Do emoji distract the organisers of digital scripts from more cerebral pursuits?
By G.F.
THE way the world’s languages are displayed digitally can be a topic of raging, if somewhat arcane, debate. Coders and designers may disagree over whether a particular script has differentiated upper and lower cases, or which set of accents it needs. But the latest discussion, about emoji (the icons used in electronic communications to convey meaning or emotion—think smiling yellow faces), has been stickier than most.
