The arms and the face are letters from Canadian Aboriginal syllabics. This writing system is used for Cree, Inuktitut and other languages in Canada. Each sign is a whole syllable, and its direction changes the vowel.
The parts of ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
ᕕU+1555Canadian syllabics FI. The left arm.
ᐛU+141BCanadian syllabics Naskapi WAA. The happy face.
ᕗU+1557Canadian syllabics FO. The right arm.
ᕕ and ᕗ are the same shape pointing two ways, so they make a matching pair of arms. Swap them, as in ᕗ( ᐛ )ᕕ, and the arms point the other way. That swap is the whole trick behind the dance above.
Shades and music notes
The sunglasses in ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ are two signs. ⌐ is the "reversed not sign" from old computer character sets, and it works as the frame. ■ is a black square, one for each lens. Put ( •_•)>⌐■-■ in front and it looks like someone putting on shades.
Sunglasses and notes
⌐U+2310Reversed not sign. The frame.
■U+25A0Black square. A lens.
♪U+266AEighth note
♬U+266CBeamed sixteenth notes
Party faces for birthdays and big news
Two faces dancing side by side work well for good news you share with someone. For a full birthday drawing, see the text art messages.
Most people call it the happy dance. It has no official name. Its parts are letters from Canadian Aboriginal syllabics.
How do I make a dancing face with symbols?
Take a face and put arms on both sides that point the same way, like ┏(-_-)┛. Then write it again with the arms flipped: ┗(-_- )┓. Side by side, the two steps look like a dance.
Can I make a text face that moves?
Not in a chat message, since text can't move by itself. The closest thing is a dance copied as one line of steps, like the one above.
