Zapf Dingbats® font
Zapf Dingbats is a dingbat typeface of symbols and ornaments. It was designed by Hermann Zapf, and first issued by ITC in 1978. It comes with macOS; elsewhere it is a commercial typeface. FontKind’s catalogue holds fonts for the Latin alphabet and no symbol font, so its symbols are below as text, in your own fonts.
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Unicode took most of its symbols into its Dingbats block, so they are text, and open fonts draw them too: Google’s Noto Sans Symbols fonts include dingbats. Here they are set in your own fonts, not in Zapf Dingbats. Copy them, and many more, on Copy and paste symbols
Source: Wikipedia: Dingbats (Unicode block) , Wikipedia: Noto fonts02 / Your copy of Zapf Dingbats
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About Zapf Dingbats
- Designed by
- Hermann ZapfSource: Wikipedia: Zapf Dingbats
- First issued
- ITC, 1978Source: Wikipedia: Zapf Dingbats
- Class
- Dingbat typeface of symbols and ornamentsSource: Wikipedia: Zapf Dingbats
- Comes with
- macOS Tahoe: Zapf DingbatsSource: Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Trademark
- Zapf Dingbats is a trademark of Monotype ITC Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and which may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.Source: Monotype: trademarks
- Also
- It became one of the 35 fonts built into PostScript printers, from Apple’s LaserWriter Plus on, and is one of the 14 standard fonts of PDF.Source: Wikipedia: Zapf Dingbats
Read by hand on 2 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
Zapf Dingbats® is a trademark of Monotype ITC Inc. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype ITC Inc., and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Zapf Dingbats
Is Zapf Dingbats free?
Not to use anywhere you like. It comes with macOS, so a Mac already has it. Anywhere else it needs a licence from its foundry.
Who designed Zapf Dingbats?
Zapf Dingbats was designed by Hermann Zapf, and first issued by ITC in 1978.
Can I use Zapf Dingbats in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word on a Mac, yes, as macOS comes with Zapf Dingbats; on Windows, only after you install a licensed copy. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Zapf Dingbats isn’t one of them. Canva publishes no list of its fonts: search its font menu, or, with Canva Pro, upload a font whose licence allows it.
What can I use instead of Zapf Dingbats?
Its symbols themselves. Unicode took most of its symbols into its Dingbats block, so they are text, and open fonts draw them too: Google’s Noto Sans Symbols fonts include dingbats (Wikipedia: Dingbats (Unicode block) ). Copy them on Copy and paste symbols, where they show in your own fonts, not in Zapf Dingbats.