Emoticons/emojis created by overlyaing several text characters on top of eachother. These instructions are from 1976, and might have been around as early as 1972.
This technique was possible on the amazing 1970s PLATO computer, and probably never again after that? You could also move the text-chars around on a pixel level. Pictures/info from platopeople.com.
How were these things done? Well, on PLATO, you could press SHIFT-space to move your cursor back one space — and then if you typed another character, it would appear on top of the existing character. And if you wanted to get real fancy, you could use the MICRO and SUB and SUPER keys on a PLATO keyboard to move up and down one pixel or more — in effect providing a HUGE array of possible emoticon characters.
Sea Salt by Mir.I.Am, via emojipoems.
YATTA!
Crazy online image app converts pictures into arranged tiles, creating them with sprites from various sources. Different styles include Super Mario, Rainbow Islands, various emoticons (including animated Japanese gifs), and icons from apps such as Skype and Gmail.
Just select an image from your desktop and drag it onto the page it will be converted. Use the drop down menu on the top right to change the style.
(via Kim Asendorf)
Skype art by Raquel Meyers, made with Skype Emoticon Art Drawing Tool
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This is Episode 1 “Emoticons Taking Over the World” from a series of 10 episodes of Emo & Tick by Rita Sá (2010).
