Zapf Dingbats

Zapf Dingbats

Category	Dingbats
Designer(s)	Hermann Zapf
Foundry	ITC

Zapf Dingbats Encoding

Alias(es)	x-mac-dingbats
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, 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).

Codepage layout

Examples of characters included in Unicode (ITC Zapf dingbats series 100 and others):

✁

✂

✃

✄

☎

✆

✇

✈

✉

☛

☞

✌

✍

✎

✏

✐

✑

✒

✓

✔

✕

✖

✗

✘

✙

✚

✛

✜

✝

✞

✟

✠

✡

✢

✣

✤

✥

✦

✧

★

✩

✪

✫

✬

✭

✮

✯

✰

✱

✲

✳

✴

✵

✶

✷

✸

✹

✺

✻

✼

✽

✾

✿

❀

❁

❂

❃

❄

❅

❆

❇

❈

❉

❊

❋

●

❍

■

❏

☺

☻

♥

♦

♣

♠

•

◘

○

❐

❑

❒

▲

▼

◆

❖

◗

❘

❙

❚

❛

❜

❝

❞

Zapf Dingbats (Mac OS Dingbats / Adobe Zapf Dingbats)

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1_ 16	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|
2_ 32	Template:Chset-color-misc|SP 0020	Template:Chset-color-graph|✁ 2701	Template:Chset-color-graph|✂ 2702	Template:Chset-color-graph|✃ 2703	Template:Chset-color-graph|✄ 2704	Template:Chset-color-graph|☎ 260E	Template:Chset-color-graph|✆ 2706	Template:Chset-color-graph|✇ 2707	Template:Chset-color-graph|✈ 2708	Template:Chset-color-graph|✉ 2709	Template:Chset-color-graph|☛ 261B	Template:Chset-color-graph|☞ 261E	Template:Chset-color-graph|✌ 270C	Template:Chset-color-graph|✍ 270D	Template:Chset-color-graph|✎ 270E	Template:Chset-color-graph|✏ 270F
3_ 48	Template:Chset-color-graph|✐ 2710	Template:Chset-color-graph|✑ 2711	Template:Chset-color-graph|✒ 2712	Template:Chset-color-graph|✓ 2713	Template:Chset-color-graph|✔ 2714	Template:Chset-color-graph|✕ 2715	Template:Chset-color-graph|✖ 2716	Template:Chset-color-graph|✗ 2717	Template:Chset-color-graph|✘ 2718	Template:Chset-color-graph|✙ 2719	Template:Chset-color-graph|✚ 271A	Template:Chset-color-graph|✛ 271B	Template:Chset-color-graph|✜ 271C	Template:Chset-color-graph|✝ 271D	Template:Chset-color-graph|✞ 271E	Template:Chset-color-graph|✟ 271F
4_ 64	Template:Chset-color-graph|✠ 2720	Template:Chset-color-graph|✡ 2721	Template:Chset-color-graph|✢ 2722	Template:Chset-color-graph|✣ 2723	Template:Chset-color-graph|✤ 2724	Template:Chset-color-graph|✥ 2725	Template:Chset-color-graph|✦ 2726	Template:Chset-color-graph|✧ 2727	Template:Chset-color-graph|★ 2605	Template:Chset-color-graph|✩ 2729	Template:Chset-color-graph|✪ 272A	Template:Chset-color-graph|✫ 272B	Template:Chset-color-graph|✬ 272C	Template:Chset-color-graph|✭ 272D	Template:Chset-color-graph|✮ 272E	Template:Chset-color-graph|✯ 272F
5_ 80	Template:Chset-color-graph|✰ 2730	Template:Chset-color-graph|✱ 2731	Template:Chset-color-graph|✲ 2732	Template:Chset-color-graph|✳ 2733	Template:Chset-color-graph|✴ 2734	Template:Chset-color-graph|✵ 2735	Template:Chset-color-graph|✶ 2736	Template:Chset-color-graph|✷ 2737	Template:Chset-color-graph|✸ 2738	Template:Chset-color-graph|✹ 2739	Template:Chset-color-graph|✺ 273A	Template:Chset-color-graph|✻ 273B	Template:Chset-color-graph|✼ 273C	Template:Chset-color-graph|✽ 273D	Template:Chset-color-graph|✾ 273E	Template:Chset-color-graph|✿ 273F
6_ 96	Template:Chset-color-graph|❀ 2740	Template:Chset-color-graph|❁ 2741	Template:Chset-color-graph|❂ 2742	Template:Chset-color-graph|❃ 2743	Template:Chset-color-graph|❄ 2744	Template:Chset-color-graph|❅ 2745	Template:Chset-color-graph|❆ 2746	Template:Chset-color-graph|❇ 2747	Template:Chset-color-graph|❈ 2748	Template:Chset-color-graph|❉ 2749	Template:Chset-color-graph|❊ 274A	Template:Chset-color-graph|❋ 274B	Template:Chset-color-graph|● 25CF	Template:Chset-color-graph|❍ 274D	Template:Chset-color-graph|■ 25A0	Template:Chset-color-graph|❏ 274F
7_ 112	Template:Chset-color-graph|❐ 2750	Template:Chset-color-graph|❑ 2751	Template:Chset-color-graph|❒ 2752	Template:Chset-color-graph|▲ 25B2	Template:Chset-color-graph|▼ 25BC	Template:Chset-color-graph|◆ 25C6	Template:Chset-color-graph|❖ 2756	Template:Chset-color-graph|◗ 25D7	Template:Chset-color-graph|❘ 2758	Template:Chset-color-graph|❙ 2759	Template:Chset-color-graph|❚ 275A	Template:Chset-color-graph|❛ 275B	Template:Chset-color-graph|❜ 275C	Template:Chset-color-graph|❝ 275D	Template:Chset-color-graph|❞ 275E	Template:Chset-color-undef|
