smallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.caexternal-linkmessage-square367fedilinkarrow-up1839arrow-down1126file-text
arrow-up1713arrow-down1external-linkBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.casmallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square367fedilinkfile-text
35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”. F that
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoFor example, on the dark background of the UI I am viewing your comment on, The $ symbol is in white colour (as the font has been set). But the emoji is dark grey, and wouldn’t be visible if I had a cheap, low contrast monitor.
minus-squareTrev625@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months agoFor me it looks like this: So the text one appears the same for both of us but the emoji one appears differently which could possibly change its meaning if they were different enough
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoProbably because the emoji fonts don’t change their colour with the font.color, which normal characters do. And your browser is using a different font from mine
For example, on the dark background of the UI I am viewing your comment on, The $ symbol is in white colour (as the font has been set).
But the emoji is dark grey, and wouldn’t be visible if I had a cheap, low contrast monitor.
For me it looks like this:
So the text one appears the same for both of us but the emoji one appears differently which could possibly change its meaning if they were different enough
Probably because the emoji fonts don’t change their colour with the
font.color
, which normal characters do.And your browser is using a different font from mine