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> But we already have fonts that make the Latin alphabet look different on different platforms. But the differences in appearance are abstracted away; the whol
by kps 7y ago
> But we already have fonts that make the Latin alphabet look different on different platforms.
But the differences in appearance are abstracted away; the whole point of an alphabet is that it's a small fixed set of symbols. Conversely if you see 𓀪 on one platform and 𓀫 on another, you have no idea whether the difference is meaningful or decorative.
- chrisseaton 7y ago> the whole point of an alphabet is that it's a small fixed set of symbols Emoji is an alphabet. There's a fixed set. I know they look different on different platforms but it's the same Emoji. Just like how an A here looks different to an A on Twitter. A vomiting face emoji conveys the same thing however it's drawn.
- kps 7y agoEmoji aren't a fixed set; there are new ones added all the time: 230 this year, 157 last year, …. When I see an emoji, I can't tell whether it's an existing one drawn in a different style, or whether it got added since the last time I memorized the code chart.