From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Cc: 44020@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org
Subject: bug#44020: 28.0.50; Prefer selection of colour emoji fonts?
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:49:46 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83362ewilx.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2d01ih2w5.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Robert Pluim on Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:38:18 +0200)
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 44020@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:38:18 +0200
>
> >> 1. Deciding what fonts we should use for emoji. We can get a lot of
> >> good results by adding appropriate 'set-fontset-font' calls to
> >> emacs, independently of any other work (I also wonder if we should
> >> change the default of use-default-font-for-symbols, given the
> >> proliferation of both emoji and fonts dedicated to displaying them)
> >>
> >> 2. Extract the emoji sequences from the Unicode data files and assign
> >> them to a new 'emoji' script. Be prepared to choose your favourite
> >> bikeshed colour.
> >>
> >> 3. Add the appropriate entries to composition-function-table so that
> >> the various multi-codepoint emoji sequences have a chance to be
> >> rendered correctly, whether by HarfBuzz or the Apple thing whose
> >> name I forget.
> >>
> >> For [1], I think "Noto Color Emoji" and "Apple Color Emoji" would be a
> >> good start.
>
> Eli> I agree, but [1] depends on [2], because set-fontset-font needs to
> Eli> know the script.
>
> set-fontset-font with a TARGET covering the emoji codepoints in
> question, I meant. Youʼre right itʼs probably cleaner to do both at
> the same time.
Yes, because using the codepoints will mean more maintenance in the
future, as more Emoji blocks are added (and they will be, quite
certainly).
>
> Eli> Also, Noto Color Emoji has a free license, so it's okay for it to be
> Eli> in fontset.el, but it is not clear to me whether Apple Color Emoji is
> Eli> distributed under a free license.
>
> Itʼs marked 'Copyright Apple 2011-2016' in the macOS font
> selector. And Apple appear to be both sensitive and litigious about
> it, so probably best not to promote it.
Right. People will have to do that on their own, if they don't want
to install a free font.
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-15 18:10 bug#44020: 28.0.50; Prefer selection of colour emoji fonts? Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-15 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 8:19 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-16 10:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 10:38 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-16 10:49 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-10-16 19:30 ` Alan Third
2020-10-17 6:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-17 9:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-18 8:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-18 15:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 8:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-17 15:27 ` Alan Third
2020-10-17 15:51 ` Alan Third
2020-10-17 6:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 19:11 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-16 14:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-19 10:56 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-19 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 18:34 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-19 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 19:00 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-19 19:03 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-19 19:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 22:00 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-20 2:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-20 7:33 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-20 8:58 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-20 14:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-20 14:41 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-19 19:03 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-19 19:32 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-19 19:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-06 19:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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