How to insert emoticons in LaTeX?

latex emoticons

Ashwin Nanjappa · Oct 10, 2008 · Viewed 61.6k times · Source

I know it's a long shot, but is there some package or means to insert emoticons into a LaTeX document?

Answer

I know at least two partial ways:

First:

$\ddot\smile$

Second:

\usepackage{wasysym}
\smiley
\frownie

Or you can use images (as mentioned in other replies).