jack-o-lantern on Microsoft
This is how the jack-o-lantern emoji ๐ looks on Microsoft Windows & Teams. Every platform designs emojis differently โ see the comparison below.
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๐ช Microsoft Design Style
Microsoft's Fluent Emoji features a vibrant 3D design style with playful proportions and expressive animations. They were open-sourced in 2022, making them freely available. The design emphasizes fun, approachable characters with soft gradients and modern aesthetics.
๐ About jack-o-lantern on Microsoft
Microsoft Windows & Teams gives the jack-o-lantern emoji a rounded and friendly treatment, staying true to its broader activities aesthetic. The design reflects choices made since 2012 about how emojis should feel to users on this platform.
Among activities emojis, the jack-o-lantern emoji highlights how Microsoft's rounded and friendly style diverges from other platforms, reinforcing why the same emoji can feel different depending on the device.
โน๏ธ Platform Details
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows & Teams
- Emoji Support Since
- 2012
- Website
- microsoft.com
๐ก Microsoft Activities Design Insight
Microsoft's Fluent activity emojis are modeled in 3D with physically accurate materials โ the basketball has dimpled leather texture, the guitar has wood grain, and the ski goggles show lens reflection. Each object casts a soft contact shadow.
In Microsoft Viva, activity emojis are used to categorize wellness check-in responses, with the platform mapping specific activity emojis to exercise types for aggregate health analytics.
Usage Tip
In OneNote, activity emojis function as effective visual tags for organizing notebooks by hobby, sport, or project type, with Windows search indexing them for quick retrieval.
Cross-Platform Note
Microsoft's activity emojis appear more three-dimensional and tactile than any other platform, which means a simple game controller emoji looks like a rendered product shot on Windows but a flat icon on most other devices.
Fun Fact
Microsoft's 3D trophy emoji was designed to match the Xbox Achievement aesthetic, creating a deliberate visual connection between Windows emoji and the Xbox gaming ecosystem.