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thebruce87m
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And when did the nose fall off too?
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nurb
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Nose does not carry any facial expression information, so there is no need for it.
newnamenewface
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I blame reddit for this one. :^) needs to be escaped for else the mouth floats away.
zem
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:-) was the standard smiley-with-nose, :^) was a lot rarer
themodelplumber
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IMO monospace fonts can make the nose look ridiculous, but for other fonts I leave it in so the face is easier to read as a face.
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