DINGBAT

Dingbat

A dingbat is an ornament, character or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a printer's ornament or printer's character. The term continues to be used in the computer industry to describe fonts that have symbols and shapes in the positions designated for alphabetical or numeric characters.

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dingbat

Noun

  1. A silly, crazy or stupid person.
  2. A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
  3. An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.


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