8_ 128	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❨ 2768	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❩ 2769	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❪ 276A	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❫ 276B	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❬ 276C	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❭ 276D	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❮ 276E	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❯ 276F	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❰ 2770	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❱ 2771	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❲ 2772	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❳ 2773	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❴ 2774	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|❵ 2775	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|
9_ 144	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|
A_ 160	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-graph|❡ 2761	Template:Chset-color-graph|❢ 2762	Template:Chset-color-graph|❣ 2763	Template:Chset-color-graph|❤ 2764	Template:Chset-color-graph|❥ 2765	Template:Chset-color-graph|❦ 2766	Template:Chset-color-graph|❧ 2767	Template:Chset-color-graph|♣ 2663	Template:Chset-color-graph|♦ 2666	Template:Chset-color-graph|♥ 2665	Template:Chset-color-graph|♠ 2660	Template:Chset-color-digit|① 2460	Template:Chset-color-digit|② 2461	Template:Chset-color-digit|③ 2462	Template:Chset-color-digit|④ 2463
B_ 176	Template:Chset-color-digit|⑤ 2464	Template:Chset-color-digit|⑥ 2465	Template:Chset-color-digit|⑦ 2466	Template:Chset-color-digit|⑧ 2467	Template:Chset-color-digit|⑨ 2468	Template:Chset-color-digit|⑩ 2469	Template:Chset-color-digit|❶ 2776	Template:Chset-color-digit|❷ 2777	Template:Chset-color-digit|❸ 2778	Template:Chset-color-digit|❹ 2779	Template:Chset-color-digit|❺ 277A	Template:Chset-color-digit|❻ 277B	Template:Chset-color-digit|❼ 277C	Template:Chset-color-digit|❽ 277D	Template:Chset-color-digit|❾ 277E	Template:Chset-color-digit|❿ 277F
C_ 192	Template:Chset-color-digit|➀ 2780	Template:Chset-color-digit|➁ 2781	Template:Chset-color-digit|➂ 2782	Template:Chset-color-digit|➃ 2783	Template:Chset-color-digit|➄ 2784	Template:Chset-color-digit|➅ 2785	Template:Chset-color-digit|➆ 2786	Template:Chset-color-digit|➇ 2787	Template:Chset-color-digit|➈ 2788	Template:Chset-color-digit|➉ 2789	Template:Chset-color-digit|➊ 278A	Template:Chset-color-digit|➋ 278B	Template:Chset-color-digit|➌ 278C	Template:Chset-color-digit|➍ 278D	Template:Chset-color-digit|➎ 278E	Template:Chset-color-digit|➏ 278F
D_ 208	Template:Chset-color-digit|➐ 2790	Template:Chset-color-digit|➑ 2791	Template:Chset-color-digit|➒ 2792	Template:Chset-color-digit|➓ 2793	Template:Chset-color-graph|➔ 2794	Template:Chset-color-graph|→ 2192	Template:Chset-color-graph|↔ 2194	Template:Chset-color-graph|↕ 2195	Template:Chset-color-graph|➘ 2798	Template:Chset-color-graph|➙ 2799	Template:Chset-color-graph|➚ 279A	Template:Chset-color-graph|➛ 279B	Template:Chset-color-graph|➜ 279C	Template:Chset-color-graph|➝ 279D	Template:Chset-color-graph|➞ 279E	Template:Chset-color-graph|➟ 279F
E_ 224	Template:Chset-color-graph|➠ 27A0	Template:Chset-color-graph|➡ 27A1	Template:Chset-color-graph|➢ 27A2	Template:Chset-color-graph|➣ 27A3	Template:Chset-color-graph|➤ 27A4	Template:Chset-color-graph|➥ 27A5	Template:Chset-color-graph|➦ 27A6	Template:Chset-color-graph|➧ 27A7	Template:Chset-color-graph|➨ 27A8	Template:Chset-color-graph|➩ 27A9	Template:Chset-color-graph|➪ 27AA	Template:Chset-color-graph|➫ 27AB	Template:Chset-color-graph|➬ 27AC	Template:Chset-color-graph|➭ 27AD	Template:Chset-color-graph|➮ 27AE	Template:Chset-color-graph|➯ 27AF
F_ 240	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-graph|➱ 27B1	Template:Chset-color-graph|➲ 27B2	Template:Chset-color-graph|➳ 27B3	Template:Chset-color-graph|➴ 27B4	Template:Chset-color-graph|➵ 27B5	Template:Chset-color-graph|➶ 27B6	Template:Chset-color-graph|➷ 27B7	Template:Chset-color-graph|➸ 27B8	Template:Chset-color-graph|➹ 27B9	Template:Chset-color-graph|➺ 27BA	Template:Chset-color-graph|➻ 27BB	Template:Chset-color-graph|➼ 27BC	Template:Chset-color-graph|➽ 27BD	Template:Chset-color-graph|➾ 27BE	Template:Chset-color-undef|

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.

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