But Japanese emoticons – known as kaomoji, or face-text – come in a dizzying array of variations. |
What he noticed was particularly evident in what the Japanese call kaomoji, the subset of emoji that consists of little faces. |
The kaomoji express emotions in the way emojis do, but they're composed of standard fonts rather than being illustrated by anyone in particular. |
Katsuno and Yano insisted that the development of kaomoji online has important connections with Japanese popular culture. |