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It’s literally there in the standard: “The shapes of the reference glyphs used in these code charts are not prescriptive.” The standard says “pistol”, what a p
by relaxing 2y ago
It’s literally there in the standard: “The shapes of the reference glyphs used in these code charts are not prescriptive.”
The standard says “pistol”, what a pistol looks like is left to the implementer.
- JohnFen 2y agoIt's exactly this that makes Unicode the wrong place to define emojis.
- relaxing 2y agoYou’re allowed to make your letters however you want too, even if they’re ambiguous.
- JohnFen 2y agoThe difference is that the alphabet has well-defined meaning. Stylistic differences in the appearance of letters doesn't alter those meanings. This is not so true with emojis. Their meaning is directly determined by their appearance and so stylistic differences can alter their meaning.