diff --git a/compose/mpp/demo/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/mpp/demo/Main.desktop.kt b/compose/mpp/demo/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/mpp/demo/Main.desktop.kt
index ac30d114877b5..0de51c84d290c 100644
--- a/compose/mpp/demo/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/mpp/demo/Main.desktop.kt
+++ b/compose/mpp/demo/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/mpp/demo/Main.desktop.kt
@@ -16,10 +16,18 @@
 
 package androidx.compose.mpp.demo
 
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalFontFamilyResolver
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontFamily
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.platform.Font
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.compose.ui.window.WindowState
 import androidx.compose.ui.window.singleWindowApplication
+import java.io.IOException
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>) = singleWindowApplication(
     title = "Compose MPP demo",
@@ -28,5 +36,29 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) = singleWindowApplication(
     val app = remember {
         App(initialScreenName = args.getOrNull(0))
     }
-    app.Content()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    val fontFamilyResolver = LocalFontFamilyResolver.current
+    val fontsLoaded = remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+
+    if (fontsLoaded.value) {
+        app.Content()
+    }
+
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+        val fontBytes = getResourceBytes("NotoColorEmoji.ttf")!!
+        val fontFamily = FontFamily(listOf(Font("NotoColorEmoji", fontBytes)))
+        fontFamilyResolver.preload(fontFamily)
+        fontsLoaded.value = true
+    }
+}
+
+suspend fun getResourceBytes(resourceName: String): ByteArray? = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+    val classLoader = Thread.currentThread().contextClassLoader
+    try {
+        classLoader.getResourceAsStream(resourceName).use { inputStream ->
+            return@withContext inputStream?.readBytes()
+        }
+    } catch (e: IOException) {
+        e.printStackTrace()
+        return@withContext null
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compose/mpp/demo/src/desktopMain/resources/NotoColorEmoji.ttf b/compose/mpp/demo/src/desktopMain/resources/NotoColorEmoji.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9d82f52226615
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diff --git a/compose/mpp/demo/src/wasmJsMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/mpp/demo/main.js.kt b/compose/mpp/demo/src/wasmJsMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/mpp/demo/main.js.kt
index d856532cd9c00..18cc5083a2c33 100644
--- a/compose/mpp/demo/src/wasmJsMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/mpp/demo/main.js.kt
+++ b/compose/mpp/demo/src/wasmJsMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/mpp/demo/main.js.kt
@@ -17,18 +17,74 @@
 package androidx.compose.mpp.demo
 
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.ui.ExperimentalComposeUiApi
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalFontFamilyResolver
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontFamily
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.platform.Font
 import androidx.compose.ui.window.ComposeViewport
+import kotlin.wasm.unsafe.UnsafeWasmMemoryApi
+import kotlin.wasm.unsafe.withScopedMemoryAllocator
+import kotlinx.browser.window
+import kotlinx.coroutines.await
+import org.khronos.webgl.ArrayBuffer
+import org.khronos.webgl.Int8Array
+import org.w3c.fetch.Response
+
+private val notoColorEmoji = "./NotoColorEmoji.ttf"
 
 @OptIn(ExperimentalComposeUiApi::class)
 fun main() {
     ComposeViewport(viewportContainerId = "composeApplication") {
+        val fontFamilyResolver = LocalFontFamilyResolver.current
+        val fontsLoaded = remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
         val app = remember { App() }
-        app.Content()
+
+        if (fontsLoaded.value) {
+            app.Content()
+        }
+
+        LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+            val notoEmojisBytes = loadRes(notoColorEmoji).toByteArray()
+            val fontFamily = FontFamily(listOf(Font("NotoColorEmoji", notoEmojisBytes)))
+            fontFamilyResolver.preload(fontFamily)
+            fontsLoaded.value = true
+        }
+
     }
 }
 
-
 @Composable
-internal fun returnsNullable(): Any? = null
\ No newline at end of file
+internal fun returnsNullable(): Any? = null
+
+suspend fun loadRes(url: String): ArrayBuffer {
+    return window.fetch(url).await<Response>().arrayBuffer().await()
+}
+
+fun ArrayBuffer.toByteArray(): ByteArray {
+    val source = Int8Array(this, 0, byteLength)
+    return jsInt8ArrayToKotlinByteArray(source)
+}
+
+@JsFun(
+    """ (src, size, dstAddr) => {
+        const mem8 = new Int8Array(wasmExports.memory.buffer, dstAddr, size);
+        mem8.set(src);
+    }
+"""
+)
+internal external fun jsExportInt8ArrayToWasm(src: Int8Array, size: Int, dstAddr: Int)
+
+internal fun jsInt8ArrayToKotlinByteArray(x: Int8Array): ByteArray {
+    val size = x.length
+
+    @OptIn(UnsafeWasmMemoryApi::class)
+    return withScopedMemoryAllocator { allocator ->
+        val memBuffer = allocator.allocate(size)
+        val dstAddress = memBuffer.address.toInt()
+        jsExportInt8ArrayToWasm(x, size, dstAddress)
+        ByteArray(size) { i -> (memBuffer + i).loadByte() }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose/mpp/demo/src/wasmJsMain/resources/NotoColorEmoji.ttf b/compose/mpp/demo/src/wasmJsMain/resources/NotoColorEmoji.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9d82f52226615
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diff --git a/compose/ui/ui-text/src/skikoMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/platform/PlatformFont.skiko.kt b/compose/ui/ui-text/src/skikoMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/platform/PlatformFont.skiko.kt
index 4072ae0e02a6c..802e5b148605e 100644
--- a/compose/ui/ui-text/src/skikoMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/platform/PlatformFont.skiko.kt
+++ b/compose/ui/ui-text/src/skikoMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/platform/PlatformFont.skiko.kt
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.LoadedFontFamily
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.Typeface
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.createFontFamilyResolver
 import org.jetbrains.skia.FontMgr
+import org.jetbrains.skia.FontMgrWithFallback
 import org.jetbrains.skia.paragraph.FontCollection
 import org.jetbrains.skia.paragraph.TypefaceFontProvider
+import org.jetbrains.skia.paragraph.TypefaceFontProviderWithFallback
 
 expect sealed class PlatformFont() : Font {
     abstract val identity: String
@@ -196,14 +198,14 @@ class FontLoadResult(val typeface: SkTypeface?, val aliases: List<String>)
 
 internal class FontCache {
     internal val fonts = FontCollection()
-    private val fontProvider = TypefaceFontProvider()
+    private val fontProvider = TypefaceFontProviderWithFallback()
     private val registered: MutableSet<String> = HashSet()
     private val typefacesCache: Cache<String, SkTypeface> = ExpireAfterAccessCache(
         60_000_000_000 // 1 minute
     )
 
     init {
-        fonts.setDefaultFontManager(FontMgr.default)
+        fonts.setDefaultFontManager(FontMgrWithFallback(fontProvider))
         fonts.setAssetFontManager(fontProvider)
     }
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index b381907cfd17c..b5bfe96c872da 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ moshi = "1.13.0"
 protobuf = "3.21.8"
 paparazzi = "1.0.0"
 paparazziNative = "2022.1.1-canary-f5f9f71"
-skiko = "0.8.8"
+skiko = "0.8.9"
 sqldelight = "1.3.0"
 retrofit = "2.7.2"
 wire = "4.5.1"