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===Emoji=== {{Main|Emoji}} Emoji are pictograms that can be used and displayed inline with text.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Blagdon |first=Jeff |title=How emoji conquered the world |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/3966140/how-emoji-conquered-the-world |work=The Verge |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=November 6, 2013 |date=March 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Smile, You're Speaking EMOJI: The fast evolution of a wordless tongue|date=November 16, 2014|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/emojis-rapid-evolution.html|author=Adam Sternbergh|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref> They are similar to previous symbol typefaces, but with a much larger range of characters, such as symbols for common objects, animals, food types, weather and emotions. Originally developed in Japan, they are now commonly installed on many computer and smartphone operating systems.<ref name="Why and how I created emoji">{{cite web |last1=Kurita |last2=akano |last3=Lee |title=Why and how I created emoji |url=http://ignition.co/105 |website=Ignition |access-date=August 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610220635/http://ignition.co/105|archive-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Meet Shigetaka Kurita, the Father of Emoji">{{cite news|last1=Negishi|first1=Mayumi|title=Meet Shigetaka Kurita, the Father of Emoji |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/03/26/meet-shigetaka-kurita-the-father-of-emoji|website=[[Wall Street Journal]]|date=26 March 2014|access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> Following standardisation and inclusion in the [[Unicode]] standard, allowing them to be used internationally, the number of Emoji characters has rapidly increased to meet the demands of an expanded range of cultures using them; unlike many previous symbol typefaces, they are interchangeable with the ability to display the pictures of the same meaning in a range of fonts on different operating systems.<ref name="Emoji Additions: Animals, Compatibility, and More Popular Requests; Emoji tranche 5">{{cite web|title=Emoji Additions: Animals, Compatibility, and More Popular Requests; Emoji tranche 5|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15054r4-emoji-tranche5.pdf|publisher=Unicode|access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Unicode 8.0.0|url=http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode8.0.0/|publisher=Unicode Consortium|access-date=June 17, 2015}}</ref> The popularity of emoji has meant that characters have sometimes gained culture-specific meanings not inherent to the design.<ref name="How to (pretend to) be young and down with the internet">{{cite web|last1=Hern|first1=Alex|title=How to (pretend to) be young and down with the internet|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/how-to-be-young-internet-lol-facebook|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=12 August 2015|access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="The 31 Most Nail Care Emoji Moments Of 2014">{{cite web|last1=Jewell|first1=Hannah|title=The 31 Most Nail Care Emoji Moments Of 2014|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahjewell/the-most-nail-care-emoji-moments-of-2014#.frpzwyGmAE|website=Buzzfeed|date=13 December 2014 |access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Five Non-Negotiable Best Emojis in the Land">{{cite web|last1=Santos|last2=Jones|title=The Five Non-Negotiable Best Emojis in the Land|url=http://www.thewire.com/culture/2014/03/the-only-five-emojis-you-need/359646/|website=The Atlantic Wire|access-date=August 15, 2015|archive-date=August 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820011420/http://www.thewire.com/culture/2014/03/the-only-five-emojis-you-need/359646/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Both colour and monochrome emoji typefaces exist, as well as at least one animated design.<ref>{{cite web|last1=El Khoury|first1=Rita|title=Woohoo! Animated Emoji Easter Eggs Overload The Latest Hangouts With Their Cuteness, Hehehehe|url=http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/11/woohoo-animated-emoji-easter-eggs-make-overload-latest-hangouts-cuteness-hehehehe|website=Android Police|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2015}}</ref>
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