Emojify – not to be confused with Emojify – is a funky little iPhone app that transforms pictures into ASCII-style emoji art. Courtesy of Singapore-based app developers VoidWorks, Emojify lets you ...

Emoticons have been around a lot longer than one might think. In a March 30, 1881 item in Puck which included typographical representations of joy, melancholy, indifference, and astonishment, it was ...

Although Shigetaka Kurita is often credited as the original emoji creator, the story is more complex and nuanced – and what better time to tell this story than following World Emoji Day, which takes ...

Decoding Unicode in this video explores the growth and history of Unicode, including a chart remade from John Cook's post. It covers the debut of ASCII, the evolution of Unicode, and insights into ...

Faces in Content Warning are easily customised at the suit station in the house, but you only get three characters, and not all symbols are seemingly allowed. If you just want to stick with letters ...