1988-2021 A short history of
letter-sized pictograms (15 Min.)
Gros, J.: Visual Writing at the State-of-the-Art
Pictograms & and emojis by keyboard
Channel
Channel
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
2011 Gros, J.: Pictoperanto
Pictograms, Icons, Pictorial Fonts
Grammar and Vocabulary
ISBN 978-3-8423-7864-3
2006 Gros, J.: ICON-TYPING
Pictograms and Icons in OpenType
ISBN 3-8334-3261-6
German / English
Pictomoji Pictogram-Fonts SocialMedia Animagram Animoji Manu-Script Links
How to Trigger the Evolution of Emoji Language
with Characters for I and you, have and want etc.
also available on ResearchGate
Animagrams
Writing becomes a game with three balls
The digital age provides an unprecedented chance to resolve the ancient controversy between word and image, between reason and emotion in an equally elaborate use of both: alphabet and pictorial script, interacting in both halves of our brain.
1988
Gros, J.: Appmail Emoticons
Sample Emails with Freehand Pictograms
illustrating or replacing words.
2013 iBook
Gros, J.: Piktogramme als Emojis
Pictograms from different Fonts
and Freehand Pictograms.
2017 iBook
Visual handwriting on touchscreen
Pictoperanto
is now combined with emojis to
Pictomoji
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Papers and Experimental Research
Animojis
Non-discursive writing full sentences
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References
Where? When?
Climate
Combined emojis: world weather
