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[Bug 1551491] Re: Emoji skin tones are rendered as missing characters

 

@elleo
 Can we revisit using the colored Emoji's? I recall we were waiting for proper support to land in qt. regarding this bug perhaps there is a missing font that we need?

** Also affects: ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Sheldon (michael-sheldon)

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Title:
  Emoji skin tones are rendered as missing characters

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in messaging-app package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in ubuntu-keyboard package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  U+1F3FB through U+1F3FF are not rendered in the messaging app.
  Instead the "empty rectangle" missing-character symbol is rendered.

  These characters are the "EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE" characters.
  They are meant to indicate skin tone of the preceding emoji.

  I know that on the messaging app, all emoji are currently rendered as
  black and white.  I assume that is a design choice.  In the case we
  given specific color information, we either could render the color as
  requested or ignore it.  But in neither case should we show the
  "missing-character" symbol.

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