emoji-data

Change Log

2024-02-26 : v15.1.2

• Rebuilt Twitter sheets to the correct layout (thanks to @andersk)
• Rebuilt Facebook sheets to include missing images (thanks to @andersk)

2024-02-13 : v15.1.1

• Fixed incorrect Scotland flag (thanks to @andersk)
• Fixed missingnon_qualified fields for gendered emoji (thanks to @andersk)
• Updated link to Ruby library (thansk to @envek)

2024-02-06 : v15.1.0

• Update to Emoji 15.1 (thanks to @susnux)
• Updated Apple images, supporting 15.1
• Updated Google images, supporting 15.1
• Update Twitter images to repo fork, supporting 15.0 (thanks to @nerixyz)
• Added some missing Facebook images, supporting most of 15.0

2023-05-31 : v15.0.1

• Rebuilt Google quanitized sheets - 128 & 256 color vserions (thanks to @susnux)

2023-05-12 : v15.0.0

• Update to Emoji 15.0
• Updated Android images to v2.038
• Updated Apple images for macOS 13.3.1
• Updated Facebook images to v9 / Unicode 14.0
• Gender neutral :bow: is no longer obsoleted by gendered versions (thanks to @whrazer)

2022-03-15 : v14.0.0

• Changed version numbering to match Unicode/Emoji version numbers
• Updated to Emoji 14.0
• Updated Android images to v2.034
• Updated Apple images for macOS Monterey 12.3
• Updated Twemoji to v14.0.0
• Added some recent Facebook emoji (still no broad 13.1 or 14.0 support)

2021-06-15 : v7.0.2

• Gender neutral :couplekiss: and :couple_with_heart: are no longer obsoleted by gendered versions (thanks to @jwheare)

2021-06-11 : v7.0.1

• Added 190 missing skin tone variations from 13.1 (thanks to @jwheare)
• Correctly handle UTF-8 encoding in emoji names (thanks to @jwheare)

2021-06-09 : v7.0.0

• Updated to Emoji 13.1
• Updated Android images to v2020-09-16-unicode13_1
• Updated Twemoji images to 13.1
• Updated Apple images to Mac OS 11.4
• Fixed to plural form for shortcode woman/man-with-bunny-ears-partying (fixes #189)

2021-05-08 : v6.1.1

• NPM packages now include categories.json (fixes #187)
• Added subcategory property for all emoji (thanks to @ekohilas)
• Switched sort_order to be globally unique
• categories.json now includes sub-categories - data structure is not backwards compatible

2021-03-12 : v6.0.1

• Fixes image set versions in the README
• Updated the build steps to not forget that in the future
• Switched U+1F41E LADY BEETLE to use :ladybug:/:lady_beetle: as a short code (:beetle: is now used by U+1FAB2 BEETLE)
• Codepoint U+1F46A FAMILY now only has the shortcode :family:, as it is no longer considered gendered (previous also had :man-woman-boy:)
• Sequence 1F468-200D-1F469-200D-1F466 now only has the shortcode man-woman-boy (previously had :family:)
• Codepoint U+1F935 MANY IN TUXEDO now has the shortcode :person_in_tuxedo: (since :man_in_tuxedo: is used by sequence 1F935*-200D-2642-FE0F. The Emoji standard and the Unicode standard appear to disagree here, but this choice seems reasonable)
• Codepoint U+1F46B MAN AND WOMAN HOLDING HANDS now has :couple: as a secondary shortcode, rather than the primary
• Added names for all sequences (fixes #180)

2020-10-09 : v6.0.0

• Updated to Unicode/Emoji 13.0
• Updated Android images to v2020-07-22-unicode13_0
• Updated Twemoji images to v13.0.1
• Updated Facebook images to latest
• Updated Apple images to Mac OS 11 Beta 20A5384c
  • The mixed skin tone couples are broken in this beta font, so I’m using those 60 images from 10.15 instead

2020-01-14 : v5.0.1

• Added ‘clean’ spritesheets, containing no fallback images https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/issues/162

2020-01-10 : v5.0.0

• Updated to Unicode v12.1
• Updated Apple images to macOS 10.15.1
• Updated Twemoji images to v12.1.4
• Updated Android images to v2019-11-19-unicode12
• Updated Facebook images to v9 / EMOJI_3
• Removed Messenger images (now unified with Facebook)
• Changed the added_in field to specify Emoji spec version rather than Unicode version (the underlying Unicode data changed)
• Support for emoji with multiple skin tones within a single emoji

