A font of symbolsSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
Change the font, and a letter becomes scissors
Dingbats are typographic ornaments and symbols. Older symbol fonts placed shapes at positions normally used for letters or numbers, so changing the font could change a character into a pictorial mark. Modern encoding gives many symbols their own positions.
Not every font is there to spell words.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05