1. Since abstract terms are best represented by pictograms, visual language must be a combination of emojis & pictograms.
1. Since abstract terms are best represented by pictograms, visual language must be a combination of emojis & pictograms.
Gros, Jochen: Pictomoji
Emoji-Sized-Pictograms, Key to Visual Language Evolution
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2. Emoji-sized-pictograms for „I“ and „you“
could trigger the evolution of emoji-language.
3. Wait for Apple, Google & Co?
Free fonts with 10 pictograms
enable regular sentences in everyday chats.
With a thousand emojis, you can‘t write one regular sentence.
That‘s why:
Channel
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For Example
Channel
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Social Media
With a font of 10 Pictograms
you can write in Word or Pages
and format messages for WhatsApp & Co
e.g. with overlapping text fields and screenshots.
more examples
Love you
Writing and formatting Pictomoji
Gros, J.:
Visual Writing at the State-of-the-Art
2005 Gros, J.: Entwicklung einer Icon-Sprache.
in: Piktogramme und Icons, Abdullah, R.,
Hübner, R. (Hrsg), Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz.
2006
Gros, J.: A Language of Icons,
In: Pictograms Icons & Signs
A Guide to Information Graphics.
Abdullah, R., Hübner, R. (eds.).
Thames & Hudson,
New York, London.
Japanese and Chinese Edition
2007
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Animagrams
the next but one milestone on road to visual writing more
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References
Gros, J.: Pictoperanto
Pictograms, Icons, Pictorial Fonts
Grammar and Vocabulary
2011 ISBN 978-3-8423-7864-3
German / English, BoD Norderstedt.
Gros, J.: Icon-Typing
Pictograms and Icons in OpenType
Pictogram font
Typing sentences
2006 ISBN 3-8334-3261-6
German / English , BoD Norderstedt.
On the Digital Road to Visual Writing
Sentences, word by word translated with emojis, if possible and pictograms, if not.
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Animojis
representing terms more
Where?
When?
4. If a visual writing evolves, so does a visual handwriting. See: Manu-Script.
Gros, J.: The Digital Rise of Handwriting and Illustration iBook 2013
Gros, J.: Piktogramme als Emoji, iBook, 2018
Sentences with pictograms & emojis
enabled by free fonts with 10 pictograms.
Pictomoji DownloadFonts SocialMedia Animagram Animoji Manu-Script Links
1988-2021 A short history of letter-sized pictograms