To display emojis, the Unicode is converted into a graphic. This allows for more expressive communication.Įmoticons are now automatically converted into emojis in word processing programs or online services. Objects, food, activities, animals, plants, places and other associations can also be displayed. He was working on a pager service for a Japanese mobile provider and thereby wanted to boost its marketing among young people.įacial expressions and gestures are shown in the form of faces and people. Inspired by the manga world, software engineer Shigetaka Kurita developed 176 emojis in the 1990s. The term is composed of an 'e' for image and 'moji' for character. The step from the stick man face to the image took place in Japan.
