Changelog
What's new in Wingdings Translator, newest first.
- LaunchNew About, Contact, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use pages, linked from the footer.
- FeatureA button now appears when you scroll down, to take you back to the top of the page.
- ImprovementThe translated symbols box now matches the height of the box you type into, and the swap button sits between them.
- LaunchEvery page now has a navigation bar for moving between the translators, the chart and the guides.
- LaunchA new footer links every tool and guide from the bottom of any page.
- FeatureYou can now switch the site between light and dark, or leave it following your device.
- ImprovementEach page now shows a trail back to the home page, just above its heading.
- ImprovementThe alphabet chart page now opens with a card showing a word and the symbols it becomes.
- FeatureYou can now download a chart of every symbol in a font, sized to print on a single sheet of paper.
- ImprovementThe chart pages now open with a picture of every key you can type, each one shown above the symbol it makes.
- ImprovementThe Wingdings and Webdings comparison now shows the same eight keys side by side, so you can see the two fonts share nothing.
- ImprovementEvery guide now opens with an illustration of a word turning into symbols, and each one has a dark mode version.
- FeaturePaste symbols from any of the four fonts and the translator now works out which font they came from on its own.
- FeatureCopy link saves your translation into the address bar, so you can share a puzzle or a result as a normal link.
- FeatureYou can now download your result as an SVG as well as a PNG, so it stays sharp at any size.
- ImprovementThe alphabet chart now lists the HTML and CSS code for every symbol, and you can search it by Unicode value.
- FeatureAdded a character, word, paragraph, and sentence count under the input box.
- ImprovementThe font picker now shows a live preview of each font's symbols and what it contains, instead of a plain row of tabs.
- FixThe translation counter now shows its number right away in a tab you opened in the background, instead of staying blank until you switch to it.
- ImprovementThe translator now opens with a short sample already translated, and the sample clears as soon as you start typing.
- FixThe swap button now carries your result across, so switching direction translates it back instead of leaving your text where it was.
- ImprovementAdded a guide to typing Wingdings directly in Word and PowerPoint, including the Alt code shortcut.
- FeatureYou can now read Wingdings straight from a screenshot, without retyping a single symbol.
- LaunchNew side-by-side comparison of Wingdings and Webdings, to help you spot which font your symbols are.
- LaunchNew Wingdings 3 translator for the arrow font, including its keyboard symbols.
- LaunchNew Google Docs guide, with the converter built in and a tip for making every symbol render.
- LaunchNew Webdings translator for play buttons, road signs and the rest of Microsoft's web icon font.
- LaunchNew Wingdings 2 translator, preset to that font so pointing hands and circled numbers decode correctly.
- LaunchNew Gaster translator for Undertale fans, set to uppercase so Entry Number Seventeen decodes correctly.
- LaunchNew chart lists every Wingdings key and its symbol, with one click copy and a search box.
- LaunchNew guide covering where the Wingdings font came from, what each version holds, and how to install it.
- LaunchThe Wingdings translator is live: type English to get symbols, or paste symbols to read them back.
- FeatureAdded Wingdings 2, Wingdings 3 and Webdings alongside the standard Wingdings alphabet.
- FeaturePaste symbols and the tool now spots them on its own and switches to decoding.
- FeatureAdded a clickable symbol keyboard so you can build a message without knowing which key makes each picture.
- FeatureYou can now copy your result in one click or save it as an image to share anywhere.
- ImprovementSymbols now display properly on Mac, iPhone and Android instead of showing empty boxes.