Black nib Emoji

Objects

A dark, pointed fountain pen nib angled towards the right. It represents the metal tip used in traditional dip pens that holds ink for writing or drawing on parchment and paper.

Usage Context

Frequently used to represent journalism, literature, calligraphy, or the act of signing an official contract. It is a common professional alternative to standard writing implements like the ✏️ or 🖊️ and carries a sense of formality or classic authorship.

History

Part of the Unicode 1.1 release in 1993, this icon traces back to early digital character sets designed to represent office supplies. Its design is based on the dip pens that were the standard for professional correspondence for centuries before the mass adoption of ballpoint pens.

Details

Glyph

✒

Unicode

U+2712

Shortcode

:emoji_u2712:

HTML Entity

✒

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory writing

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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