Hi, I'm using a MacBook Air and when I open and install the .otf or .ttf file for the Soft Ornament Two Dingbat, the dingbat preview shows the following:

Any idea how do i get the Dingbat to work?

The first characters are empty.

Ah! Silly me. Thanks for enlightening!

Soft Ornament Two usually encodes.

Non-Standard (Symbol) Fonts:
Non-standard fonts such as Symbol or Wingdings(tm) have special requirements for Microsoft platforms. These requirements affect the 'cmap,' 'name,' and 'OS/2' tables; the requirements and recommendations for all other tables remain the same.


https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/recom.htm