The Unicode Consortium, keepers of specifications that enable users around the world to access computers in many different languages, has announced version 7.0 of their standard. Included in the new specification are around 250 emoji. Each emoji corresponds to a pictograph symbol. For example, the emoji descriptions include things like Boys symbol, Girls symbol, White sun with small cloud, Raised hand with part between middle and ring fingers (aka the Vulcan salute), and the one that has the Internet snickering – Reversed hand with middle finger extended.
Platforms that use Unicode, including Android, will now turn to their developers to implement the new standard and develop the images to represent each emoji. For guidance, many will probably look to the Wingdings and Webdings fonts used on computers as the Unicode Consortium says that was the inspiration for many of the new characters.
Along with the new emojis, the new specification adds currency symbols for the Russian ruble and the Azerbaijani manat along with several other symbols and scripts.
