I suppose I have been aware of these for years but just recently began to realise how useful they can be (when my daughter softened a potentially harsh comment with a wink 😉
Somewhere in the back of my mind I remembered seeing them listed in Schotts Miscellany and on searching I found a listing there.
The important thing to remember (for the uninitiated) is that these must all be viewed sideways.
They vary from the very basic Hi 🙂 to the rather more complex Rose @}->–
They include such basic emotions as a frown 🙁 astonishment :-0 and indifference :-I and even (this one I like) drunkeness :*)
They even have some descriptions of people, like the pope +:-) , Elvis 5:-) , and even a fairly passible Abraham Lincoln =):)=
They even have a chef! C=:-)
You will find a listing here

In the meantime I leave you with this message.

😉 from C=:-)