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srdjanm

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Registered: 2024-08-03

Posts: 14

[Solved] Missing Emoji's

I have installed "noto-fonts-emoji", but there is missing emojis everywhere, like in the LinkedIn posts, or in the Pamac console output...
What else do I need to install in order to set it up properly?

Last edited by srdjanm (2024-08-16 07:11:37)

spacemannn

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Registered: 2024-08-08

Posts: 9

Re: [Solved] Missing Emoji's

try installing this package from the aur. It adds additional font config files to make color emojis work in (most) situations.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/noto … fontconfig

good luck!

kevin276

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Registered: 2017-01-14

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved] Missing Emoji's

It should be a font configuration issue. Check the directory /etc/fonts/conf.d

ls /etc/fonts/conf.d

The 70-no-bitmaps.conf should be exist.Arch Wiki says:

Bitmap fonts are sometimes used as fallbacks for missing fonts, which may cause text to be rendered pixelated or too large. Use the 70-no-bitmaps.conf preset to disable this behavior.

Emoji fonts are disabled as bitmap fonts.
To enable emoji font,do as :
1.enable emoji font.create a new font configuration ,like: 66-enable-emoji.conf

vim 66-enable-emoji.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <match target="font">
    <edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
      <bool>false</bool>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match target="font">
    <test name="family" qual="any">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </test>
    <edit name="embeddedbitmap">
      <bool>true</bool>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

put it to /etc/fonts/conf.d [for all users]

 sudo cp 66-enable-emoji.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d

2.Enable scaling of bitmap fonts.To disable scaling of bitmap fonts (which often makes them blurry), remove /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf. Note this can break the scaling of emoji fonts such as Segoe UI Emoji, making them huge.
To enable scaling of bitmap fonts, create the symbolic link if it does not exist:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.default/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf

3.Refresh the font cache.

fc-cache -fv

srdjanm

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Registered: 2024-08-03

Posts: 14

Re: [Solved] Missing Emoji's

I've installed the config package proposed by @spacemannn.
I'll get back eventually and mark it as solved, after I do checks properly. So far, it seems to work as expected, based on just LinkedIn checks.
Thank you both of you for the help provided.

Last edited by srdjanm (2024-08-16 07:06:40)