#EMOJI ART TEXT ANDROID MAC OS X#

#EMOJI ART TEXT ANDROID MAC OS X#

Apple's Mac OS X operating system supports emoji as of version 10.7 Lion with the Apple Color Emoji typeface.Īndroid devices support emoji differently depending on the operating system version.

Emoji have also started appearing in emailing services such as Gmail (accessed via Google Labs) in April 2009 and websites such as Flipnote Hatena. As a result, some phones such as the Windows Phone and the iPhone lines allow access to the symbols without requiring a Japanese carrier. Some emoji are very specific to Japanese culture, such as a bowing (apologizing) businessman, a face wearing a face mask, a white flower used to denote 'brilliant homework' or a group of emoji representing popular foods: ramen noodles, dango, onigiri, Japanese curry, and sushi.Īlthough originally only available in Japan, some emoji character sets have been incorporated into Unicode, allowing them to be used elsewhere as well. The characters are used much like ASCII emoticons or kaomoji, but a wider range is provided, and the icons are standardized and built into the handsets. Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji literally means 'picture' (e) + 'character' (moji). If you see squares instead of emoji symbols, please install this Emoji fontĮmoji (絵文字 or えもじ Japanese pronunciation: ) are the ideograms or smileys used in Japanese electronic messages and webpages, the use of which is spreading outside Japan.

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