If your language / compiler of choice doesn’t have one, the Unicode organization provides a reference design called the ICU. If this topic interests you, do check out his essay linked above.

Instead of only being yellow, they recommended emoji also include five skin tone options.

The emojis, scheduled to be released by the Unicode Consortium on June 21 as part of Unicode 9.0, include a pregnant woman, a nauseated face and an avocado, Emojipedia said on Thursday.

The Unicode Consortium—the organization in charge of determining which symbols our devices are supposed to recognize—has increasingly been measuring the wrong thing in the process of approving ...

KidsPost New emoji appear every year, but where do they come from? Anyone can propose an emoji to the Unicode Consortium, which creates the quirky images that have become part of our online language.

The Unicode Consortium is a rather mysterious entity. Its stated goal is straightforward: to "enable people around the world to use computers in any language." The organization tracks every ...

The face, fixed with a content half-smile even as it dissolves into a puddle, is one of 37 new emojis approved this year by the Unicode Consortium, the organization that maintains the standards ...

The Unicode Consortium, the organization charged with selecting and overseeing emojis, is having a shit fit. According to a new report from BuzzFeed, the group has erupted into a civil war over ...

Academic debates over the future of language intertwine with poo emoji pillows at Emojicon, the world's first emoji convention.

The Unicode Consortium announced that it would no longer accept new flag emojis because of some reasons. The non-profit organization explained that these text icons could be quite troublesome if ...

Even though Unicode will no longer accept proposals for flag emoji of any category, the Consortium may still add new flag emoji if a country gains independence and is recognized by the United ...