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There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

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  • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

    There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

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    Emily_SE This user is from outside of this forum
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    Emily_S
    wrote last edited by
    #2

    @katemorley Oooh interesting. @Edent something you might know?

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    • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

      There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

      πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
      βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
      β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

      Robb KnightR This user is from outside of this forum
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      Robb Knight
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      #3

      @katemorley The proposals for the extra ones in 2022 (pink, light blue, grey) didn't include proposals for the circles or squares which now you put them all together like that seems like a grave injustice. Source: https://emojipedia.org/unicode-15.0

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      • Emily_SE Emily_S

        @katemorley Oooh interesting. @Edent something you might know?

        Terence EdenE This user is from outside of this forum
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        Terence Eden
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        #4

        @emily_s @katemorley
        Existing Emoji compatibility basically.
        Without looking through all the docs, I suspect that the coloured circles already existed in Japanese phones - so were encoded "as-is".

        The hearts are more modern - https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21075-heart-emoji-coverage.pdf

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        • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

          There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

          πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
          βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
          β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

          Mage  πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ 🚏M This user is from outside of this forum
          Mage  πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ 🚏M This user is from outside of this forum
          Mage πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ 🚏
          wrote last edited by
          #5

          @katemorley We need to tackle the color gap in circle and square emoji

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          • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

            There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

            πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
            βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
            β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

            Sugar, Spite, & CaffeineM This user is from outside of this forum
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            Sugar, Spite, & Caffeine
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            #6

            @katemorley i dont have a productive answer for you

            but omg you made little peoples! theyre so cute!

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            • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

              There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

              πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
              βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
              β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

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              luca
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              #7

              @katemorley Love is overrated.

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              • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

                There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

                πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
                βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
                β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

                Trammell HudsonT This user is from outside of this forum
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                Trammell Hudson
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                #8

                @katemorley unfortunately the hearts look like tofu to me

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                • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

                  There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

                  πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
                  βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
                  β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

                  RichardR This user is from outside of this forum
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                  Richard
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                  #9

                  @katemorley@hachyderm.io Characters are added when somebody asks nicely, they only asked for pink/gray/light blue hearts, and nobody thought to add other shapes.

                  Digging around a bit, I've already found 6 different Unicode versions adding coloured hearts:

                  • ❀️ added in 1.1
                  • πŸ’™ 6.0
                  • πŸ–€ 9.0
                  • 🧑 10.0
                  • 🀎 12.0
                  • 🩷 15.0

                  Totally well-organized πŸ˜‰

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                  • Trammell HudsonT Trammell Hudson

                    @katemorley unfortunately the hearts look like tofu to me

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                    muzzle
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                    #10

                    @th @katemorley

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                    • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

                      There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

                      πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
                      βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
                      β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

                      bitB This user is from outside of this forum
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                      bit
                      wrote last edited by
                      #11

                      @katemorley
                      Easy fix. 😁

                      πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
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                      β¬›οΈοΈπŸ€–β¬œοΈοΈπŸ©πŸŸ₯🟧🟨🟩🧊🟦πŸŸͺ🟫

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                      • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

                        There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

                        πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
                        βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
                        β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

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                        #12

                        @katemorley Perhaps they could solve this by adding colour combining characters and deprecating the colour-specific codepoints for shapes? For simple shapes, they could be composited algorithmically and new colours added as needed.

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                        • Kate MorleyK Kate Morley

                          There must be a Unicode geek here who can explain why the heart emojis include grey, pink, and light blue variants, but the circles and squares don’t?

                          πŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€Ž
                          βš«οΈγ€€βšͺοΈγ€€πŸ”΄πŸŸ πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’γ€€πŸ”΅πŸŸ£πŸŸ€
                          β¬›οΈγ€€β¬œοΈγ€€πŸŸ₯πŸŸ§πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©γ€€πŸŸ¦πŸŸͺ🟫

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                          @katemorley @Tattooed_Mummy Because the Unicode Consortium is mean when it comes to emojis 😞

                          cc: @AccordionBruce

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