3 Facts, for World Emoji Day.<br />1. Shigetaka Kurita <br />is viewed as the <br />'Father of Emoji.'.<br />The Japanese designer created the first emojis <br />in 1999 for a program where users were limited to <br />250 characters in an email.<br />I'm surprised at how widespread they have become. Then again, they are universal, so they are useful communication tools that transcend language, Kurita, to 'The Guardian,' 2016.<br />2. The most popular emojis <br />vary from country to country.<br />In the U.S., Canada and the U.K., <br />the "despairing crying face" is most used.<br />3. The father <br />of emoticons <br />dislikes emojis.<br />Remember when you had to <br />type this, :) , instead of an emoji?.<br />Carnegie Mellon science professor, <br />Scott Fahlman, created this version of digital emotion on a 1982 message board. However, he dislikes emojis.<br />I think they are ugly, and they ruin the challenge of trying to come up with a clever way to express emotions using standard keyboard characters, Fahlman, to the 'Independent,' 2012
