How do you code emojis?

[NightPorter]

I thought I was going crazy for a few minutes there. I seemed to remember seeing a story that used emojis in the text but couldn't find an example. Then I came across GinnyPPC and their stories:

https://www.literotica.com/s/catering-girl-ch-02
https://www.literotica.com/s/the-tryst-13

So I know it's possible and a little bit of searching tells me it has something to do with unicode? I'm writing a story with a lot of texting back and forth between a husband and wife. My question is, how does this work? I would really like to include some emojis in my next story.

Thank you

 

[TarnishedPenny]

I thought I was going crazy for a few minutes there. I seemed to remember seeing a story that used emojis in the text but couldn't find an example. Then I came across GinnyPPC and their stories:

https://www.literotica.com/s/catering-girl-ch-02
https://www.literotica.com/s/the-tryst-13

So I know it's possible and a little bit of searching tells me it has something to do with unicode? I'm writing a story with a lot of texting back and forth between a husband and wife. My question is, how does this work? I would really like to include some emojis in my next story.

Thank you

Not sure about emoji’s, but I’ve included musical notes in two stories, so i suspect it would be possible.

 

[RejectReality]

If it was me, I'd give a shot at messaging GinnyPPC. Someone who absolutely knows how it's done is better than a shot in the dark on the forum.

Unless that capability is a new addition to the text processor, my money is on that it was allowed by special request, inserted by Laurel, and I wouldn't hold my breath hoping that your request would be granted as well.

You could use special character code to generate certain symbols, but not actual colored emojis like those in the story.

 

[NightPorter]

If it was me, I'd give a shot at messaging GinnyPPC. Someone who absolutely knows how it's done is better than a shot in the dark on the forum.

I already have. I would just like to add the answer to the search database or maybe receive the answer quicker from someone on here.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I thought I was going crazy for a few minutes there. I seemed to remember seeing a story that used emojis in the text but couldn't find an example. Then I came across GinnyPPC and their stories:

https://www.literotica.com/s/catering-girl-ch-02
https://www.literotica.com/s/the-tryst-13

So I know it's possible and a little bit of searching tells me it has something to do with unicode? I'm writing a story with a lot of texting back and forth between a husband and wife. My question is, how does this work? I would really like to include some emojis in my next story.

Thank you

I haven't submitted a story with emojis, but as far as I can tell from preview mode, you should be able to paste UTF-8 emojis into the submission just like text, or code them via entity numbers.

Here's what I put in the submissions box, showing both options:



And here's how that looks in preview:





May be useful:
https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_emojis.asp
https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html

Be aware that different platforms may render emoji differently - something composed on an Android may send an unintended message to somebody who reads it on an iPhone, etc. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/emojis-across-platforms-have-different-meaning

 

[NightPorter]

Going off the story preview. It looks like Unicode Emojis using Decimal Reference codes might work. (Assuming they don't get taken out by the review editor.

https://www.quackit.com/character_sets/emoji/emoji_v3.0/unicode_emoji_v3.0_characters_all.cfm

&#127814

So &# followed by the Decimal Code

Additionally, it seems that visual emojis cut and pasted from word seem to work as well.

I guess the next step is finishing my story and actually try and get it published with emojis.

 

[GinnyPPC]

I already have. I would just like to add the answer to the search database or maybe receive the answer quicker from someone on here.

Sorry, been out today with the family. But just responded to the OP with an answer. Figured now that I saw this thread I would put the answer to my work out there for everyone.

I just insert them in Word, either with looking up the code on Google, or just copy it from Twitter, Google Hangout or something like that.

Once my story has run through my gauntlet of proofers and beta readers, I convert the doc to HTML via https://www.textfixer.com/html/convert-word-to-html.php. That gets copied into Notepad++, partly to clean up any text conversion to good ASCII characters (emojis all have an ASCII code). I had some problems in the past with em dashes and other non-emoji characters, and I seem to have better luck when I run things through Notepad++.

Finally, I do a quick visual inspection in an online HTML editor (https://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_default) just to preview everything. Once I'm happy with it all, I load it into Lit text editor window and submit.

In case others are interested, AwkwardMD has a post about formatting text messages in Lit here: https://forum.literotica.com/thread...write-texts-in-a-story.1498184/#post-93396004

And our good friend Bramblethorn has a post about who they got some cool text formatting in their story Loss Function (which you should all go read its SO good). However, I must be having an early onset Sr. moment, and can't find the link for it. @Bramblethorn can you pull it up and share it?

 

[Bramblethorn]

And our good friend Bramblethorn has a post about who they got some cool text formatting in their story Loss Function (which you should all go read its SO good). However, I must be having an early onset Sr. moment, and can't find the link for it. @Bramblethorn can you pull it up and share it?

Here it is: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/how-to-format-computer-text-in-a-lit-story.1554102/

That one only covers how to get a "computer font" appearance.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Ginny, did you forewarn Laurel to expect the code?

 

[GinnyPPC]

nope

 

[amanda53]

Ginny, did you forewarn Laurel to expect the code?

Apologies for any confusion, but I haven't forewarned Laurel about the code. However, I can assist in conveying the message if needed. Just let me know how I can help!

 

[Britva415]

@Bramblethorn's right, you don't have to encode them, you can just paste them - or maybe even just type them, if your input method has an "emoji keyboard."

They're literally just characters - that's what "Unicode" means. It doesn't mean you have to know any codes.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Including emojis is one of the very few things it is easier to do when writing on a phone.

 

[KeithD]

I don't include emojis in stories.

Added later: If I used references to an emoji, I'd describe it in words (e.g., "The e-mail had an emoji for sad attached to it."). The context is prose, not a comic book.

 

[8letters]

If you right click on the story and look at the page source, you'll see the HTML behind it. Every paragraph in a submitted story is wrapped in a <p></p> pair. Doing the counter replacement, the HTML becomes:

Whit: <i>Get a good night's sleep, babe. </i>💗
Me: <i>You too.</i>
Whit: <i>Skipper wants to know if her friend can come over and play tomorrow night? Maybe have dinner with Skipper's mommy?</i>
Me: <i>Maybe, will see how well I hold up tomorrow.</i>
Whit: <i>Ok, but all the more reason to come over here and relax.</i> 😊

 

[Britva415]

Including emojis is one of the very few things it is easier to do when writing on a phone.

That's pretty much only because phones automatically have an emoji keyboard enabled by default. But every other computer has one available, it only needs to be enabled. And then one learns to switch between them as easily as one does on a phone. There's usually a keystroke combination for switching software keyboards and bringing up the emoji browser.

 

[EmilyMiller]

That's pretty much only because phones automatically have an emoji keyboard enabled by default. But every other computer has one available, it only needs to be enabled. And then one learns to switch between them as easily as one does on a phone. There's usually a keystroke combination for switching software keyboards and bringing up the emoji browser.

I virtually never write for Lit on my PC

 

[amanda53]

Emojis can be coded using Unicode characters, which are standardized across different platforms. Developers can include emojis directly in their code by using their corresponding Unicode values or by utilizing libraries and functions provided by programming languages to simplify emoji integration, enhancing user experience and expression. Gb Whatsapp Pro

 

[Seadog777]

I'm still learning what each emoji means, plus how and when to use them.
I can't even begin to think about "coding" one of these things.