2018-07-05 : v4.1.0

• Removed EmojiOne at the request of EmojiOne/JoyPixels staff

2018-04-16 : v4.0.4

• Updated Emojione to v3.1.2 (thanks to @oriolbcn) https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/pull/132

2017-12-20 : v4.0.3

• Include aliased images from Google set https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/issues/120

2017-12-15 : v4.0.2

• Added added_in property for variations https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/pull/101
• Updated the preferred short codes for the following emoji to more natural CLDR shortnames:
  • Emoji v4: 1F91E, 1F936, 2695
  • Emoji v5: 1F928, 1F929, 1F92A, 1F92B, 1F92C, 1F92D, 1F92E, 1F92F

2017-12-07 : v4.0.1

• Included categories.json to show category order.
• Added missing skin modifiers to 9 emoji, with updated images https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/issues/105

2017-11-17 : v4.0.0

• Updated to Unicode 10 / Emoji 5
• Changed the unified codepoints to prefer the fully qualified version (with -FE0F), including the non-qualified version as an optional property
• Correctly handle skin-variation codepoints that have been obsoleted
• Added gaps between images in spritesheets to avoid bleed when displaying them zoomed - a 1px border around each image at all sizes
• Added real names for flags
• Added obsolete information for skin variations
• For obsolete emoji missing images, the sheets now use the image of the emoji it was obsoleted by
• Corrected softbank codepoints
• Better formating of table.htm to show which images are available

2017-05-08 : v3.0.0

• Since the npm packaging format has changed, increment the major version https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/issues/87

2017-05-06 : v2.5.2

• Fixed npm packaging

2017-05-05 : v.2.5.1

• Include all fallback images in every sheet, including skin tones. This allows sheet consumers to only include the sheets they want to use, without requiring the apple ones for fallback.

2017-05-04 : v2.5.0

• Upgraded maps to Unicode 9 / Emoji 4
• Made the kissing emoticons (e.g. :*) result in kissing_heart instead of kiss https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/pull/73
• Switched U+1F373 COOKING to use :cooking:/:fried_egg: as a short code (:egg: is now used by U+1F95A EGG)
• Added support for Facebook and FB Messenger images https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/pull/76
• Switched skin tone variations to be keyed by skintone codepoint, not full composite sequence.
• Added obsoletes/obsoleted_by fields.
• Added added_in field to show Unicode version source.

2016-11-11 : v2.4.5

• Vastly sped up image building https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/pull/60
• Updated to Android Nougat images https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/pull/68

2016-06-17 : v2.4.4

• Include categories for all codepoints
• Added bower.json
• Optimize all images using multiple tools
• Added indexed color sheets
• Updated Apple images to match 10.11.5:
  • Removed skin tones for U+1F3C7 (Horse Racing)
  • Added skin tones for U+1F575 (Sluth or Spy)
  • Shortened the height of U+1F579 (Joystick) so it has some headroom

2016-06-01 : v2.4.3

• Fixed shortnames for snowman (U+2603 & U+26C4)
• Added missing -FE0F variants for OS X/iOS
• Changed how we package for NPM

2016-05-12 : v2.4.2

• Changed :) to :slightly_smiling_face:
• Support for capitalized open_mouth emoticons
• Started processing the emoji 2.0 data files
• Added skin tones for U+1F575 (sluth/spy) - no Apple images yet
• Fixed the duplicate :umbrella: short names
• Added U+23CF (Eject symbol) - no Apple image yet

2016-04-20 : v2.4.1

• Fixed the duplicate :satellite: short names

2016-02-09 : v2.4.0

• Updated emojione images to the Q1 2016 release (v2.1.0)

2015-12-11 : v2.3.0

• Updated Google images to Android 6.0.1
• Updated Twitter images to include skin tones

2015-11-05 : v2.2.2

• Fixed :lightning: names
• Added :man-woman-boy: back as an alias

2015-11-04 : v2.2.1

• Fixed :scorpion: name
• Removed the duplicate family emoji

2015-10-22 : v2.2.0

• Updated to OS X 10.11.1 final, with lots of new emoji

2015-09-16 : v2.1.0

• Updated to OS X 10.11 beta, added new flags and spock emoji

2015-05-28 : v2.0.0

• First tagged version
• Tracking new iOS 8 skin-tone emoji

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