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> This character was originally introduced into the Webdings font as an “exclamation mark in the style of the rude boy logo found on records by The Specials". This levitating man was known as Walt Jabsco.

- https://emojipedia.org/person-in-suit-levitating/




TIL: there's a Wiki for emoji trivia. I love it! Thank you to whoever bothers with collecting such information.


Emojipedia is not just an encyclopedia, it is a major contributor to the Unicode emoji process (its editor, Jeremy Burge, is the vice-chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee).


Wow, I didn't realize that. Thanks! The way the website looks, I wouldn't have guessed it's a serious player.


And Walt Jabsco was based on a young Peter Tosh!

http://www.thespecials2.com/history2.php


>was originally introduced into the Webdings font as an “exclamation mark in the style of the rude boy logo found on records by The Specials"

Of course. What could be more useful or obvious?




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