Typogricon

A portmanteau of the words 'typography' and 'icon' referring to an image (icon) created using letters, numbers and punctuation and special characters (typography) - as found on a keyboard, printing press, or typewriter or by using ascii codes. The precursor to modern emojis.:
😜 ;-p
😐 : |
😎 B-)
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Since I can't give you a real rose, in person,i hope you will accept this typogricon as a token of my agfection.
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