When the very first set of emoji was designed by Japanese engineer Shigetaku Kurita in the 1990s, pixel-y dots within a 12-by-12 dot grid were about the entirety of what could be conveyed in emoji ...

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The Unicode Consortium announced plans (PDF) to support new emoji aimed at promoting gender equality—11 new “professional” emoji will depict both men and women performing different jobs, and there ...

Unicode launched 64 new emojis for 2020 software updates. The emojis feature gender neutral options that undermine heteronormativity. An increasing part of the younger U.S. population cares about ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. At a glance, emoji are simple. Each icon visually represents something instantly recognizable — food, a happy ...