New Fluent Emoji Designs From Microsoft

New Fluent Emoji Designs From Microsoft

New emoji designs from Microsoft are being shown today as a preview ahead of World Emoji Day.

These designs are a long way from the existing thick-outlined set currently available on Windows, which have proved contentious over the years.

Details have been shared on the Microsoft Design blog, which includes a look at the thinking behind the overhaul.

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These new "Fluent" emoji designs are a complete reimagining of Microsoft's current emoji aesthetic, which is shown below:

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Today is just a preview, with release coming to Microsoft products over the coming year.

The new set of emoji designs includes support for Emoji 13.1, which is not yet available on either Windows or Windows Insider beta builds.

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Above: ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ Face in Clouds, ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ Face Exhaling, and ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ Face with Spiral Eyes from 2020's Emoji 13.1 as they appear in the new Fluent emoji set.

Below we've compared select emojis from today's new Fluent style with those of Microsoft's current emoji set. The new Fluent style emojis are presented in a static format, though Microsoft has stated that the majority of designs in the Fluent emoji set will be animated.

๐Ÿ˜ญ Loudly Crying Face

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๐Ÿฅฐ Smiling Face with Hearts

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๐Ÿฅณ Partying Face

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๐Ÿ“Ž Paperclip now appears as a familiar face:

In fact, it was through a tweet about showing Clippy as the ๐Ÿ“Ž Paperclip earlier in the week that we were first given a preview of this new emoji set:

๐Ÿ“ถ Release

A subset of the new Fluent emoji designs are now available on Microsoft's social learning video platform Flipgrid.

This design set is then expected to be implemented on both Windows and Microsoft Teams by the end of 2021.

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