Emoji ⚠️ is not shown as emoji

[muuvmuuv]

Using the Emoji "⚠️" in VS Code just displays a Unicode Symbol, even with a fallback font:

I am aware that there was a previous discussion about monospaced fonts should not include Emoji support, but then why is this happening, and how can I prevent it?

[philippnurullin]

Hi @muuvmuuv It's happening because we added a ⚠️ symbol in the JB Mono.

To prevent it from happening you need to modify the font files. Delete the warningSign Uni-26A0.
Ideally you need to have Glyphs app, so you can edit the source and build from it using scripts provided in Sources repository.

But here is a link to StackOverflow with other options https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12976424/how-to-remove-characters-from-a-font-file

[philippnurullin]

What is the advantage of using this Emoji?
Maybe the glyph in JB Mono can be modified to match these criteria.

[muuvmuuv]

It isn't that mandatory for me so that I am willed to spend the time on modifying the font, but thanks for the hint, good reading!

The advantage for me and other project members would be that the yellowish Emoji stand out much more than the grey symbol.

[philippnurullin]

Increased the size of ⚠️as possible and made it black so it pop out more.
You can grab the files from here https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono/tree/master/fonts

[fpopineau]

Hi,
Isn't that a bit strange to make this emoji black? I thought that the whole purpose of these emojis is to stand out with their classic (flashy) colors?
Regards and thanks for the JetBrains fonts.

[alexeyten]

@fpopineau there is a good article about emoji https://tonsky.me/blog/emoji/

Especially see Variation selector-16 part

[fpopineau]

Thanks for the detailed information. Unfortunately, it seems that the variation selector 16 is not supported under Windows 10/11 :-/ Le sam. 30 juil. 2022 à 19:00, Alexey Ten ***@***.***> a écrit :

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@fpopineau <https://github.com/fpopineau> there is a good article about emoji https://tonsky.me/blog/emoji/ Especially see *Variation selector-16* part — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#450 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAOTV3ZH5QST7YAM6BBXXBTVWVNRRANCNFSM45UECGBQ> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[alexeyten]

I'm pretty sure it works on Windows, but it may not work in some applications.

[fpopineau]

Oh... I said that it is not supported because I found it on https://emojipedia.org/microsoft/windows-11-november-2021-update/variation-selector-16/ but I have no idea of the reliability of this source. Actually what I see on this page https://www.ii.com/unicode-variation-selectors-15-16/ makes me think it may be supported (or at least partly ?) So I played with it but I still don't understand if what I see with JetBrains Mono is correct or not. I duplicated one of the rows to add an example with entity &#x26a0; Then I changed the font-family for <p> With JetBrains Mono I see :  With Source Code Pro (and many other fonts not providing the ⚠️ glyph/emoji) I see:  So it seems that because JetBrains Mono is providing the glyph, the selector does not switch to another "emoji" font. Am I right or am I missing something? And is it what is expected? Thanks for your help. Le dim. 31 juil. 2022 à 09:18, Alexey Ten ***@***.***> a écrit :

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I'm pretty sure it works on Windows, but it may not work in some applications. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#450 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAOTV3ZWOPBTFDSUHR4CIK3VWYSDBANCNFSM45UECGBQ> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[alexeyten]

@fpopineau images in your answer are missing. Please answer from github website.

[fpopineau]

@fpopineau images in your answer are missing. Please answer from github website.

Sorry. I have edited the message above.

[alexeyten]

Looks like Chromium-based browsers have a bug https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=964527

Firefox

Chromium-based Browser

Test page

[KotlinIsland]

The latest EAP supports variation selector 15/16 for emoji characters. https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-4832/Support-Variation-Selectors-in-text-rendering-for-emojies