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RandomTeaParty | 1 month ago

Emoji look isn't standardized for the same reason letters look isn't - because it is font detail

Imagine outlawing comic sans because "letters must be serious" or smth

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codethief|29 days ago

But the font design typically doesn't influence or change the meaning of the text. With emojis it does.

…and that's precisely why I complained that emojis have been standardized as Unicode code points, with their design being left to font designers. You just re-iterated that this is a consequence of using (abusing) the charset, which I had already acknowledged.