ 27A4 228 |
➥ 27A5 229 |
➦ 27A6 230 |
➧ 27A7 231 |
➨ 27A8 232 |
➩ 27A9 233 |
➪ 27AA 234 |
➫ 27AB 235 |
➬ 27AC 236 |
➭ 27AD 237 |
➮ 27AE 238 |
➯ 27AF 239 |
F_ | 240 |
➱ 27B1 241 |
➲ 27B2 242 |
➳ 27B3 243 |
➴ 27B4 244 |
➵ 27B5 245 |
➶ 27B6 246 |
➷ 27B7 247 |
➸ 27B8 248 |
➹ 27B9 249 |
➺ 27BA 250 |
➻ 27BB 251 |
➼ 27BC 252 |
➽ 27BD 253 |
➾ 27BE 254 |
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_0 | _1 | _2 | _3 | _4 | _5 | _6 | _7 | _8 | _9 | _A | _B | _C | _D | _E | _F |
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 of course, quite illegible 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.[6]
References
- ↑ Safari x-mac-dingbats
- ↑ U&lc. magazine volume 5-2
- ↑ 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