I've worked with a pixel artist and a vector artist to reimagine the original phpBB smilies, as a drop-in enhancement via srcset="icon_arrow.webp 2x" attributes and I'd be happy to contribute them to the phpBB project if you want them:
https://github.com/rednoah/phpBB-smilies

https://github.com/rednoah/Absolution/b ... .html#L133
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<script type="text/javascript">
// use high resolution smilies
$("img.smilies, #smiley-box img").each(function(i) {
$(this).attr("srcset", $(this).attr("src").replace("./images/smilies/", "{T_THEME_PATH}/smilies/2x/").replace(".gif", ".png") + " 2x");
});
</script>
https://www.filebot.net/forums/styles/A ... e/smilies/