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I know Dingbat fonts aren’t the most popular. A lot of them are, well, pretty unhelpful. But, there are also a lot of very cool Dingbat fonts out there that can be used for a variety of things. Ornaments, decoration, patterns, silhouettes and much more. The cool thing about them, is you can convert to outlines, and you’ve got yourself a very cool vector to play with.
I personally use the ornament and decoration type dingbats a lot to enhance typography and things like that. They can be very, very useful. So here is a list of 46 Dingbat fonts that can be used for all sorts of things. Enjoy!
Nymphette
We Spray
WC Rhesus
Border Corners
Damask Dings
Swinging
Adhesive Seven
Eutemia Ornaments
WM Designs 1
Cafeina
Im Fell Flowers
Fondi KPZ
Line Dings
Symmetry
Flower Ornaments
Floralia
LP Flowers
YY Old English
Subikto Two
Schluss Vignetten
Butterflies
Birds of a Feather
Zoologic
DJ Horses
Vampyr Bats
VT MEI Ornaments
Skulls TS2
TotenKopf
4Yeo Sport
Karate Chop
MTF Doodle
Efon
NatoKit
SoldierWW2
Military RPG
Ckas
Beatbox
Lassus
LT Sweet Nothing
Crowns and Coronets
Mailart
Dead Letter Office
Tattoo Parlor
Kfon
Evilz
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Very interesting post, I like the decorative styles. However, I came to add that I cannot advise enough against using fonts such as VT Mei Ornaments. They result in nothing more than gibberish, and exist for nearly any set of characters. For some prime examples of exactly why using such fonts is not only foolish but potentially harmful, see http://www.hanzismatter.com/ - it’s not unusual to see a tattoo or merchandise made from this nonsense!
Great post! Dingbats can be used in so many ways :) I appreciate you putting this collection together. Very cool.
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Great unusual fonts collection;)
Goes to our “Best of week”.
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@Ajay, Thanks! Appreciate the comment.
@Alcy, Thanks for stopping by, and for your comment. Yeah, I get what your saying. I honestly just assumed it was jibberish. My thinking was they would be good for backgrounds, decoration, maybe brushes, etc. Not writing, and FOR SURE not tattoos! :) Again, thanks for making that point though, as it is an important one.
@Sarah Lynn, Thanks for your kind words! I appreciate it.
@Iniwoo, Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for featuring it. I appreciate it.
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46 cool & useful Dingbat fonts, including ornaments, decorations, patterns, silhouettes and much more….
These are so awesome thank you
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excellent post..my favorite is mail art
This is positively the most fabulous design site I have ever visited…thank you and all the contributors…you are my new heroes…
Can never have too many dingbats!
Thanks!
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awesome set of resources! thank you for sharing this and doing the research for us all to discover. i will definitely be referencing this time to time.
i just want to add, another excellent resource / place for typography is http://www.pilo.me - it by far is the most complete and solid font forum i have visited. you can definitely find similar resources as you have mentioned here at pilo. anyhow, give it a look if you are a type lover. i think it is invite only or it usually is at least, so good luck getting in. if you do get in, be sure to participate as i know they remove deadbeat users time to time.
thanks again for the excellent links!
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