<s>
Apple	B-Protocol
Color	I-Protocol
Emoji	I-Protocol
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
AppleColorEmoji	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
color	O
typeface	O
used	O
on	O
Apple	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
to	O
display	O
Emoji	B-Application
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inclusion	O
of	O
emoji	B-Application
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
in	O
the	O
Unicode	O
standard	O
has	O
been	O
credited	O
with	O
promoting	O
the	O
spreading	O
use	O
of	O
emoji	B-Application
outside	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Color	I-Protocol
Emoji	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
iPhone	B-Device
OS	O
2.2	O
in	O
November	O
2008	O
and	O
contained	O
471	O
individual	O
emoji	B-Application
glyphs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
limited	O
to	O
Japanese	O
iPhone	B-Device
models	O
,	O
this	O
restriction	O
was	O
later	O
lifted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Color	I-Protocol
Emoji	I-Protocol
typeface	O
were	O
Raymond	O
Sepulveda	O
,	O
Angela	O
Guzman	O
and	O
Ollie	O
Wagner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
originally	O
launching	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
the	O
SoftBank	O
network	O
,	O
some	O
Apple	O
emoji	B-Application
designs	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
to	O
resemble	O
those	O
on	O
SoftBank	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
years	O
20112018	O
the	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Color	I-Protocol
Emoji	I-Protocol
font	O
expanded	O
from	O
471	O
to	O
3,633	O
emoji	B-Application
as	O
of	O
September	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
emoji	B-Application
keyboard	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
8.3	O
,	O
this	O
update	O
also	O
added	O
varied	O
skin	O
tones	O
and	O
same-gender	O
couples	O
included	O
in	O
Unicode	O
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
human	O
emoji	B-Application
faces	O
switched	O
to	O
a	O
neutral	O
yellow	O
skin	O
tone	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
smiley	O
emoji	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Color	I-Protocol
Emoji	I-Protocol
designs	O
were	O
updated	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
iOS	B-Application
10.2	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
appearing	O
to	O
be	O
3D-rendered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Apple	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
User	O
Interface	O
Design	O
Alan	O
Dye	O
,	O
emoji	B-Application
redesigns	O
were	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Animoji	O
,	O
Memoji	O
,	O
and	O
higher	O
resolution	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
157	O
new	O
emoji	B-Application
were	O
added	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Color	I-Protocol
Emoji	I-Protocol
typeface	O
in	O
versions	O
after	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
publicly	O
credited	O
,	O
following	O
Apple	O
's	O
standard	O
practice	O
of	O
not	O
crediting	O
work	O
to	O
individuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
5	O
SoftBank	O
encoding	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
encoding	O
emoji	B-Application
on	O
Apple	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
iOS	B-Application
5	O
,	O
emoji	B-Application
are	O
encoded	O
using	O
the	O
Unicode	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emoji	B-Application
glyphs	O
are	O
stored	O
as	O
PNG	O
images	O
,	O
at	O
several	O
resolutions	O
(	O
strikes	O
of	O
20	O
,	O
32	O
,	O
40	O
,	O
48	O
,	O
64	O
,	O
96	O
and	O
160	O
pixels	O
squared	O
)	O
using	O
a	O
proprietary	O
"	O
sbix	O
"	O
table	O
that	O
was	O
later	O
standardized	O
in	O
OpenType	O
version	O
1.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
emoji	B-Application
,	O
specified	O
as	O
generic	O
objects	O
,	O
appear	O
as	O
Apple	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
1F4BB	O
"	O
Personal	O
computer	O
"	O
( 💻	O
)	O
appears	O
as	O
a	O
modern	O
MacBook	B-Device
,	O
while	O
231A	O
"	O
Wristwatch	O
"	O
( ⌚	O
)	O
shows	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Watch	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
calendar	O
emoji	B-Application
( 📅	O
)	O
showing	O
July	O
17	O
,	O
this	O
date	O
was	O
chosen	O
for	O
the	O
annual	O
World	O
Emoji	B-Application
Day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
date	O
originally	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
day	O
Apple	O
premiered	O
its	O
iCal	B-Language
calendar	O
application	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
primarily	O
intended	O
for	O
onscreen	O
display	O
(	O
iOS	B-Application
having	O
limited	O
printing	O
capabilities	O
)	O
,	O
some	O
printed	O
displays	O
and	O
signs	O
have	O
used	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Color	I-Protocol
Emoji	I-Protocol
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
York	O
magazine	O
used	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Color	I-Protocol
Emoji	I-Protocol
in	O
a	O
printed	O
feature	O
on	O
the	O
growing	O
use	O
of	O
emoji	B-Application
.	O
</s>
