Wingdings 2 character set and equivalent Unicode characters

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Wingdings 2 font should not be used in Web pages. This page is not a demonstration of how to use Wingdings 2 font; it provides a warning of the problems that it causes, and shows how to use Unicode instead.

Microsoft do not supply Wingdings 2 with Windows; it has been included with versions of Office starting with Office 97 and with some versions of Works. It was originally a TrueType font, but recent versions are OpenType.

For Windows, browsers such as Internet Explorer and Netscape 4 that are not standards-compliant allow non-Unicode fonts such as Wingdings 2 to be specified in HTML or CSS, to enable additional special characters to be displayed. Specifying Wingdings 2 font is contrary to the published specifications, has never been a documented feature of HTML, is not reliable, and should not be done. Wingdings 2 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 or Linux. The intended characters are also unlikely to appear when using a standards-compliant browser such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Netscape 6+, Opera 6+, Safari 3+ or SeaMonkey (formerly Mozilla). The same problems are found with the Webdings, Wingdings and Wingdings 3 fonts – they should not be used in Web pages.

This page lists (and attempts to display) all of the 216 characters in the Wingdings 2 font. It also lists (and attempts to display) the equivalent Unicode characters, where these exist. Not all Wingdings 2 characters have equivalent Unicode characters, and some of the listed “equivalents” are not very good matches.

The characters that appear in the Wingdings 2 Character column of the following table are generated by the non-standard technique of specifying the Wingdings 2 font, using <font face="Wingdings 2">. It is possible that your combination of browser and operating system will show special characters, but browsers that conform to the published standards will demonstrate why Wingdings 2 font should not be used in Web pages.

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.

