[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31710: Firefox uses WP emoji for smileys but the native for frowneys

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#31710: Firefox uses WP emoji for smileys but the native for frowneys
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 Reporter:  saracannon    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by iseulde):

 Replying to [comment:4 nacin]:
 > So, yeah, this is because there's no good translation for `:)` into
 emoji — specifically, a smile with a closed mouth.

 In 4.1 the smiley has an open mouth, but I agree this is not ideal. I see
 a few applications converting them to 1F60A: Smiling Face with Smiling
 Eyes (e.g. FB Messenger), or the emoji
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_form_%28Unicode%29 variant] of ☺
 (263A: White Smiling Face). The last one is what we should use if OS X and
 Twemoji didn't decide to make the smiley so
 [https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/blob/gh-pages/svg/263a.svg blushy]...
 That does not look like a good representation of the emoji variant of
 Smiling Face.

 '''So there is a smile with a closed mouth.''' And that's probably what
 the unicode consortium will tell you?

 Also, for the frowneys we currently use 1F626: Frowning Face with Open
 Mouth, '''which has an open mouth by definition''', so that's not right
 either. Shouldn't we be using the emoji variant of ☹ (2639: White Frowning
 Face)? Unfortunately Twemoji does not replace the emoji variant (not sure
 why, because it does replace the "White Smiling Face" variant).

 Reopening because I think this needs some more investigation.

 Note: I only added the text variants because Trac removes them.

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