How custom folders are easy to set up and to use. How they work in iCloud Drive, and can even be seen on your iPhone. And what makes them work.
emoji
A collection of zero-width characters, including the joiner used to create compound emoji, and others to control ligatures and line breaks.
If macOS doesn’t include your preferred keyboard layout, here’s how to create your own, and put it to work.
How to get your Mac to automatically convert an input string like ‘egrin’ into the grinning face emoji, using an Input Plugin.
You don’t have to create a whole new keyboard layout for occasional access to emojis and symbols. Input Methods and Keyboard Layouts explained.
All I wanted was a black and yellow chequered flag to signify quarantine. I thought the emoji was even better – a yellow reminder ribbon. How wrong I was.
If you’re not sure what a ZWJ is, then now’s the time to catch up. How Unicode emoji have made it impossible to count characters.
When Microsoft changes the way it represents emoji, no one worries. When Apple proposes to, many are up in arms. Why?
Akihabara is fertile territory for the likes of emoji: exploratory, fun, chic, mobile, language-free, but deeply flawed.
Branding Unicode emojis is just too much. Just say no to Nestlé’s ‘break’ proposal.
The Eclectic Light Company 