The Mystery of Doctor W.D. Gaster & Wingdings
In Toby Fox's landmark 2015 indie RPG Undertale, Doctor W. D. Gaster stands as the ultimate hidden mystery. Referred to by the River Person with the cryptic warning "Beware of the man who speaks in hands", Gaster’s dialogue is encoded in Microsoft’s 1990 Wingdings font.
✌️Why Gaster Uses All-Caps
In standard Wingdings, uppercase letters A–I map to iconic hand signs (✌, 👌, 👍, 👎, 👈, 👉, ☝, 👇, ✋), earning Gaster his title "the man who speaks in hands". Canonical Gaster dialogue in Undertale and Deltarune is always written in all capital letters.
🔊The Sound of Entry 17
Unlike other characters with speech sounds sampled from real syllables, Gaster’s voice consists of unique, sharp frequency beeps (around 660 Hz). Our tool synthesizes these exact audio frequencies using the browser's Web Audio API.
Is Wingdings a Real Language or a Fictional Cipher?
Many gamers and internet sleuths ask whether Wingdings is a real language. Technically, Wingdings was created as a symbol font rather than a spoken language with grammar. However, in video game culture and internet mythology, Toby Fox transformed it into a famous fictional language and cryptogram.
In Undertale and Deltarune, Gaster’s encrypted monologues act as substitution ciphers where each symbol maps 1:1 to Latin English alphabet keys. Translating Gaster’s speech is like cracking an in-game ARG (Alternate Reality Game) puzzle.
W.D. Gaster Wingdings Letter Reference (A–Z)
| Letter | Gaster Glyph | Meaning / Symbol | Unicode |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | ✌ | Victory Hand | U+270C |
| B | 👌 | OK Hand | U+1F44C |
| C | 👍 | Thumbs Up | U+1F44D |
| D | 👎 | Thumbs Down | U+1F44E |
| E | 👈 | Left Pointing Index | U+1F448 |
| J | ☺ | Smiling Face | U+263A |
| M | 💣 | Bomb | U+1F4A3 |
| N | ☠ | Skull and Crossbones | U+2620 |
| Q | ✈ | Airplane | U+2708 |
| R | ☼ | Sun with Rays | U+263C |
| S | 💧 | Droplet | U+1F4A7 |
| T | ❄ | Snowflake | U+2744 |