Wingdings Translator

Type English text to get copy-and-paste Wingdings symbols, or paste Wingdings symbols to turn them back into English letters.

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Font positions, not a language

In the Wingdings font, each keyboard key drew a picture: W was a cross, I a hand, N a skull. The letters were still there underneath, so the text only looked like symbols on computers with that font. Unicode has matching symbols with their own code points: some already existed, and many more were added later. This tool swaps each character for the Unicode symbol linked to its Wingdings position, so the symbols survive copying into chats, documents and social posts.

Where the mapping comes from

The mapping follows section 7 of Unicode/ISO working document N4363 (October 13, 2012), which lists a source ID for every original Wingdings position (the ASCII code plus 1000, so ! is 1033 and ~ is 1126) next to the Unicode code point it corresponds to. It's a published working reference, not a final standard, and it doesn't cover Microsoft's artwork. The 94 printable characters map to 94 different code points, so exact decoding is unambiguous.

Exact matches versus lookalikes

Some symbols look alike but are different characters. The working document maps I to 🖐 (U+1F590) and N to 🕱 (U+1F571), while other tools often use ✋ (U+270B) and ☠ (U+2620). When you decode, those two lookalikes are marked “lookalike, not exact” with the letter they probably mean, and no decoded text is produced until they're replaced. Any other symbol outside the 94 is marked unsupported instead of guessed.

Full chart of all 94 characters

Show the chart (handy for printing a puzzle answer key)

Key	Symbol	Code point	Unicode name
!	🖉	U+1F589	LOWER LEFT PENCIL
"	✂	U+2702	BLACK SCISSORS
#	✁	U+2701	UPPER BLADE SCISSORS
$	👓	U+1F453	EYEGLASSES
%	🕭	U+1F56D	RINGING BELL
&	🕮	U+1F56E	BOOK
'	🕯	U+1F56F	CANDLE
(	🕿	U+1F57F	BLACK TOUCHTONE TELEPHONE
)	✆	U+2706	TELEPHONE LOCATION SIGN
*	🖂	U+1F582	BACK OF ENVELOPE
+	🖃	U+1F583	STAMPED ENVELOPE
,	📪	U+1F4EA	CLOSED MAILBOX WITH LOWERED FLAG
-	📫	U+1F4EB	CLOSED MAILBOX WITH RAISED FLAG
.	📬	U+1F4EC	OPEN MAILBOX WITH RAISED FLAG
/	📭	U+1F4ED	OPEN MAILBOX WITH LOWERED FLAG
0	🗀	U+1F5C0	FOLDER
1	🗁	U+1F5C1	OPEN FOLDER
2	🗎	U+1F5CE	DOCUMENT
3	🗏	U+1F5CF	PAGE
4	🗐	U+1F5D0	PAGES
5	🗄	U+1F5C4	FILE CABINET
6	⏳	U+23F3	HOURGLASS WITH FLOWING SAND
7	🖮	U+1F5AE	WIRED KEYBOARD
8	🖰	U+1F5B0	TWO BUTTON MOUSE
9	🖲	U+1F5B2	TRACKBALL
:	🖳	U+1F5B3	OLD PERSONAL COMPUTER
;	🖴	U+1F5B4	HARD DISK
<	🖫	U+1F5AB	WHITE HARD SHELL FLOPPY DISK
=	🖬	U+1F5AC	SOFT SHELL FLOPPY DISK
>	✇	U+2707	TAPE DRIVE
?	✍	U+270D	WRITING HAND
@	🖎	U+1F58E	LEFT WRITING HAND
A	✌	U+270C	VICTORY HAND
B	🖏	U+1F58F	TURNED OK HAND SIGN
C	👍	U+1F44D	THUMBS UP SIGN
D	👎	U+1F44E	THUMBS DOWN SIGN
E	☜	U+261C	WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX
F	☞	U+261E	WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX
G	☝	U+261D	WHITE UP POINTING INDEX
H	🖗	U+1F597	WHITE DOWN POINTING LEFT HAND INDEX
I	🖐	U+1F590	RAISED HAND WITH FINGERS SPLAYED
J	☺	U+263A	WHITE SMILING FACE
K	😐	U+1F610	NEUTRAL FACE
L	☹	U+2639	WHITE FROWNING FACE
M	💣	U+1F4A3	BOMB
N	🕱	U+1F571	BLACK SKULL AND CROSSBONES
O	🏳	U+1F3F3	WAVING WHITE FLAG
P	🏱	U+1F3F1	WHITE PENNANT
Q	✈	U+2708	AIRPLANE
R	☼	U+263C	WHITE SUN WITH RAYS
S	🌢	U+1F322	BLACK DROPLET
T	❄	U+2744	SNOWFLAKE
U	🕆	U+1F546	WHITE LATIN CROSS
V	✞	U+271E	SHADOWED WHITE LATIN CROSS
W	🕈	U+1F548	CELTIC CROSS
X	✠	U+2720	MALTESE CROSS
Y	✡	U+2721	STAR OF DAVID
Z	☪	U+262A	STAR AND CRESCENT
[	☯	U+262F	YIN YANG
\	🕉	U+1F549	OM SYMBOL
]	☸	U+2638	WHEEL OF DHARMA
^	♈	U+2648	ARIES
_	♉	U+2649	TAURUS
`	♊	U+264A	GEMINI
a	♋	U+264B	CANCER
b	♌	U+264C	LEO
c	♍	U+264D	VIRGO
d	♎	U+264E	LIBRA
e	♏	U+264F	SCORPIUS
f	♐	U+2650	SAGITTARIUS
g	♑	U+2651	CAPRICORN
h	♒	U+2652	AQUARIUS
i	♓	U+2653	PISCES
j	🙰	U+1F670	SCRIPT LIGATURE ET ORNAMENT
k	🙵	U+1F675	SWASH AMPERSAND ORNAMENT
l	⚫	U+26AB	MEDIUM BLACK CIRCLE
m	🔾	U+1F53E	LOWER RIGHT SHADOWED WHITE CIRCLE
n	◼	U+25FC	BLACK MEDIUM SQUARE
o	🞏	U+1F78F	MEDIUM WHITE SQUARE
p	🞐	U+1F790	BOLD WHITE SQUARE
q	❑	U+2751	LOWER RIGHT SHADOWED WHITE SQUARE
r	❒	U+2752	UPPER RIGHT SHADOWED WHITE SQUARE
s	🞟	U+1F79F	BLACK MEDIUM SMALL LOZENGE
t	⧫	U+29EB	BLACK LOZENGE
u	◆	U+25C6	BLACK DIAMOND
v	❖	U+2756	BLACK DIAMOND MINUS WHITE X
w	🞙	U+1F799	BLACK MEDIUM SMALL DIAMOND
x	⌧	U+2327	X IN A RECTANGLE BOX
y	⮹	U+2BB9	UP ARROWHEAD IN A RECTANGLE BOX
z	⌘	U+2318	PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN
{	🏵	U+1F3F5	ROSETTE
\|	🏶	U+1F3F6	BLACK ROSETTE
}	🙶	U+1F676	SANS-SERIF HEAVY DOUBLE TURNED COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT
~	🙷	U+1F677	SANS-SERIF HEAVY DOUBLE COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT

