The little-known human stories behind emoji designs

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The little-known human stories behind emoji designs
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The surprising story of how some tiny characters ended up on billions of smartphone keyboards.

image caption"I did not know that… but I do know that picture it's based on, of Bob, Bunny and my Dad in suits, and my Dad stands really tall."

Among the scripts he designed was Webdings; a picture-based font which was intended to be used on early webpages. Years later, many Webdings symbols were encoded as emoji and released on every single smartphone and technology platform in the world.The 2 Tone Records logo was based on Peter Tosh - and it in turn became the levitating emoji"We just looked around and drew what we saw," he says, sounding surprised by the enduring legacy his designs have had.

A few years ago at an emoji conference, she met Irene Cho, a Korean-American marketing executive and podcast host in San Francisco. Irene worked in Hollywood and for a trendy restaurant chain, Burma Love. The pair hit it off immediately.The takeaway box is just one of designer Yiying Lu's emoji designs

Tragically, Irene had died suddenly from a stroke caused by moyamoya disease, a condition she'd had for some time. Her death came as a shock to her family and friends as she was getting ready to travel to Burma.

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