Smiley
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A smiley, also known as a smiley face, is a basic ideogram representing a smiling face. Since the 1950s, it has become part of popular culture worldwide, used either as a standalone ideogram or as a f
Page from the score of Erwin Schulhoff's "In Futurum" (one of his "Fünf Pittoresken") includes smiley faces
"Authentic Worcester-made smiley face", by Harvey Ball
Smilies in Tel Aviv street art
Smiley 1741 Hennet
Emoticon
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An emoticon is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using characters—usually punctuation marks, numbers and letters—to express a person's feelings, mood or reaction, without needing to de
Smiley
…face. Since the 1950s, it has become part of popular culture worldwide, used either as a standalone ideogram or as a form of communication, such as emoticons. The smiley began as two dots and a line representing eyes and a mouth. More elaborate designs emerged in the 1950s, featuring noses, eyebrows, and…
Cover of the French magazine Le Charivari, text of a legal ruling against the magazine in the shape of a pear, 1834
Transcript of Abraham Lincoln's speech in 1862
Telegraphische Zeichenkunst in the German Deutsche Postzeitung, November 16, 1896
A kaomoji painting in Japan