Trivia: Microsoft Wingding Controversy

By Alex in Paranormal, Politics, Science & Tech on May 11, 2008 at 1:23 pm

In the Wingding Controversy, if you type out "NYC" in Microsoft’s wingding font, a skull and bones, Star
of David, and a thumbs up glyphs appear.

Some people interpret this as an approving message of killing jews in New York City. Microsoft strongly denied that this was intentional. The company did, however, intentionally arrange the glyphs of an eye, a heart, and a city skyline as the "NYC" sequence in the later-released
webding font.


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  1. Jerse
    May 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    What’s up with wingding’s anyway? Why would anyone ever use that?

  2. Orjan S Morjan
    May 11th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Scalable icons, why wouldn’t anyone?

  3. Anon
    May 11th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Hahahha best piece of information ever…

    Why would anyone think that was intentional, what’s so special about NYC? It’s as special as any city.

  4. Nora
    May 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    Some person told me if you typed Q33(supposedly the plane number that crashed into the Twin Towers)and NY in Wingdings, it will show a plane and and two pieces of paper that looks like buildings along with a skull and the Star of David. Here’s a page explaining the it: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/wingdings-911.html
    I thought it was an interesting tidbit that goes along with the article :P

  5. kaori
    May 11th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    Everyone takes things way too serious now a days :/

  6. Mr. Binky
    May 11th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    Hitler loved wing dings

  7. YT
    May 12th, 2008 at 1:08 am

    Uhh… whatever! We all know the true meaning behind it is that the Skull and Bones and Zionist Banking Jews control NYC!

  8. Lasse
    May 12th, 2008 at 2:09 am

    They are wrong, it means that New York City is giving the thumbs up for jewish pirates to dock. That’s even worse!!

  9. Tim Giachetti
    May 12th, 2008 at 3:09 am

    heheheh Mr. Binky, Hitler like Ho-Hos’ and despised twinkies. :P

  10. Pot of Beans
    May 12th, 2008 at 7:00 am

    “Everyone takes things way too serious now a days :/”

    Legalize marijuana

  11. gl3nk
    May 12th, 2008 at 9:01 am

    And other deciper this as a message that Jews were responsible for 911; A more substanial theory. Israeli spying on America is nothing new… and false flag attacks by Israel are very common: the Lavon Affair, the attack on the USS Liberty. etc… Israel is no friend of America… or the world. They knew what was going down on 911, and did nothing to stop it… and they used it for their advantage, send Americans to fight and die for the wars THEY started.

    Wake up sheeple.

    http://www.whatreallyhappened.com

  12. Anonymous
    May 12th, 2008 at 9:20 am

    Wingdings was designed 11 years prior to 9/11 you idiot.

  13. Leela
    May 12th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    Wow, THAT is paranoid!

  14. doktor knarf
    May 12th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    further proof that the conspiracy reaches far deeper than we ever expected!

  15. Ray
    May 12th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    Jeez, this story is only about 7 years old.

  16. Christophe
    May 13th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    ?????????

    Yeah. Neatorama starts with a skull and cross bones. Is it a sign of something fishy?

  17. BP
    Jan 19th, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    in Wingdings try Q33 NY (the flight number of the first plane to crash into the Twin Towers)


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