The simplest way to insert a graphic on a Web page is to use a graphic font. Webdings is a graphical font developed by Microsoft that can be used on Internet Explorer.
What is Webdings
Webdings is a TrueType dingbat font, published in 1997, with a Unicode encoding for each graphic within the Microsoft Windows window System that followed.
What is TrueType
TrueType is a mathematical-descriptive technique that is presented jointly by Apple and Microsoft to describe the outline of a font using curves and lines.
The 1.True type can be used both as a print font and as a screen display. 2. Because it is described by the instruction to the glyph, it is not resolution-independent, the output will always follow the printer's resolution output. 3. Regardless of zoom in or zoom out, the characters are always smooth and no aliasing occurs. 4. Relative to PostScript font, its quality is worse. Especially when the text is too small, the performance is not very clear. [1] The 5.True Type is made up of paths that are used extensively in Windows programming.
What is Dingbat Font
Dingbat is a symbol font, also known as a miscellaneous brocade font, this type of font is not a letter, but the output of a variety of symbols.
It was originally a decorative and graphic symbol used in print. After computers were used to produce printed publications, the printing industry created a variety of dingbat fonts.
Let's draw a Hello world with webdings font
<font style= "FONT-SIZE:120PT; Color:green; Font-family:webdings ">û</FONT>
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Webdings graphic Font