Arts/Visual_Arts/ASCII_Art/Emoticons/

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ASCII.li

Text emoticon generator.

Bronwen and Claire's Really Huge Emoticon Collection

The original emoticon site. Common and not so common emoticons.

Cool Smileys

An attempt to create a list of all the text emoticons and smileys in the world.

Emoticon Central

Directory of text-based emoticons and smileys to use in online forums and email.

Emoticons Online.com

Listing emoticons and smileys.

Emoticons or Smileys

A sequence of ordinary characters you can find on your computer keyboard. Emoticons are used in e-mail and other forms of communication.

The First Smiley :-)

Smiley history, includes the original 1982 post introducing the smiley.

Gmail: Using Chat Emoticons

List of emoticons available to use with Gmail.

Helwig's Smiley Dictionary

Built on December, 1994 from another smiley page.

Looking for Sigmund Freud's Smiley

Five states of a smiley of Sigmund Freud. Emoticons leading to a gif, a dedicated signature.

NetLingo: Smileys and Emoticons

Online directory to look up words, acronyms, smileys, ASCII art, whatever you don't understand.

Online Smiley Faces and Emoticons

A collection of smiley faces used in Internet messages..

Sharpened: Emoticons

A list of emoticons used in email, online chat, and instant messaging.

Smiley Lore :-)

Scott E. Fahlman writes about how he started smileys in text email.

Smiley's Collection

This page was made to show all the types of smileys there are in the world (or close to it).

Smileys and Emoticons

Recommended emoticons and smileys for email communication.

Star Trek Smileys

Star Trek smileys and emoticons. A short introduction to smileys.

Yahoo Groups - Emoticons

Email list about how emoticons are useful.

Guardian Unlimited: Emoticons

Article by Sam Mohun. Published on the 20th anniversary of the smiley. (September 19, 2002)

Fast Company: Wipe That Smile off Your Face

Linguist, Naomi Baron, predicts that abbreviations will replace emoticons and that electronic communication will grow increasingly cryptic as groups develop their own secret codes. (March 31, 2001)

FastCompany: He Seconds That Emotion

Article about Scott Fahlman and emoticon use. Fahlman is the originator of the "emotional icon," or "emoticon". (March 31, 2001)

Smiley's People

Neal Stephenson's anti-smiley screed from The New Republic. (September 13, 1993)