1. Along with emojis, the familiar vocabulary of pictograms with abstract characters like those for I and You allows for self-evident phrases and sentences ready to use in digital chats – when redesigned in letter-size.
1. Along with emojis, the familiar vocabulary of pictograms with abstract characters like those for I and You allows for self-evident phrases and sentences ready to use in digital chats – when redesigned in letter-size.
Gros, Jochen: Pictomoji
Emoji-Sized-Pictograms _ Key to Visual Language Evolution
Paper.pdf / not selected for the emoji workshop
2. Just the pictograms for I and You could trigger visual language – when available for everyone.
3. Language arises from the grassroots in daily use. So, as soon as pictograms are available in a font like emojis, combined phrases and regular sentences could pop up not only in social media.
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Experimental Science
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Social Media
A font with 10 letter-size Pictograms, and you can write in Word and format messages for WhatsApp & Co e.g. with overlapping text fields and screenshots.
more examples
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
2011 Gros, J.: Pictoperanto
Pictograms, Icons, Pictorial Fonts
Grammar and Vocabulary
ISBN 978-3-8423-7864-3
German / English,
BoD Norderstedt.
2006 Gros, J.: Icon-Typing
Pictograms and Icons in OpenType
Pictogram font
Typing sentences
ISBN 3-8334-3261-6
German / English , BoD Norderstedt.
On the Digital Road to Visual Writing
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Animojis
representing words: 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
Pictomoji Pictogram-Fonts SocialMedia Animagram Animoji Manu-Script Links
1988-2021 A short history of letter-sized pictograms, called pictomoji
Sentences, word by word translated with emojis, if possible and with pictograms, if not.
Sentences with pictograms & emojis
enabled by free fonts with initially 10 pictograms.
Visual grammar and sentence building
but visual language is at hand.