GNU bug report logs - #41747
27.0.91; Add default fontset setup for "Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 13:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.91

Done: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #70 received at 41747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#41747: 27.0.91; Add default fontset setup for "Symbols and
 Pictographs Extended-A"
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:58:32 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:36:44AM +0200, Kévin Le Gouguec wrote:
> NB: as highlighted earlier in the thread[1], there already are some free
> fonts covering the newer characters.
> 
> They are color fonts though, so I don't think it would make sense to use
> them just for "Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A": I expect users would
> find it jarring if Emacs displayed emoji from this specific block with a
> color font, yet displayed all others with a "regular"[2] font.

There's a "Noto Emoji" font which, iirc, is simply a non-colour
version of Noto Color Emoji.

-- 
Alan Third
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