Why certain symbols became Wingdings “We were influenced by images from similar historical and modern sources,” Bigelow says. The Lucida Icons spanned many eras.

A member of the far-right group Proud Boys makes the OK hand gesture for "white power" during "The End Domestic Terrorism" rally at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on August 17, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.

The “OK” hand gesture, a mass killer’s bowl-style haircut and an anthropomorphic moon wearing sunglasses are among 36 new entries in a Jewish civil rights group’s online database of hate ...

The “OK” hand symbol, the bowl-style haircut of Dylann Roof and the “Happy Merchant” meme are among the 36 new symbols added Thursday to the online database of hate symbols maintained by a ...

Wingdings is the font made entirely out of symbols. But why does it exist? As a means of writing sentences, Wingdings fails — but that was never its purpose. It was created to be used as a ...