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The biggest emoji news of the month went to this proposal from Google advocating
a more inclusive range of professional emojis for women.
theguardian.com
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The International Trademark Association Conference looked at this, but the issue
has never been litigated. Lots of different aspects between character names, reference
images, and vendor artwork, which are all separate matters.
worldipreview.com
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Colin M. Ford of Hoefler & Co looks at creating an emoji font, and more specifically
what goes into a good emoji design.
medium.com
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18 months after their introduction, we still can't figure out the correct cultural
use of modified emojis. What is the difference in meaning between a thumbs up with
white skin tone compared to a dark skin tone?
theatlantic.com
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A follow-up to McGill's article in The Atlantic on race and emoji. Can't say I
agree on the 'correct' default being bright blue or green skin tone, but an interesting
read nonetheless.
elischiff.com
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The use of emoji in international diplomacy is in some ways a natural fit. It
has flags, and gestures that cross geographical borders. Highlighted is Australian
Foreign Minister
Julie Bishop who is a heavy emoji user, and shares her birthday with
World Emoji Day.
twiplomacy.com
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A nostalgic look back at The Print Shop from 1984, and many of the clip
art images which now correspond to popular emojis.
theatlantic.com
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Emojipedia has developed an API which can be queried by tweeting any emoji to
@Botmoji. Running 24/7 for your convenience.
emojipedia.org
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Sticker marketplaces are huge in Asia, with WeChat and LINE leading a crowded
market. This is an interesting read about the people designing stickers at WeChat.
ecns.cn
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ICYMI, this is the latest in the "as told by emoji" series from Disney. Last year
saw similar treatments for
Frozen and
Alladin.
youtube.com
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In a topic I had been meaning to cover in more detail for a while, Sebastiaan
de With looks back at how major platforms have come closer together in their emoji
appearance over time.
medium.com
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Emojipedia saw a
huge increase in use of the bee emoji and lemon emoji with the release of Beyonce's
Lemonade video last month. This mirrors an increase later reported by Twitter.
wired.com
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One of the better emoji keyboard apps I have used on iOS. Good summary from John
Voorhees on this app (and keyboard) for quick emoji search.
macstories.net
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