Text Presentation

Technical/Unicode

The rendering of a character as a monochrome text symbol, either by default or when Variation Selector-15 is applied.

Text presentation shows characters as simple, monochrome outlines — the way they appeared before emoji existed. For example, ☺ (U+263A) with text presentation appears as a simple line drawing.

Developers can force text presentation by adding VS-15 (U+FE0E) after a character. This is useful when you want to display a symbol in its traditional text form rather than as a colorful emoji.

Characters originally from text standards (arrows, mathematical symbols, etc.) typically default to text presentation unless a VS-16 is appended.

Related Terms

Emoji Presentation Emoji Presentation
The default rendering of a character as a colorful emoji glyph, either inherently or when triggered by Variation Selector-16. Monochrome Emoji Monochrome Emoji
Single-color, outline-style emoji rendering that displays emoji as simple text symbols without color. Variation Selector (VS) Variation Selector (VS)
Unicode characters (VS-15 U+FE0E and VS-16 U+FE0F) that modify whether a character renders in text (monochrome) or emoji (colorful) presentation.

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