Why your symbols may look different

Each device draws Unicode with its own fonts, and some symbols switch to color emoji. The table lists every code point and its Unicode name, so you can check a result even if a symbol shows as a box. On this page the symbols are drawn with small subsets of the free Noto Sans Symbols fonts (SIL Open Font License; see Noto Sans Symbols and Noto Sans Symbols 2 licenses), not Microsoft's font. The output never adds emoji or text-style selectors; if you paste symbols that carry one, the table notes it.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Wingdings a language?

No. Wingdings is a 1990s symbol font: typing a letter in it drew a picture instead of the letter. This tool doesn't translate meaning; it swaps each keyboard character for the Unicode symbol documented for that Wingdings position, so the result can be copied into apps that never had the font.

Why don't the symbols look exactly like the Wingdings font?

The output is Unicode, not the original font. Your device draws each symbol with whatever font it has, and some symbols appear as color emoji. The code point stays the same even when the picture changes, which is why each result lists its U+ code.

Why is 🖐 used for I instead of ✋?

The Unicode working document that maps Wingdings positions assigns I (source 1073) to U+1F590 RAISED HAND WITH FINGERS SPLAYED. U+270B RAISED HAND looks similar but is a different character. Some translators use lookalikes like ✋ for I or ☠ for N, so this tool only decodes the documented code points and marks those two lookalikes as similar, not exact.

Can it decode the Wingdings text in Undertale?

Only if you have the actual Unicode symbols. Gaster's lines in Undertale were drawn in a Wingdings-style font, so screenshots, images or text that relies on a font can't be decoded here. Paste real Unicode symbols, such as ones produced by the Text → Wingdings direction, and exact matches decode back to letters. Gaster's lines use capital letters, and Wingdings draws A and a differently, so type in ALL CAPS to match the game. To read a screenshot by eye, use the full chart on this page as a lookup table.

Does it support Wingdings 2, Wingdings 3 or images?

No. It covers the 94 printable keyboard characters of the original Wingdings font only. Wingdings 2 and 3 use different symbols, and reading symbols from an image would need OCR, which this tool doesn't do.

Why are some characters not converted?

Only printable ASCII (letters, digits and the punctuation on a US keyboard) has a Wingdings position. Spaces and line breaks are kept as they are. Accented letters, curly quotes, tabs and emoji have no mapping, so the tool points them out instead of guessing.