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WingdingsWingdings is a TrueType dingbat font included in all versions of Microsoft Windows starting with version 3.1. This font was originally developed in 1990 by Type Solutions, Inc., but now the copyright holder is Microsoft Corp. Further Wingdings fonts have been developed, named Wingdings 2 and Wingdings 3. Wingdings was briefly the subject of a somewhat fanciful conspiracy theory in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. If one types "Q33 NY" and converts to Wingdings, the Q becomes an airplane, the threes become lined documents (which somewhat resemble skyscrapers), the N becomes a skull and crossbones, and the Y becomes the Star of David. Altogether the image looks like an airplane preparing to impact the World Trade Center, with a message of death for those of Jewish faith. The "NY" obviously stands for New York, and "Q33" allegedly was the designation of one of the airplanes. However, this theory falls apart under scrutiny; the terrorist attacks were not especially directed at the Jewish, and none of the airplanes used on that day bore the designation of Q33. This may be one of the reasons that Wingdings was removed from Windows Longhorn.
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