Fonts for Unicode 6 Emoticons (2010)

Unicode Fonts for Emoticons

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Unicode 6 Emoticons

Unicode version 6 is released in 2010 October.

This version adds 2088 characters. One thing interesting is that it adds about 608 emoticons, with names such as GRINNING CAT FACE WITH SMILING EYES 😸.

Emoticons are widely used in Japan in mobile phones. It's called “Emoji” in Japan.

Unicode 6 is nice in that it added many symbols i was looking for but unable to find before. The following are all from Unicode 6:

⏯ ⏩ ⏪ ⏭ ⏮ 👍 👎

Full List of Unicode 6 Emoticons

Unicode: Emoji 😄

Reference

• http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/
• U60-1F600.pdf.
• Emoji and Dingbats At www.unicode.org