S60 platform release 2.6 introduces support for operator specific pictographs in the Japanese variant. The user can enter them in different editors amongst the text. S60 platform UI components implement support for rendering pictographs.
The Pictograph API enables implementing support for pictograph rendering also in custom UI controls developed by third parties.
The standard Symbian OS graphics interfaces are required.
The Pictograph feature is not enabled in Japanese SDK emulator environment because the actual pictograph bitmaps need to be licensed from operators separately. Therefore, pictograph rendering can be verified only in hardware.
The Pictograph API is an SDK API. It was originally published in S60 platform release 2.6.
This document is valid from S60 platform release 2.6 onwards.