With pictogram dingbat fonts, you can add illustrative signs and symbols to your designs. Pictograms can also be drawn from scratch or imported as vectors in graphic software like Illustrator, but there are many situations where the pictograms you need can be quickly inserted as font and it is a convenient way to store the design elements compared to searching through a vector library. As a professional designer you can never have to many tools on stock. We have prier written about many different icons font sets for your toolbox, but another great thing to add to your collection is pictogram dingbat fonts.
A pictogram is a definition for highly simplified illustrations used to give humans quick instructions. Well-known pictogram examples are the male and female pictograms used on toilet signs and doors. When pictograms are delivered as fonts, they are usually referred to as dingbat fonts. The term dingbat describe fonts that have symbols and shapes in the positions designated for alphabetical or numeric characters. This means that e.g. “A” could be replaced by an “airplane” pictogram and that a pictogram dingbat font is simply used by typing the right characters on the keyboard. In this article, I have collected most of the great looking pictogram dingbat fonts available as free downloads.
I hope you enjoy the collection and that you will spend a minute on sharing the article with your coworkers.
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Font Notice 8 – MORE INFO
Symbol Signs – MORE INFO
Symbolix – MORE INFO
![symbolix[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/symbolix3.jpg "symbolix[3]")
Ding Dongs signs o’the times – MORE INFO
Glyphyx – MORE INFO
![glyphyx[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/glyphyx3.jpg "glyphyx[3]")
Cool Stuff- MORE INFO
![cool-stuff[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cool-stuff3.jpg "cool-stuff[3]")
Symbol Signs – MORE INFO
![symbol-signs[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/symbol-signs3.jpg "symbol-signs[3]")
Hazard – MORE INFO
Sirucapictograms – MORE INFO
![sirucapictograms[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sirucapictograms3.jpg "sirucapictograms[3]")
Modern Pictograms – MORE INFO
Travelcons – MORE INFO
Heydings Controls – MORE INFO
Entypo – MORE INFO
![entypo[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/entypo3.jpg "entypo[3]")
ESRI Geometric Symbols – MORE INFO
Restroom Signs TFB – MORE INFO
Odds n Sods – MORE INFO
Notice2Std – MORE INFO
![notice-std[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/notice-std3.jpg "notice-std[3]")
Combinumerals Ltd- MORE INFO
![combinumerals-ltd[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/combinumerals-ltd3.jpg "combinumerals-ltd[3]")
Funny Icon Font- MORE INFO
Traffic Signs TFB- MORE INFO
Travelcons Outline font – MORE INFO
![travelcons[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/travelcons3.jpg "travelcons[3]")
Finger Print TFB – MORE INFO
Santiago Icono Font – MORE INFO
Notice Std- MORE INFO
Rally Symbols- MORE INFO
![rally-symbols[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/rally-symbols3.jpg "rally-symbols[3]")
Stickerman bad times- MORE INFO
![stickerman-bad-times[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/stickerman-bad-times3.jpg "stickerman-bad-times[3]")
DEPRESSIVE ICONRegular font – MORE INFO
WM Transport 1 – MORE INFO
RoadSign + Warning – MORE INFO
Martin Vogel’s Symbols – MORE INFO
Working Signs TFB – MORE INFO
Science – MORE INFO
![science[3]](http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/science3.jpg "science[3]")
All Purpose Signs JL – MORE INFO
12 Halloween Signs LT font – MORE INFO
Roadgeek 2005 Icons font – MORE INFO
Warning Tables – MORE INFO
Raise Your Flag – MORE INFO
The B.O.M.B. (Best Of Magurno Brushes) – MORE INFO
Chinese Zodiac font – MORE INFO
Oxygene 1- MORE INFO
Handyfont – MORE INFO
HierobatsSketches font – MORE INFO
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