The idea of a smiley face in text wasn’t invented by Scott Fahlman in 1982. It was invented by a Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov. In his 1969 interview for the New York Times, to whether he considers himself a modern writer, he replied:

“I think that in typography there should be a symbol that conveys a smile, a bit like a paren laying on its side. I would use precisely that symbol to reply to your question”.

This is why russian, Ukrainian and other people still use “)” as a smiley face still, instead of Western “:)” and “:-)”. We sometimes add more parens, like “)))))))” instead of “xD” or “:D”.

Ironically, this is Google's page about design and typography.

Maaan, why does Latex have to suck /this/ much. I know it's very powerful and you can do complex layout and typography but COME ON. Surely there has to be a better way

Trying to stay productive using Glyphs Mini for type design afraid to spend more $$ on something better but Adobe is very tempting.