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Wingdings character set and equivalent Unicode characters

1. Using Wingdings In Word
2. Wingdings Not Working In Word For Macs

A Wingdings chart for when you need it. Users who want to add a little charm or decoration to their projects or designs can choose to do it with the famous Wingdings font. Wingdings contains symbols instead of alphanumeric characters (letters and numbers), using a different picture for each character. Wingdings and other fonts like Webdings are called dingbat fonts. These two were created. Wingdings is not available on all computers, and so the intended characters may not appear on computers running non-Microsoft operating systems such as Mac OS 9, Mac OS X 10, Linux or Android. The same problems are found with the Webdings, Wingdings 2 and Wingdings 3 fonts – they should not be used in Web pages.

If it prints successfully that tells us that the problem is in your existing document. See Troubleshoot damaged documents in Word for Mac. If it doesn't print successfully try changing the font of your text by selecting your sample text, choosing the Font drop down on the ribbon, and selecting a different font.

Wingdings font should not be used in Web pages or in e-mails that will be viewed in a Web browser. Specifying Wingdings font is contrary to the published HTML specifications, has never been a documented feature of HTML and is not reliable.

This page is not a demonstration of how to use Wingdings font; it provides a warning of the problems that it causes, and shows how to use Unicode instead. Wingdings is not available on all computers, and so the intended characters may not appear on computers running non-Microsoft operating systems such as Mac OS 9, Mac OS X 10, Linux or Android. The same problems are found with the Webdings, Wingdings 2 and Wingdings 3 fonts – they should not be used in Web pages.

If you want to view a Web page that uses Wingdings characters, then you need to use the Internet Explorer browser; other browsers will probably show none or only some of the Webdings characters.

This page lists (and attempts to display) all of the 224 characters in the Wingdings font. It also lists (and attempts to display) the equivalent Unicode characters, where these exist.

The characters that appear in the Wingdings Character column of the following table are generated by the non-standard technique of specifying the Wingdings font, using <font face='Wingdings'>. It is possible that your combination of browser and operating system will show Wingdings characters, but browsers that conform to the published standards will demonstrate why Wingdings font should not be used in Web pages.

Using Wingdings In Word

The characters that appear in the Unicode Character column of the following table are generated from Unicode numeric character references, and so they should appear correctly in any Web browser that supports Unicode and that has suitable fonts available, regardless of the operating system.

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Created 26th August 2003 Last modified 9th February 2018
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Wingdings Not Working In Word For Macs