Emoticons

  • Apr 19, 1400

    Medival Manuscripts

    Figures and faces were drawn into manuscripts.
  • Period: Apr 19, 1400 to

    Emoticons Over The Years :)

  • PUCK MAGAZINE

    The American humor periodical reveals tongue-in-cheek proto-emoticons.
  • AMBROSE BIERCE

    In his essay " For Brevity and Clarity," the author also adds his version of emoticons.
  • LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN

    In a lecture at Cambridge University, he states " such words as pompous and stately could be expressed by faces."
  • LILI MOVIE ADVERTISEMENT

    An ad for the film Lili in the New York Herald Tribune on March 10, 1953 featured many emoticons.
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  • READER'S DIGEST

    A snippet from a story reminds us that emoticon-like smileys were probably common in personal correspondence.
  • VALADIMIR NABOKOV

    Ina New York Times interview, the great novelist types f a special typographical sign for a smile.
  • SMILEY

    A cousin to typographical smiling emoticon: the inspid yellow smiley face.
  • PLATO OPERATING SYSTEM

    Plato educational computer features graphical facial expressions for use in its forum.
  • THE "FIRTS INTERNET EMOTICON"

    In a post on Carnegie Mellon message board , computer engineer Scott Fahlman creates what has generally been considereed the first emoticon.