No more “J” – Microsoft finally fixes Wingdings emoji bug in Outlook

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Published onMay 17, 2017

published onMay 17, 2017

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If you’ve ever noticed a strange ‘J’ at the end of your emails, likely you’ve wondered where it came from. The answer was simple. Microsoft’s Wingdings font, used by Outlook to render the smiley emoticon, was not recognizable by other mail providers and browsers, thus turning the simple smiley emotion into the letter J.

However, it looks like Microsoft has finally figured out the issue or at least has taken the time to fix it nearly seven years later (viaBusiness Insider.) Now however you access Outlook, it will recognize the emoji accurately. A writer for The Guardian found the unexpected update:

https://twitter.com/alexhern/status/864127616206483457

While ‘game changer’ might a little intense for the emoji correction, it’s nice to see that Microsoft has taken the initiative to fix these little foul-ups. As an official response, the tech giant explained that this is because emojis are now “true emojis” so any email app should be able to display them correctly.

On a completely unrelated note,The Emoji Moviehits theaters June 28.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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