Nightmare scenario: You're texting someone you've recently met. The banter is good, great even. The romantic vibes are high, and you can tell that they're feeling it too. You make plans to hang out.

From friendly smiley faces to cheeky aubergines, emoji now form a staple part of ... a red heart represents classic love or romantic feelings. An orange heart is used for warmth, enthusiasm ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

As reported last year, the Unicode Consortium had teased eight new emoji that would become available on platforms such ...