XPost: uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-05-16 10:52, Pamela wrote:   
   > On 07:49  16 May 2025, Andy Burns said:   
   >> Pamela wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Isn't the emoji sent along with the message text, perhaps as a   
   >>> bitmap image?   
   >>   
   >> Are all letter "A"s sent along as a bitmap?   
   >   
   > Of course letter A's are sent as a character code, with the glyph being   
   > created locally.   
   >   
   > By contrast, emojis are miniature graphics which I thought were sent as   
   > embedded low-res bitmaps, perhaps similar to colour fonts in CBDT.   
   > Seems not.   
   >   
   > So if emojis are generated locally then all the more reason not to use   
   > them. I already get lost amongst the subtle differences between   
   > smileys, and additional local variation would make them more ambiguous in   
   > some conversations.   
      
   It is a standard, they are characters in unicode.   
      
      
      
   Some of them, sent here: 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🙂🙃🫠😉   
      
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