Re: Additional emojis

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	uk.telecom.mobile, comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Additional emojis
Date	2025-10-29 22:32 +0100
Message-ID	<codatlxqmt.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2025-05-16 10:52, Pamela wrote:
> On 07:49  16 May 2025, Andy Burns said:
>> Pamela wrote:
>>
>>> Isn't the emoji sent along with the message text, perhaps as a
>>> bitmap image?
>>
>> Are all letter "A"s sent along as a bitmap?
> 
> Of course letter A's are sent as a character code, with the glyph being
> created locally.
> 
> By contrast, emojis are miniature graphics which I thought were sent as
> embedded low-res bitmaps, perhaps similar to colour fonts in CBDT.
> Seems not.
> 
> So if emojis are generated locally then all the more reason not to use
> them. I already get lost amongst the subtle differences between
> smileys, and additional local variation would make them more ambiguous in
> some conversations.

It is a standard, they are characters in unicode.

<https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html>

Some of them, sent here: 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🙂🙃🫠😉

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Re: Additional emojis Pamela <pamela.private.mailbox@gmail.com> - 2025-05-16 09:52 +0100
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  Re: Additional emojis "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-29 22:32 +0100

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