Emoji
Localization
How To Not Run Towards The Bear: Directionality & Emoji
Kamilé Demir, Ben Joeng (Yang)
The basic direction of reading order differs for users of Left-to-Right scripts and Right-to-Left scripts, and implementations of Unicode bidirectionality must take this into account. This even applies to what might seem like “textless” all-emoji sequences, down to the directionality of individual emoji.
We will demonstrate:
- An overview of base-level directionality in text.
- How directionality affects the reading of emoji sequences.
- The development & interpretation of individual-emoji directionality introduced in Unicode 15.1.