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That's just Apple being typically arrogant (and other font designers following them, sadly). The way to write a flag in emoji is to combine the two letters of
by scatters 12y ago
That's just Apple being typically arrogant (and other font designers following them, sadly).
The way to write a flag in emoji is to combine the two letters of its country code; e.g. for the French flag you write REGIONAL INDICATOR F + REGIONAL INDICATOR R. The font then magically turns that two-character sequence into a single glyph.
An emoji font could include up to 676 (26*26) flags; I think WhatsApp has something like 45 flags already (on Android).
- Aardwolf 12y agoOk that flag thing is quite cool then actually! :)
- wodenokoto 12y agoMy understanding is that Apple just included the standard Japanese emoji set, to help sell iPhones in japan. For a long time they were even hidden on non-Japanese iPhones. The standard Japanese emoji set is pretty randomly put together and I don't remember my old keitai having that many country flags.