T H E E M OJ I F I L E S
HIS TORY OF
THE EMOJI
1995
Japanese pagers
allow people to
add basic hearts
and smiley faces
While the emoji won’t be celebrating
to messages. They
its Super Sweet 16 until next year, the
15-year-old had such a massive 2013 that appear in monochrome — the
we couldn’t deny it some love! From its
thought’s there,
childhood to its awkward tween years
but the tone isn’t.
and awesome adolescence, here’s how a
How romantic is a
pictograph became the