Some are already included with the set of fonts that come installed in computers. There are thousands of dingbat fonts available for download on the Internet. In a dingbat, or “ornamental” font, each letter and character on a keyboard can be used to represent a design, so that that image appears every time you type the corresponding letter.
Dingbats aren’t just dizzy dames like Edith Bunker–they are decorative symbols or glyphs in stylized fonts used by printers and designers to beautify pages and add interest.