Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Companies Want To Insert Ads Into Unicode (thenextweb.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-not-want dept.

AmiMoJo writes: Food company Nestle has started a petition to get a KitKat emoji into the Unicode standard. They aren't alone, Taco Bell wants a taco emoji added, and Durex suggested adding a condom. While the latter two are at least generic, KitKat is a trademark of Nestle and the "break" image a key part of their marketing. Next year Unicode will include a faceplam emoji (U+1F926) for occasions such as this.

2 of 262 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Why emojis/emoticons are in Unicode? by undecim11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Japan

  2. Re:U+1F926 by MachineShedFred · · Score: 4, Funny

    I prefer U+1F595

    --
    Slashdot still doesnâ(TM)t support Unicode after it was added to the HTML standard in 1997.