let's say there's some kind of mishap at the unicode consortium and you are appointed, for a day, as Acting Dictator of Unicode. you are permitted to unilaterally add one new emoji to the unicode standard, which will stay there forever. what do you add?
@typhlosion Nothing so simple as adding one new emoji to the standard.
I'm going to require that all artwork in #emoji proposals be released into the public domain, and be submitted in the form of industry-standard open font formats, so that font implementors can use the standard-supplied glyphs when adding characters to their fonts.
I'll also publish a memo calling for the #Unicode Consortium to maintain a font like Noto, and for OS/app makers to options for users to supply their own fonts.
@glowingskull this isn't quite as whimsical as the question i was attempting to pose in my hypothetical, and as such goes against the spirit of the question in a mildly fun-ruining way. i expected better from a glowing skull
@typhlosion The glowing skull is a facade through which I confront reality.
Another proposal: emoji of unspecified gender must have gender-neutral representations.
Alternate proposal: an end to new ZWJ sequences; all future combined characters must use font ligatures. Deprecate current ZWJs.
Reality: to make @dzuk's life easier, introduce a canonical spectrum of color modifiers to be used with emoji (not with text!) for skin color. Green and yellow and grey and purple, ahoy.
@glowingskull @dzuk YOU GET TO ADD ONE EMOJI. which one do you add. that is the question. answer within the scope of the question
@typhlosion @dzuk :stomps in circles:
Fine, I'll add a Variation Selector-16 sequence for ‽ so that people have to stop using "interrobang" as the shortcode for ⁉️ .