Input latin letters Emoji

Symbols

A square button displaying the lowercase letters 'abc'. The design features a light blue background with white or dark text, mimicking the look of a virtual keyboard input toggle found on early mobile operating systems.

Usage Context

This icon appears on smartphones and tablets to let users switch their keyboard layout from numeric or special character modes back to the standard Latin alphabet. It is frequently used in digital conversations to signal that someone is switching topics, clarifying a point, or literally asking for a text-based response instead of an image or emoji.

History

Introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this character was designed specifically for touch-screen interface developers. It helped users navigate early mobile operating systems where switching between input methods was not as intuitive as it is today. It serves as a companion to other input indicators like 🔡 or 🔢.

Details

Glyph

🔤

Unicode

U+1F524

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f524:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD24;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory alphanum

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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