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Please note that the Unicode standard does not precisely specify the design or rendering of glyphs. It establishes mapping, encoding, etc. This is a feature. O

• Freak_NL 10y ago
  The Unicode standard does specify explicitly that U+1F52B stands for pistol (handgun, revolver), so while you are free to replace it with whatever you want, replacing it with a water pistol means you are purposely creating ambiguity where non existed. For a vendor of operating systems that is not very responsible behaviour.
  • Isamu 10y ago
    I disagree. Again I say that the description is deliberately brief, to allow some latitude on the part of the implementer. > you are free to replace it with whatever you want No, with a pistol. You seem to be arguing that a "water pistol" is not a "pistol". I agree not all pistols are water pistols, it is also true that not all pistols are revolvers. If you choose to depict a pistol that is NOT a revolver, I think we would agree this still satisfies the standard. I think that a water pistol is a pistol, I think it is stretch to argue otherwise. > not very responsible behaviour That is a stretch.