Unicode Emoji Support

The cluster focuses on discussions about emojis as part of the Unicode standard, their technical implementation, support in fonts and applications, rendering issues (e.g., on Hacker News), and debates on whether they constitute bloat or drive better Unicode adoption.

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Sample Comments

the8472 May 21, 2016 View on HN

There is more to unicode than emoji. That's why i phrased it the way I did.

ajuc Jun 14, 2018 View on HN

It's not only for emoji, it's also for less common scripts.

hnlmorg Nov 4, 2025 View on HN

Unicode can be useful. The emoji subset generally are not.

TazeTSchnitzel Jun 30, 2014 View on HN

Your Unicode tables must be out-of-date. Emoji's been in Unicode for a while now.

nfoz May 7, 2019 View on HN

Like it or not: in the era of Unicode, emoji's are plaintext.

tchocky Jul 5, 2022 View on HN

Emojis are just Unicode characters, why would it be so hard?

xdennis Jul 12, 2021 View on HN

Weren't Unicode emojis designed to replace image emoticons?

jszymborski Jan 21, 2021 View on HN

So, am I right in my understanding that this is meant to add support for emojis not present in UTF8?

faissaloo Feb 10, 2019 View on HN

Emoji is the mistake that will kill Unicode mark my words.

Emoji's are part of Unicode. Not bloat.