Some, mostly older, emoji have both text and emoji presentation variants, and the Unicode standard prescribes the default presentation (when no presentation selector is present) for each symbol. If we left it out (or explicitly requested a text presentation with U+FE0E), the keycap would look like this: 1⃣. emoji-style) rendering of the preceding character. The purpose of the presentation selector is to request a graphical (i.e. This tells the system to render the digit on top of the keycap. The keycap character is a combining mark - it modifies the preceding character. The symbol 1️⃣ is actually a sequence of three code points: the digit one, a so-called emoji presentation selector ( U+FE0F), and a combining enclosing keycap ( U+20E3). Combining marks and presentation selectorsĪnother example is keycaps. The EU flag □□ is composed of regional indicator symbol letter E □ and regional indicator symbol letter U □. Flagsįlags consist of two regional indicator letters put together to form a country code, which the operating system displays as a flag if it finds the appropriate glyph in its emoji font. Let’s take a look at the various forms emoji sequences can take. ![]() ![]() Multi-code-point emoji sequences aren’t new. These primarily encompass new gendered emoji for professions, such as firefighter □□ □□, farmer □□ □□, and the “David Bowie memorial” singer emoji □□ □□. While many of the new emoji, such as fox face □ and avocado □, are indeed just plain old emoji consisting of a single code point, others are so-called emoji ZWJ sequences, formed by multiple code points. There’s more to this than just a bunch of new symbols, however. You’ve probably seen that the just-released iOS 10.2 and macOS 10.12.2 include dozens of new emoji. Hint: you can tap on every emoji in this article to get more info and see its composition. ![]() You need to read this on a system with Unicode 9.0 support, such as Safari on iOS 10.2 or macOS 10.12.2, for all of the emoji to display as intended.
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