Regarding Windows and flags, I heard it was a geopolitical issue. Basically, to support flag emoji you’d have to decide whether or not to recognize some states (e.g. Taiwan) which can anger other states. Not sure if that’s the real reason or not.
A couple questions I still have:
1. Why make flags multiple code points when there’s plenty of unused address space to assign a single code point?
2. Any entertaining backstories regarding platform specific non-standard emoji, such as Windows ninja cat (https://emojipedia.org/ninja-cat/)? Why would they use those code points rather than ?
3. Is it possible to modify Windows to render emoji using Apple’s font (or a modified Segue that looks like Apple’s)?
4. Which emoji look the most different depending on platform? Are there any that cause miscommunication?
5. Do any glyphs render differently based on background color, e.g. dark mode?
Regarding Windows and flags, I heard it was a geopolitical issue. Basically, to support flag emoji you’d have to decide whether or not to recognize some states (e.g. Taiwan) which can anger other states. Not sure if that’s the real reason or not.
A couple questions I still have: 1. Why make flags multiple code points when there’s plenty of unused address space to assign a single code point? 2. Any entertaining backstories regarding platform specific non-standard emoji, such as Windows ninja cat (https://emojipedia.org/ninja-cat/)? Why would they use those code points rather than ? 3. Is it possible to modify Windows to render emoji using Apple’s font (or a modified Segue that looks like Apple’s)? 4. Which emoji look the most different depending on platform? Are there any that cause miscommunication? 5. Do any glyphs render differently based on background color, e.g. dark mode?