What is Unicode?
In: Emoji Basics
Unicode is the international standard that assigns a unique number (called a code point) to every text character in every writing system. Letters, digits, punctuation, hieroglyphs, math symbols and emojis all get Unicode code points.
Unicode makes it possible for any text — including emojis — to be typed, stored and displayed consistently across operating systems, fonts and languages.
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