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 pre-internet 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 t