On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 8:33 AM Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:

> So this was a combination of me forgetting to add 'emoji' into the
> list of 'simple' scripts in fontset.el, and the following code in
> macfont.m:
>
>           /* Don't use a color bitmap font unless its family is
>              explicitly specified.  */
>            if ((sym_traits & kCTFontTraitColorGlyphs) && NILP (family))
>              continue;
>
> Yamamoto-san, Iʼm not sure I understand the rationale for excluding
> colour fonts unless explicitly requested, could you elaborate?
>

I moved away from macOS several months ago, but if memory serves, this was
(at the time) a feature that only worked on non-free OSs, and a request was
made (from Richard, if memory serves twice) to limit the feature until it
could be adequately supported on free/libre systems.

If I'm barking up the wrong tree, please accept my apologies in advance.
~Chad