Why Wingdings Became a Font

While many typeface enthusiasts deplore the idea of Comic Sans, another font and its continued existence proves to be even more baffling: Wingdings. The assortment of characters, from mailboxes to smiley faces, is seemingly random at first, but the video above examines the history behind the font and how it came into fruition. Reaching as far back as the 13th century when printing presses were used, reusable templates known as dingbats were created as shortcuts for blocks that had to be hand-car...