Why the Wingdings font exists

Wingdings is the font made entirely out of symbols. But why Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: As a means of writing sentences, Wingdings fails but that was never its purpose. It was created to be used as a unique tool for the preinternet era. It was akin to emojis, but with even more utility. Read more on the Wingdings font: Video by Phil Edwards and Sarah Turbin. Subscribe to our channel is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: Follow Vox on Twitter: Or on Facebook: