<s>
In	O
typography	O
,	O
a	O
dingbat	B-Protocol
(	O
sometimes	O
more	O
formally	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
printer	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
ornament	I-Protocol
or	O
printer	O
's	O
character	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
ornament	O
,	O
specifically	O
,	O
a	O
glyph	B-Application
used	O
in	O
typesetting	O
,	O
often	O
employed	O
to	O
create	O
box	O
frames	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
box-drawing	O
characters	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
dinkus	O
(	O
section	O
divider	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
dingbat	B-Protocol
symbols	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
signature	O
marks	O
or	O
used	O
in	O
bookbinding	O
to	O
order	O
sections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
computer	O
industry	O
,	O
a	O
dingbat	B-Protocol
font	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
computer	O
font	O
that	O
has	O
symbols	O
and	O
shapes	O
that	O
reused	O
the	O
code	O
points	O
designated	O
for	O
alphabetical	O
or	O
numeric	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
practice	O
was	O
necessitated	O
by	O
the	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
code	O
points	O
available	O
in	O
20th	O
century	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
modern	O
fonts	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
Unicode	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
unique	O
code	O
points	O
for	O
dingbat	B-Protocol
glyphs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
characters	O
included	O
in	O
Unicode	O
(	O
ITC	O
Zapf	O
Dingbats	B-Protocol
series	O
100	O
and	O
others	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Unicode	O
provides	O
code	O
points	O
for	O
many	O
commonly	O
used	O
dingbats	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
listed	O
below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
widespread	O
adoption	O
of	O
Unicode	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
2010s	O
,	O
"	O
dingbat	B-Protocol
fonts	I-Protocol
"	O
were	O
created	O
that	O
allocated	O
dingbat	B-Protocol
glyphs	B-Application
to	O
codepoints	O
in	O
code	O
positions	O
otherwise	O
allocated	O
to	O
"	O
normal	O
"	O
character	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dingbats	B-Protocol
block	O
(	O
U+2700	O
–	O
U+27BF	O
)	O
(	O
under	O
the	O
original	O
block	O
name	O
"	O
Zapf	O
Dingbats	B-Protocol
"	O
)	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Standard	O
in	O
October	O
1991	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
its	O
characters	O
were	O
taken	O
from	O
Zapf	O
Dingbats	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
block	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
"	O
Zapf	O
Dingbats	B-Protocol
"	O
to	O
"	O
Dingbats	B-Protocol
"	O
in	O
June	O
1993	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ornamental	O
Dingbats	B-Protocol
block	O
(	O
)	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Standard	O
in	O
June	O
2014	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
7.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
dingbat	B-Protocol
fonts	I-Protocol
Webdings	O
,	O
Wingdings	O
,	O
and	O
Wingdings	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
