An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by nate » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

An interview with an Apple emoji designer
shadycharacters.co.uk

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by amelius » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC

In case anyone is actually interested in the emoji:

https://emojipedia.org/apple

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by Tepix » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC

Are the emojis on Apple (macOS, iOS etc) vector graphics these days?

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by NoSalt » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

Why does that site feel like I am reading typed text on paper?

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by holistio » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC

There is still no walnut emoji. Blonde-haired, black-skinned pregnant man? Yes. Walnut? No.

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by wpm » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC

holistio wrote: post #5

There is still no walnut emoji. Blonde-haired, black-skinned pregnant man? Yes. Walnut? No.

Be the petty, small change you wish to see in the world: https://joypixels.com/blog/how-to-submit-an-emoji-to-unicode

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by LoganDark » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC

Tepix wrote: post #3

Are the emojis on Apple (macOS, iOS etc) vector graphics these days?

They are not. They are perhaps higher resolution than they once were, but still raster:

https://logandark.net/files/328S6690-9Q368809-16843Q53-RR2SN...

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by Aissen » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

In case anyone is actually interested in the emoji: https://emojipedia.org/apple

More specifically, it was this set: https://emojipedia.org/apple/iphone-os-2.2

Interesting tidbit:

> Emoji support required iPhone OS 2.2 and a SoftBank SIM card.

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by j1000 » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

holistio wrote: post #5

There is still no walnut emoji. Blonde-haired, black-skinned pregnant man? Yes. Walnut? No.

Also no thief emoji or pirate emoji. Can someone enlighten me why we don't have it?

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by dagmx » Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC

j1000 wrote: post #9

holistio wrote: post #5

There is still no walnut emoji. Blonde-haired, black-skinned pregnant man? Yes. Walnut? No.

Also no thief emoji or pirate emoji. Can someone enlighten me why we don't have it?

Simply because nobody has successfully pitched the Unicode group to add one.

Anyone can pitch new emoji, they just have to go through the fairly easy but strict formal process.