Wingdings 2
Character	Dec	Hex	PS Name
!	33	0x21	penballpoint
"	34	0x22	penfountain
#	35	0x23	brush
$	36	0x24	crayon
%	37	0x25	scissorsoutline
&	38	0x26	scissorschilds
'	39	0x27	telephone
(	40	0x28	telhandset
)	41	0x29	file1
*	42	0x2A	file
+	43	0x2B	file3
,	44	0x2C	filetext1
-	45	0x2D	filetext
.	46	0x2E	filetext3
/	47	0x2F	filetall1
0	48	0x30	filetall
1	49	0x31	filetall3
2	50	0x32	clipboard
3	51	0x33	trashcan
4	52	0x34	window
5	53	0x35	monitor
6	54	0x36	printer
7	55	0x37	fax
8	56	0x38	cd
9	57	0x39	tapecartridge
:	58	0x3A	mouse1button
;	59	0x3B	mouse3button
<	60	0x3C	thumbbackup
=	61	0x3D	thumbbackdwn
>	62	0x3E	handptlft1
?	63	0x3F	handptrt1
@	64	0x40	handptlftsld1
A	65	0x41	handptrtsld1
B	66	0x42	handbckptleft
C	67	0x43	handbckptright
D	68	0x44	handptlftsld
E	69	0x45	handptrtsld
F	70	0x46	handptup1
G	71	0x47	handptdwn1
H	72	0x48	handptupsld1
I	73	0x49	handptdwnsld1
J	74	0x4A	handbckptup
K	75	0x4B	handbckptdwn
L	76	0x4C	handptupsld
M	77	0x4D	handptdwnsld
N	78	0x4E	handspreadback
O	79	0x4F	xmark
P	80	0x50	check
Q	81	0x51	boxxmark
R	82	0x52	boxcheck
S	83	0x53	boxx
T	84	0x54	boxxbld
U	85	0x55	circlex
V	86	0x56	circlexbld
W	87	0x57	prohibit
X	88	0x58	prohibitbld
Y	89	0x59	ampersanditaldm
Z	90	0x5A	ampersandbld
[	91	0x5B	ampersandsans
\	92	0x5C	ampersandsandm
]	93	0x5D	interrobang
^	94	0x5E	interrobangdm
_	95	0x5F	interrobangsans
`	96	0x60	interrobngsandm
a	97	0x61	budleafboldne
b	98	0x62	budleafboldnw
c	99	0x63	budleafboldsw
d	100	0x64	budleafboldse
e	101	0x65	vineleafne
f	102	0x66	vineleafnw
g	103	0x67	vineleafsw
h	104	0x68	vineleafse
i	105	0x69	zero
j	106	0x6A	one
k	107	0x6B	two
l	108	0x6C	three
m	109	0x6D	four
n	110	0x6E	five
o	111	0x6F	six
p	112	0x70	seven
q	113	0x71	eight
r	114	0x72	nine
s	115	0x73	ten
t	116	0x74	zeroinv
u	117	0x75	oneinv
v	118	0x76	twoinv
w	119	0x77	threeinv
x	120	0x78	fourinv
y	121	0x79	fiveinv
z	122	0x7A	sixinv
{	123	0x7B	seveninv
\|	124	0x7C	eightinv
}	125	0x7D	nineinv
~	126	0x7E	teninv
€	128	0x80	sun
	129	0x81	moonfull
‚	130	0x82	moonfirstqrtr
ƒ	131	0x83	moonlastqrtr
„	132	0x84	capitulum
…	133	0x85	cross
†	134	0x86	crossbld
‡	135	0x87	onethirty
ˆ	136	0x88	twothirty
‰	137	0x89	threethirty
Š	138	0x8A	fourthirty
‹	139	0x8B	fivethirty
Œ	140	0x8C	sixthirty
	141	0x8D	seventhirty
Ž	142	0x8E	eightthirty
	143	0x8F	ninethirty
	144	0x90	tenthirty
‘	145	0x91	eleventhirty
’	146	0x92	twelvethirty
“	147	0x93	quiltsquare
”	148	0x94	quiltsquareinv
•	149	0x95	circle1
–	150	0x96	circle3
—	151	0x97	circle5
˜	152	0x98	circle7
™	153	0x99	ring1
š	154	0x9A	ring3
›	155	0x9B	ring5
œ	156	0x9C	ring7
	157	0x9D	ringbutton1
ž	158	0x9E	ringbutton3
Ÿ	159	0x9F	square1
	160	0xA0	square3
¡	161	0xA1	square5
¢	162	0xA2	square7
£	163	0xA3	box1
¤	164	0xA4	box5
¥	165	0xA5	box6
¦	166	0xA6	box7
§	167	0xA7	boxbutton1
¨	168	0xA8	boxbutton2
©	169	0xA9	boxbutton3
ª	170	0xAA	boxtarget
«	171	0xAB	rhombus1
¬	172	0xAC	rhombus2
	173	0xAD	rhombus3
®	174	0xAE	rhombus5
¯	175	0xAF	rhombopen
°	176	0xB0	rhombbutton1
±	177	0xB1	rhombbutton2
²	178	0xB2	rhombbutton3
³	179	0xB3	rhombtarget
´	180	0xB4	lozenge1
µ	181	0xB5	lozenge2
¶	182	0xB6	lozenge3
·	183	0xB7	lozenge5
¸	184	0xB8	lozengeopen
¹	185	0xB9	lozengebutton
º	186	0xBA	semicircleleft
»	187	0xBB	semicirclert
¼	188	0xBC	semicircleup
½	189	0xBD	semicircledwn
¾	190	0xBE	squarecent
¿	191	0xBF	rhombuscent
À	192	0xC0	pentagon1cent
Á	193	0xC1	pentagon2cent
Â	194	0xC2	hexagon1cent
Ã	195	0xC3	hexagon2cent
Ä	196	0xC4	octagon1
Å	197	0xC5	octagon2
Æ	198	0xC6	cross1
Ç	199	0xC7	cross2
È	200	0xC8	cross3
É	201	0xC9	cross4
Ê	202	0xCA	cross5
Ë	203	0xCB	cross6
Ì	204	0xCC	cross7
Í	205	0xCD	x1
Î	206	0xCE	x2
Ï	207	0xCF	x3
Ð	208	0xD0	x4
Ñ	209	0xD1	x5
Ò	210	0xD2	x6
Ó	211	0xD3	x7
Ô	212	0xD4	pentasterisk1
Õ	213	0xD5	pentasterisk2
Ö	214	0xD6	pentasterisk3
×	215	0xD7	pentasterisk4
Ø	216	0xD8	pentasterisk5
Ù	217	0xD9	pentasterisk6
Ú	218	0xDA	hexasterisk1
Û	219	0xDB	hexasterisk2
Ü	220	0xDC	hexasterisk3
Ý	221	0xDD	hexasterisk4
Þ	222	0xDE	hexasterisk5
ß	223	0xDF	hexasterisk6
à	224	0xE0	octasterisk1
á	225	0xE1	octasterisk2
â	226	0xE2	octasterisk3
ã	227	0xE3	octasterisk4
ä	228	0xE4	octasterisk5
å	229	0xE5	tristar1
æ	230	0xE6	tristar3
ç	231	0xE7	crosstar1
è	232	0xE8	crosstar3
é	233	0xE9	pentastar1
ê	234	0xEA	pentastar3
ë	235	0xEB	hexstar1
ì	236	0xEC	hexstar3
í	237	0xED	octastar1
î	238	0xEE	octastar3
ï	239	0xEF	dodecastar1
ð	240	0xF0	dodecastar2
ñ	241	0xF1	tristar4
ò	242	0xF2	crosstar4
ó	243	0xF3	pentastar4
ô	244	0xF4	hexstar4
õ	245	0xF5	dodecastar4
ö	246	0xF6	cusp
÷	247	0xF7	cusp1
ø	248	0xF8	xdot
ù	249	0xF9	trihexasterisk

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