An interview with an Apple emoji designer

72 points - last Saturday at 5:56 PM

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9dev today at 4:12 PM
> We mapped almost 1:1 to SoftBank’s set, though Apple chose to omit a few of the more risqué ones.

Which are these risqué emojis mentioned here? I don't think I have ever seen any that are even slightly graphic, which is probably why all the emoji slang conventions have spread like fire (Aubergine, Peach, etc.)

holistio today at 2:38 PM
There is still no walnut emoji. Blonde-haired, black-skinned pregnant man? Yes. Walnut? No.
dwflanagan today at 5:51 PM
I just finished Keith Houston's previous book _Empire of the Sum_, a history of calculators, I'll be reading this next.
ollien today at 3:41 PM
If the author is reading this, the hyperlink to the book in the first paragraph is broken. Looks like it's attempting to direct you to an absolute url that was meant to be relative.

    <a href="https://books/face-with-tears-of-joy">
aforty today at 3:13 PM
So cool to get the background story on this. I remember adding the Japanese keyboard here in the US just so I could get access to emojis.
amelius today at 1:28 PM
In case anyone is actually interested in the emoji:

https://emojipedia.org/apple

Tepix today at 2:14 PM
Are the emojis on Apple (macOS, iOS etc) vector graphics these days?
NoSalt today at 2:17 PM
Why does that site feel like I am reading typed text on paper?