Why smiley j

Actually, the missing font is Wingdings , the wacky images font that offered a bit of novelty for early Word users but is functionally kind of useless. The process in Outlook, for example, goes like this:. It's a pretty minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things, but Pirillo's not the only one annoyed with this problem. If you've been sending out or receiving smiley Js and had always wondered what was going on there, Pirillo's got the answers—and the workaround, if you want it.

Stop counting sheep today. Fall asleep to the sounds of nature or comforting ambient noise. The A. Or hell, text messages. Other clients are lazy and just ignore the font type windings. I think you are pointing fingers to wrong people here.

All the lazy client developers should be blamed! I think your off on where you assign blame. This is insanity as 1 Wingdings is only available on Windows Microsoft has the trademark and patents on it and 2 there is an official smiley face character in the Unicode set that could be used to allow for universal compatibility.

Other applications should just use Wingdings? Okay, which Wingdings font? Wingdings, Wingdings 2, or Wingdings 3? The only reason that the smiley issue happens in Outlook is because the Outlook team did the unthinkable. So any odd quirks that Word has is inherited by Outlook, including the absurd Wingdings smiley face.

If you believe that the Outlook team is doing something right in this, you are crazy. Outlook could either use the Unicode character or automatically display the character combination as a smiley icon; however, it chooses absurdity that produces issues with every single email client out there. And even more amazing, you are willing to defend them on this insanity. Finally you solved the mystery that struggles my brain since I use Thunderbird instead of Outlook!!!

That explains it — thanks. Maybe this is their cover-up! Ahh this was bugging me and I just had to google to find the answer! Now I can sleep worry free at night! Q: How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? A: None. This has only recently just started happening to me- and only in emails.

It also shows up if someone emails from Outlook Windows to Outlook Mac. Thanks for the clarification! Okay…that covers the J.

What are those all aboot? It is not a secret code. Chris Jean has this most welcome explanation. Thanks Chris, just received such an email and thought must find out what that J is! Am I being left out of the loop? Makes sense Thanks again. Name required. Mail will not be published required. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. I believe that the free flow of information and ideas is key to the past and future development of mankind.

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Did I help you? Send me a tip via Paypal. Help with this site's hosting with my Linode referral code. Categories : Random Ramblings. Comments Thanks so much for the post. Thank you soooo much!! What I thought was a jab at me was actually a kind gesture. Now I know what that strange J means. This comment made my day. Very interesting! I thought it was something like that.