File to reproduce the problem: $ cat reproduce-crash.el (set-fontset-font t '(#x10000 . #x1FFFF) '("Noto Color Emoji" . "unicode-bmp") nil 'append) (i nsert "🥰") (Also attached to this mail). Then the crash can be reproduced like this: $ emacs -q --file reproduce-crash.el --eval '(eval-buffer)' X protocol error: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) on protocol request 138 When compiled with GTK, Emacs cannot recover from X disconnects. This is a GTK bug: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/221 For details, see etc/PROBLEMS. Fatal error 6: Aborted It happens with Emacs 26.3 and also whith Emacs compiled from current git master. A similar problem happens when trying to show that font with "xfd" $ xfd -fa "Noto Color Emoji" Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) Major opcode of failed request: 138 (RENDER) Minor opcode of failed request: 20 (RenderAddGlyphs) Serial number of failed request: 208 Current serial number in output stream: 271 This color emoji font contains bitmaps of emoji. -- Mike FABIAN