Can we discuss the possibility of abstract symbols to be used with emoji please?

Gabriel Tellez gtbot2007 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 21 09:48:01 CDT 2023


Unicode is not in the business of making new symbols that don’t already
exist.

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 3:27 PM Garth Wallace via Unicode <
unicode at corp.unicode.org> wrote:

> You can already use emoji with abstract symbols. There’s nothing stopping
> you. Go nuts! 🎂+🎶=🎉
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 12:22 PM William_J_G Overington via Unicode <
> unicode at corp.unicode.org> wrote:
>
>> Abstract symbols for personal pronouns, and for verbs such as "must" and
>> "need" and "want", and for meanings such as "however" and "because" and
>> so on could greatly enhance expressiveness through the language barrier
>> in use with emoji.
>>
>> Use of abstract artwork will allow expressiveness in situations where a
>> realistic artwork is impossible or results in artwork too detailed for
>> use at small sizes.
>>
>> A good mailing list discussion with ideas from many people may lead to
>> progress.
>>
>> William Overington
>>
>> Wednesday 20 September 2023
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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