[Tex2002ans]

I was recently discussing EPUB Tools and the Symbol Font -> Unicode functionality.

It made me think of Webdings + Wingdings + Wingdings 2/3. When I tested with those four fonts, EPUB Tools exported the characters as your basic "abc" instead of converting to the Unicode equivalent glyphs:

• Normal Text
  
  • a
    
  • b
    
  • c
    
• Webdings
  
  • Heavy Check Mark: ✔
    
  • Bicycle: 🚲
    
  • White Large Square: ⬜
    
• Wingdings
  
  • Cancer: ♋
    
  • Leo: ♌
    
  • Virgo: ♍
    
• Wingdings 2
  
  • Heavy North East Pointing Bud: 🙦
    
  • Heavy North West Pointing Bud: 🙤
    
  • Heavy South West Pointing Bud: 🙥
    
• Wingdings 3
  
  • Right-Shaded White Rightwards Arrow: ➩
    
  • Leftwards Back-Tilted Shadowed White Arrow: 🢨
    
  • Back-Tilted Shadowed White Rightwards Arrow: ➫
    

Here is the Unicode 7.0 documents when they introduced all of the glyphs:

http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n4022.pdf
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n4115.pdf
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n4239.pdf

These have tables listing the Wingdings/Webdings IDs -> Unicode #.

I also found this site which lists the HTML equivalent for Wingdings + Wingdings 2:

http://www.alanwood.net/demos/wingdings.html
http://www.alanwood.net/demos/wingdings-2.html

although that HTML site seems to be be dated. He says many of the Wingdings don't have an equivalent UTF-8... even though they are all spelled out in the documentation (as far as I can see).

Side Note: I was also able to use BabelMap to generate a giant list of characters added in Unicode 7.0 (see attachment) + the Symbola font here:

http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/

Maybe that might help in some way.

Side Note #2: Maybe you could subset/embed those symbols if needed. Many of those more obscure symbols don't even appear in most fonts (many don't even appear for me in Firefox. I shudder to think of their support in most ereaders). But converting them to actual UTF-8 will be infinitely more useful than the current "abc"s.