Emoji & Unicode Glossary — 67 Technical Terms

Apple Emoji

Apple's proprietary emoji designs used across iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS, known for their detailed, skeuomorphic style.

A digital font file containing color emoji glyph designs, using technologies like COLR, CBDT, SVG, or sbix for rendering.

Google's open-source emoji font family used on Android, Chrome, and available for anyone to use in their projects.

A cross-platform emoji set formerly known as EmojiOne, available under a freemium license for personal and commercial use.

Microsoft's 3D-style emoji designs introduced with Windows 11, featuring animated versions and released as open source.

An open-source emoji library designed by students at HfG Schwabisch Gmund, providing consistent, minimalist emoji for everyone.

How different platforms (Apple, Google, Samsung, etc.) display the same Unicode emoji with their own unique visual designs.

Samsung's custom emoji designs shipped with Samsung Galaxy devices, historically known for dramatically different interpretations.

An open-source emoji set originally created by Twitter, providing SVG and PNG emoji assets that can be used in any …

WhatsApp's custom emoji set used within the messaging app, maintaining a consistent look across all devices.