Emojis are colorful characters from the UTF-8 character set used inline in text to represent emotions, activities, and various other objects or symbols. They started with early UTF-8 code pages like Miscellaneous Symbols and Dingbats¹.

Example

Here's how you can include an emoji of a watch in your HTML content:

This will display a large watch emoji on the webpage.

Using Emojis in HTML

To use emojis in HTML, you can simply copy and paste the emoji character into your HTML code. Since they are part of the UTF-8 character set, they can be treated just like any other text character².

For example, to add a smiling face emoji, you can write:

This will display the text along with a smiley face emoji within your paragraph.

Sizing Emojis

Emojis can be resized using CSS just like text. By adjusting the font-size property, you can make emojis larger or smaller according to your design needs².

For instance: