Glossary Term Definition
A typographic ornament such as a bullet, asterisk, pointing hand, or decorative symbol, often gathered into special pi fonts.
Definition
A typographic ornament — a bullet, asterisk, pointing hand, or decorative symbol — often gathered into special pi fonts. The term is an old printers' word of obscure origin. Dingbat fonts include Zapf Dingbats and Hermann Zapf's extensive collection of typographic ornaments.
Source
No access — Robert Bringhurst — p. 323:
A typographic ornament.