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posted by janrinok on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-did-we-communicate-before-the-brocolli-emoji? dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/12/new-emojis-to-include-breastfeeding-a-hijab-and-the-lotus-position

The consortium that approves emojis has signed off on 56 new ones, including a woman breastfeeding a baby, a woman wearing a hijab and a "gender-inclusive" child, adult and older adult.

Among the other emoji that will be released in 2017 by Unicode are a face vomiting, a head exploding and a man and woman practising yoga. A flying saucer, vampire and T-rex also made the cut, as did a sandwich, broccoli and a pair of socks.

Unicode 10.0 will also include 285 hentaigana (obsolete/historical variants of Japanese hiragana) and 3 additional Zanabazar Square characters.


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  • (Score: 2) by julian on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:58AM

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:58AM (#427387)

    We need resolution independent graphics now so we're talking about vectors

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  • (Score: 1) by ewk on Wednesday November 16 2016, @09:20AM

    by ewk (5923) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @09:20AM (#427442)

    The 80's are calling... they want their PostScript back :-)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @03:37PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @03:37PM (#427546)

      DVI, baby! It was perfect in the 80's, and it is just as perfect now. Come out of the Microsoft Dark Ages and return to sanity.