typographical art

1881

The appearance of the first emoticons

Smiley Face

1982

The creation of "Smiley Face"

Kaomoji example

1986

The boom of Kaomoji in Japan

first set of emojis

1999

The birth of the first set of emojis

sample of emojis

2008

Apple releases Emojis in Japan

sample of emojis

2010

Unicode Standard to support Emoji

What about the future of emojis? 🤔

Today, you can contribute to the development of the universal digital language by submitting your own emoji via the Unicode Proposal.

As the collection of emojis continues to expand, it is also possible to think of its functionality beyond communication.