Emoji Set on Sharp PA-8500
Date
October 1988
Credits
- Matt Sephton Researcher
Format
- Archive 158
- Information Graphics 77
Type of Work
- Finished work 5560
Publishers
Media
- software 70
Techniques
- digital 207
Locations Made
- Japan 376
This emoji set, believed to be the first set of iconographic image-like form of communication, was found within the Sharp PA-8500, a PDA or Personal Digital Assistant. In the late 1980s and early 90s these Japanese language word processors, also called “electronic typewriters” or wapro, were very common. Several other PDA devices released after Sharp PA-8500 has been found to also include emojis.
Emoji Set on Sharp PA-8500
Sun, Sep 8, 2024
This sent me down a rabbit hole, its so cool!
I found a blog post written by Matt Sephton and attached it to your post. The image presented in this post is not the original character set, it's a recreation created by Matt in his research because the character set is not accessible outside of its original hardware.
Thanks for the submission!!