Cairo

Another one of Susan Kare's contributions to the Macintosh, Cairo was the first ever dingbat font to be released for the platform. It was only released as an 18-point bitmap and was removed in System 7.5.. Cairo is best known for introducing the—now legendary—dogcow. Clark Riley recreated a Postscript Type 1 version of this typeface in 1992, which was converted to TrueType in 1994. Haley Fiege independently created a TrueType version that is faithful to the pixelated nature of the original bitmap font.

Comparison

Name	Creator	Format	Sample
Cairo	Clark Riley	TrueType	ABCD EFGH IJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ abcd efgh ijklmn opqrst uvwxyz
Cairo TT	Haley Fiege	TrueType	ABCD EFGH IJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ abcd efgh ijklmn opqrst uvwxyz

Characters

As of Unicode 6.0, many (but not all) of the symbols contained in Cairo can tentatively be mapped to encoded characters.

Character	Cairo (if installed)	Symbol	UCS Glyph (default typeface)	UCS Codepoint	UCS Name	Notes
!	!	ice cream cone	🍦	1F366	SOFT ICE CREAM
"	"	fish	🐟	1F41F	FISH
#	#	leaf	🍂	1F342	FALLEN LEAF
$	$	pear	🍐	1F350	PEAR
%	%	house	🏠	1F3E0	HOUSE BUILDING
&	&	treble clef	𝄞	1D11E	MUSICAL SYMBOL G CLEF
'	'	die	🎲	1F3B2	GAME DIE
(	(	sparkle?	❇	2747	SPARKLE
)	)	rose	🌹	1F339	ROSE
*	*	cactus	🌵	1F335	CACTUS
+	+	up arrow	↑	2191	UPWARDS ARROW
,	,	end of musical staff	𝄂	1D102	MUSICAL SYMBOL FINAL BARLINE
-	-	right arrow	→	2192	RIGHTWARDS ARROW
.	.	musical staff	𝄚	1D11A	MUSICAL SYMBOL FIVE-LINE STAFF
/	/	push pin	📌	1F4CC	PUSHPIN
0	0	low corner thingy
1	1	palm tree	🌴	1F334	PALM TREE
2	2	eye	👀	1F440	EYES
3	3	chair	💺	1F4BA	SEAT
4	4	bottle	🍶	1F376	SAKE BOTTLE AND CUP
5	5	piece of pie or cake	🍰	1F370	SHORTCAKE
6	6	stemmed glass	🍷	1F377	WINE GLASS
7	7	moon facing right	🌜	1F31C	LAST QUARTER MOON WITH FACE
8	8	star	☆	2606	WHITE STAR
9	9	knot fragment / decorative horiz. border
:	:	pineapple	🍍	1F34D	PINEAPPLE
;	;	picket fence
<	<	watch	⌚	231A	WATCH
=	=	left arrow	←	2190	LEFTWARDS ARROW
>	>	ribbon in a bow	🎀	1F380	RIBBON
?	?	light bulb	💡	1F4A1	ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB
@	@	sun	☼	263C	WHITE SUN WITH RAYS
A	A	quarter note	♩	2669	QUARTER NOTE
B	B	strawberry	🍓	1F353	STRAWBERRY
C	C	grapes	🍇	1F347	GRAPES
D	D	television	📺	1F4FA	TELEVISION
E	E	tall building	🏢	1F3E2	OFFICE BUILDING	indeterminate symbol, arbitrary UCS mapping
F	F	flat rail car
G	G	box rail car
H	H	passenger rail car	🚃	1F683	RAILWAY CAR
I	I	3 wavy lines / decorative horiz. border
J	J	train engine	🚂	1F682	STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
K	K	crab
L	L	pine tree	🌲	1F332	EVERGREEN TREE
M	M	right footprint	👣	1F463	FOOTPRINTS	unlikely
N	N	left footprint	👣	1F463	FOOTPRINTS	unlikely
O	O	Egyptian eye symbol	𓂀	13080	EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH D010	wrong script property
P	P	knife	🔪	1F52A	HOCHO
Q	Q	tall building	🏨	1F3E8	HOTEL	indeterminate symbol, arbitrary UCS mapping
R	R	tall building	🏦	1F3E6	BANK	indeterminate symbol, arbitrary UCS mapping
S	S	envelope	✉	2709	ENVELOPE
T	T	tall building	🏥	1F3E5	HOSPITAL	indeterminate symbol, arbitrary UCS mapping
U	U	Egyptian bird symbol	𓄿	1313F	EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH G001	wrong script property
V	V	ankh	☥	2625	ANKH
W	W	multi-story building	🏬	1F3EC	DEPARTMENT STORE	indeterminate symbol, arbitrary UCS mapping
X	X	flower	🌼	1F33C	BLOSSOM
Y	Y	flower	🌷	1F337	TULIP
Z	Z	flower	⚘	2698	FLOWER
[	[	down arrow	↓	2193	DOWNWARDS ARROW
\	\	cup and saucer	☕	2615	HOT BEVERAGE
]	]	dinosaur
^	^	tree	🌳	1F333	DECIDUOUS TREE
_	_	suitcase	💼	1F4BC	BRIEFCASE
`	`	fried egg(?)
a	a	pencil	✎	270E	LOWER RIGHT PENCIL
b	b	eyeglasses	👓	1F453	EYEGLASSES
c	c	frog
d	d	ant	🐜	1F41C	ANT
e	e	turtle	🐢	1F422	TURTLE
f	f	key	🔑	1F511	KEY
g	g	ringed planet / Saturn
h	h	white right arrow	➪	27AA	LEFT-SHADED WHITE RIGHTWARDS ARROW
i	i	paintbrush
j	j	spray can
k	k	pistol	🔫	1F52B	PISTOL
l	l	freight truck	🚚	1F69A	DELIVERY TRUCK
m	m	baby face	👶	1F476	BABY
n	n	man profile	👨	1F468	MAN
o	o	woman profile	👩	1F469	WOMAN
p	p	right index	☞	261E	WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX
q	q
r	r	electrical ground(?)	⏚	23DA	EARTH GROUND
s	s	zigzag / decorative horiz. border	〰	3030	WAVY DASH
t	t	anchor	⚓	2693	ANCHOR
u	u	firecracker	🎆	1F386	FIREWORKS
v	v	mitten
w	w	shamrock	☘	2618	SHAMROCK
x	x	heavy plus sign	✚	271A and 2795	HEAVY GREEK CROSS and HEAVY PLUS SIGN
y	y	adhesive bandage
z	z	dogcow	🐄 🐕	1F404 and 1F415	COW and DOG
{	{	bell	🔔	1F514	BELL
	|	match
}	}	machine gun
~	~	bird (duck?)	🐦	1F426	BIRD
␡	&#x007f;	lemon	🍋	1F34B	LEMON
Ä	Ä	baseball	⚾	26BE	BASEBALL
Å	Å	car	🚗	1F697	AUTOMOBILE
…	…	vertical line	❘	2758	LIGHT VERTICAL BAR	not sure if this is in the font

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