TIL About unicode codepoints

A codepoint is the numerical assignment for unicode characters; i.e. a=1, b=2 etc. Some characters, such as emojis, consist of multiple codepoints which act as ‘layering’.

For example, the people emojis use multiple codepoints to define the skintones.

U+1F469 U+1F3FD          = 👩🏽
Woman   Medium Skin Tone   Woman with medium skin tone

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_point
• https://blog.codepoints.net/emojis-under-the-hood.html