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Emoji Design Convergence2026 Jan 30blog.emojipedia.org
Now that we're using emoji as some sort of modern version of hieroglyphics, it sure would be embarrassing if your emoji looked different on one system than another, wouldn't it? And so, I've learned in the above link, the vendors have been seeking to resolve these differences over the years, mostly using Apple's set as the base standard. Until this last year, that is. Now, politics, marketing, and culture wars are starting to, once again, create divergences among the emoji sets.
Now that we're using emoji as some sort of modern version of hieroglyphics, it sure would be embarrassing if your emoji looked different on one system than another, wouldn't it? And so, I've learned in the above link, the vendors have been seeking to resolve these differences over the years, mostly using Apple's set as the base standard. Until this last year, that is. Now, politics, marketing, and culture wars are starting to, once again, create divergences among the emoji sets.