The Mountain View company wants to allow creators to customize their emojis and create new ones based on their Fluent Emoji.
If you’re thinking of getting into designing and creating emojis, this ad should appeal to you. Microsoft has just made available to everyone and for free, its 1538 Fluent Emojis, 3D emojis that can be found on Windows, but also in some of its applications such as Teams. As a reminder, last year, Microsoft updated more than 1,800 emojis by applying a 3D effect treatment to them.
By offering its emojis in open source, Microsoft hopes to encourage creators to personalize them and create new ones that will meet the needs and specificities of each community.
“We wanted to make sure that every creator could create experiences that meet the needs of their community. This especially applies to developers and audiences that have not been included historically. A hairstyle, an afro, a sari – allowing the majority of the world (i.e. blacks and browns) to express themselves as they want, to whom they want and when they want, it is not not only powerful, but necessary. said in a post published on Medium Jon Friedman, one of the managers in charge of Design and Research at Microsoft.
Today, I’m excited to announce that we have officially open-sourced our #FluentEmoji we @Figma and @Github–which infinitely empowers expression. We can’t wait to continue designing in the open with you all! Read all about it (and access the files) here ➡️ https://t.co/7L7JBbcLtw
— Jon Friedman (@designjon) August 10, 2022
Microsoft emojis are therefore freely downloadable from the Github company official, as well as on figma, in three packs. In total, 1538 emojis can be modified and redistributed by creators. Be careful however, Microsoft specifies that certain emojis such as flags, or those related to video games or technology are not included for legal reasons. Unfortunately, you won’t find that good old Clippy there. Shame…
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