Webdings

All Webdings characters

Webdings is a typeface made out of dingbats. The design was made in 1997 by Vincent Connare, Sue Lightfoot, Ian Patterson, and Geraldin Wade. It was put in Microsoft's collection of typefaces called the Core fonts for the Web.[1] Many of the characters from Webdings were put in Unicode in version 7.0.[2]

One of the characters is a levitating businessman. Vincent Connare made the character look similar to the logo of 2 Tone Records. It was put in Unicode with the code U+1F574 🕴 MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT LEVITATING.[3] The character of a lightning bolt was made to look similar to the one in David Bowie's album Aladdin Sane.[3] Connare made the characters NYC an eye, a heart, and a skyline to show the I Love New York logo.[3][4]

References

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  1. ↑ Microsoft (December 26, 2001). "TrueType core fonts for the Web". Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Unicode 7.0.0". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Veix, Joe (March 30, 2016). "The secret history of the 'Man in Business Suit Levitating' emoji". Newsweek. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ Glasner, Joanna (September 22, 2001). "MS Denies Wingding Thing, Again". Wired. Retrieved May 10, 2021.