Emoji is fun! 

The world of Emoji is so interesting, thanks to a set of cool mechanics presented by Unicode, in which emoji are defined. You can combine emoji to make new ones, or use certain special codes to change how an emoji looks. Today, let's delve into exactly what this looks like under the hood, and try your own hands at doing the same using a special Emoji Combiner web application written specifically for this video!
= LINKS & RESOURCES =
My Emoji Combiner Webapp: resources.nerdfirst.net/emoji
Bear plus snowflake equals polar bear: andysalerno.com/posts/weird-e...
Full emoji list, v14.0: unicode.org/emoji/charts/full...
More info on variant selectors: unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest...
= CONTENTS PAGE =
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Text, Encoding and Unicode
02:32 The Emoji Combiner Webapp
03:03 Difficulties of Rendering Emoji
04:23 Combining Characters
06:02 Example: Skin Tone Modifiers
06:21 Variant Selectors
07:48 Example: Keycap Emoji
08:42 Combining Emoji: Zero Width Joiner
09:44 Putting it All Together!
10:57 Limitations
11:42 Unicode Fails Elegantly
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