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| - | '''Headpiece''' (also spelled '''head-piece'''), is a [[Ornament (art)|decoration]] printed in the blank space at the beginning of a chapter or other division of a book, usually an ornamental panel, [[printer's ornament]] or a small [[illustration]] done by a professional [[illustrator]]. | + | A '''dingbat''' is an [[ornament]], [[character]] or [[spacer]] used in [[typesetting]], sometimes more formally known as a '''printer's ornament''' or '''printer's character'''. The term continues to be used in the [[computer]] industry to describe [[Typeface|fonts]] that have symbols and shapes in the positions designated for alphabetical or numeric characters. |
| - | The use of decorative headpieces in [[manuscripts]] was inherited by the [[medieval]] [[Western Europe|West]] from [[late Antiquity|late Antique]] and [[Byzantine]] book production, and enjoyed particular popularity during the [[Renaissance]]. | + | Examples of characters included in Unicode ([[ITC Zapf Dingbats]] series 100 and others): |
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| + | | ||[[Scissors|✁]]||✂||✃||✄||[[☎]]||[[✆]]||[[✇]]||[[✈]]||[[✉]]||[[☛]]||☞||[[✌]]||[[✍]]||[[✎]]||✏ | ||
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| + | |✐||✑||[[✒]]||[[Tick (checkmark)|✓]]||✔||[[X mark|✕]]||✖||✗||✘||[[✙]]||✚||✛||✜||[[Christian cross|✝]]||[[Christian cross|✞]]||[[Christian cross|✟]] | ||
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| + | |[[Cross pattée|✠]]||[[Star of David|✡]]||[[✢]]||✣||✤||[[✥]]||[[✦]]||✧||[[Star (glyph)|★]]||✩||[[✪]]||✫||[[✬]]||✭||✮||✯ | ||
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| + | |✰||[[✱]]||✲||✳||✴||✵||✶||✷||✸||✹||[[Starburst (symbol)|✺]]||✻||✼||✽||✾||[[✿]] | ||
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| + | |[[❀]]||[[❁]]||❂||❃||[[❄]]||[[❅]]||[[❆]]||❇||❈||❉||❊||❋||●||❍||■||❏ | ||
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| + | |[[☺]]||☻||[[♥]]||[[♦]]||[[♣]]||[[♠]]||•||◘||[[○]]||❐||❑||❒||[[▲]]||▼||[[◆]]||❖ | ||
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| + | |[[◗]]||[[❘]]||❙||❚||[[❛]]||[[❜]]||[[❝]]||[[❞]]|| | ||
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| + | The advent of [[Unicode]] and the [[universal character set]] it provides allowed commonly used dingbats to be given their own [[Code point|character codes]], from 2700 to 27BF ([[hexadecimal]]). Although [[fonts]] claiming Unicode coverage will contain [[glyph]]s for dingbats ''in addition to'' alphabetic characters, fonts that have dingbats ''in place of'' alphabetic characters continue to be popular, primarily for ease of [[Unicode#Input methods|input]]. Such fonts are also sometimes known as ''pi fonts''. | ||
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| + | Some of the dingbat symbols have been used as [[signature mark]]s, used in [[bookbinding]] to order sections. | ||
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| + | ==Unicode dingbats== | ||
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| + | Dingbats were added to the [[Unicode]] Standard in June, 1993, with the release of version 1.1. This code block contains decorative character variants, and other marks of emphasis and non-textual symbolism. | ||
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| + | The Unicode block for Dingbats is U+2700–U+27BF: | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Emoji]] | ||
| + | * [[Fleuron (typography)]], known as a class of horticultural dingbats | ||
| + | * [[Punctuation]] | ||
| + | * [[Text semigraphics]], a method for emulating [[raster graphics]] using [[text mode]] video hardware | ||
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| + | ===Dingbat fonts=== | ||
| + | * [[Webdings]], a TrueType dingbat font designed at Microsoft and published in 1997 | ||
| + | * [[Wingdings]], a TrueType dingbat font assembled by Microsoft in 1990, using glyphs from Lucida Arrows, Lucida Icons, and Lucida Stars, three fonts they licensed from [[Charles Bigelow (type designer)|Charles Bigelow]] and [[Kris Holmes]] | ||
| + | * [[Zapf Dingbats]], a dingbat font designed by [[Hermann Zapf]] in 1978, and licensed by [[International Typeface Corporation]] | ||
| - | Headpieces, sometimes incorporating a [[rubric]] or heading, as well as [[zoomorphic]] and [[anthropomorphic]] motifs were used widely in manuscripts and in editions of the Bible in the 15th-century. | ||
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A dingbat is an ornament, character or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a printer's ornament or printer's character. The term continues to be used in the computer industry to describe fonts that have symbols and shapes in the positions designated for alphabetical or numeric characters.
Examples of characters included in Unicode (ITC Zapf Dingbats series 100 and others):
| ✁ | ✂ | ✃ | ✄ | ☎ | ✆ | ✇ | ✈ | ✉ | ☛ | ☞ | ✌ | ✍ | ✎ | ✏ | |
| ✐ | ✑ | ✒ | ✓ | ✔ | ✕ | ✖ | ✗ | ✘ | ✙ | ✚ | ✛ | ✜ | ✝ | ✞ | ✟ |
| ✠ | ✡ | ✢ | ✣ | ✤ | ✥ | ✦ | ✧ | ★ | ✩ | ✪ | ✫ | ✬ | ✭ | ✮ | ✯ |
| ✰ | ✱ | ✲ | ✳ | ✴ | ✵ | ✶ | ✷ | ✸ | ✹ | ✺ | ✻ | ✼ | ✽ | ✾ | ✿ |
| ❀ | ❁ | ❂ | ❃ | ❄ | ❅ | ❆ | ❇ | ❈ | ❉ | ❊ | ❋ | ● | ❍ | ■ | ❏ |
| ☺ | ☻ | ♥ | ♦ | ♣ | ♠ | • | ◘ | ○ | ❐ | ❑ | ❒ | ▲ | ▼ | ◆ | ❖ |
| ◗ | ❘ | ❙ | ❚ | ❛ | ❜ | ❝ | ❞ |
The advent of Unicode and the universal character set it provides allowed commonly used dingbats to be given their own character codes, from 2700 to 27BF (hexadecimal). Although fonts claiming Unicode coverage will contain glyphs for dingbats in addition to alphabetic characters, fonts that have dingbats in place of alphabetic characters continue to be popular, primarily for ease of input. Such fonts are also sometimes known as pi fonts.
Some of the dingbat symbols have been used as signature marks, used in bookbinding to order sections.
Unicode dingbats
Dingbats were added to the Unicode Standard in June, 1993, with the release of version 1.1. This code block contains decorative character variants, and other marks of emphasis and non-textual symbolism.
The Unicode block for Dingbats is U+2700–U+27BF:
See also
- Emoji
- Fleuron (typography), known as a class of horticultural dingbats
- Punctuation
- Text semigraphics, a method for emulating raster graphics using text mode video hardware
Dingbat fonts
- Webdings, a TrueType dingbat font designed at Microsoft and published in 1997
- Wingdings, a TrueType dingbat font assembled by Microsoft in 1990, using glyphs from Lucida Arrows, Lucida Icons, and Lucida Stars, three fonts they licensed from Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes
- Zapf Dingbats, a dingbat font designed by Hermann Zapf in 1978, and licensed by International Typeface Corporation
