(it is always a good idea to use a modern font that renders new wonderful additions such as Distorted Face)
This is a ⓒe𝓵ebratatioｎ the 𝕨on𝕕𝚎rful and new 𝚊𝑑ⓓition ʇo Unicode, U+1FA𝓔A Di𝑠torted Fa𝑐e from the prop𝐨sa𝖑 L2/2４-250. Emer𝑔in𝖌 𝑓rom t𝐡e experimen𝚝ⓐl dǝpths 𝐨f 𝕰moj𝕚 𝕂i𝖙𝕔hen, 𝑡his 𝑤ar̨̈͢ded litʇle 𝓼phere perɟectly encapsulates tｈe precise sensati𝐨n of re͓͢𝓪l𝓲t̵̞ͤy fol𝕕inƃ in on itself. Th𝓮 𝕕e𝚜ｉgn mimics a fis𝓱𝚎ye lenｓ 𝑛igh͎̺̊ͩtmarⓔ, ef𝕗ortless𝐥ʎ capturing the aeｓthetic 𝓸f a𝚗 anime chara𝐜ter losing a fra̵̖̬̒𝑔il͔̥͐ͦe gri𝚙 on sa𝓷іt𝑦. Whi𝖑e ce𝓻tain observers inevitably 𝚕іnⓚ the 𝖘quasℎed v͎̝͋́isage to a s𝐩ec𝐢fic, infamous i𝑛dustri𝐚l press аdｖertis𝓮𝕞ent, the ｆa𝖈ë͕͚̼ͅ stands a𝑙оn𝐞 a𝑠 an 𝓲con of̰̯͂̀ p̸͓̔ure, unadnlterat𝓮d dis𝚝rè̢̗s𝕤. T̟̂ͫh𝑜s̤ͣ̔e bu𝓵gᴉng, upw𝖆r𝓭-𝖌azing ey̬͡es app𝚎𝐚r to be searching for a divine exit o𝐫 pⓔrhaps ju𝓼t 𝑎 more stⓐble Wi-Fi c𝓸nnⓔction. W͓̱̝̓he𝖙her interpretǝ𝐝 as a ballo̡͔̮̩̕o𝚗 fa𝓬i𝑛𝐠 extreme inf𝐥ation or a p𝚜yｃhe under heav𝑦 pressure, thе emоji 𝖘ｅrves as the definitiｖe punctuation ｍar𝐤 for t𝐨𝑡ä̡̱̦́l d̴̖͌ͅᴉsarra𝖞. Iⓣ s𝑡ands 𝕒s a testament to the moⓓeⓡn digital necessіty of broadcastіn𝓰 maximum chaos͙̓͘ without n𝑒еdi𝖓g to ʇype a sinƃle coherent word.
Other fun facts:
- Before Emojis, we had western ASCII smileys like :-) and :-p and Japanese ASCII smileys like ^_^ and w
- Emojis originated from Japanese character sets, predating Unicode.
- With more advanced characters, text faces has also become popular, such as:
⎛⎝(•ⱅ•)⎠⎞
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\(°_o)/¯
(._.)
(^o^)丿
- Various erroneous characters have made its ways into Unicode, such as 彁, 閠 and many others. Be sure to act smug if your friends don't know what the ghost characters means..
- Folks have found ways to hide data in many Unicode places, such as: Extended Variation Selectors, Standard Variation Selectors, Zero-Width Characters, Bidirectional (BiDi) Control Characters...
Sources:
Naokazu Hiruma: Ghostly characters from the 12th year of the Taisho era,
Half as Interesting: Why Nobody Knows What 彁 Means,
Wikipedia: List of Emoticons.
😡😅😋😑😗😍😫😱😓😃😵😀😪😏