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Yes you do have a point about how the older languages were already established while emoji is just currently growing at a whim. The utility of the newer charact
by cooper12 11y ago
Yes you do have a point about how the older languages were already established while emoji is just currently growing at a whim. The utility of the newer characters can certainly be argued, but reading the link certain selection factors must be met, so at least its not a free-for-all. As for your explanation of creativity thats certainly a longer discussion that deserves to be had.
The problems with a specific font for extra characters are: who would standardize it? And (assuming Unicode) how would they be represented in code points? You could use Unicode's Private Use Areas,[0] but from my understanding that might result in different characters viewed for the recipient if their implementation overlaps yours.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Use_Areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Use_Areas