system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: What's the purpose of the Wingdings font?
gpt
The font was not meant to be used as a way to write words. It was a way to basically store symbols that people could use for whatever reason. So, if you wanted an image of a thumbs up, you would use Windings upper case C.

Now with internet access to images and emojis, it's not longer as useful as it once was, but it still exists.