> What does Emacs say when you go to the Emoji and type "C-u C-x =" ? That emoji is displayed as 3 chars in my buffer, The first is position: 245 of 260 (94%), column: 0 character: 🤷 (displayed as 🤷) (codepoint 129335, #o374467, #x1f937) charset: unicode (Unicode (ISO10646)) code point in charset: 0x1F937 script: emoji syntax: w which means: word category: .:Base to input: type "C-x 8 RET 1f937" or "C-x 8 RET SHRUG" buffer code: #xF0 #x9F #xA4 #xB7 file code: #xF0 #x9F #xA4 #xB7 (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix) display: by this font (glyph code): ftcrhb:-PfEd-Unifont Upper-medium-normal-normal-*-21-*-*-*-d-0-iso10646-1 (#x21E3) Second is position: 246 of 1577 (16%), column: 2 character: ‍ (displayed as ‍) (codepoint 8205, #o20015, #x200d) charset: unicode (Unicode (ISO10646)) code point in charset: 0x200D script: symbol syntax: . which means: punctuation to input: type "C-x 8 RET 200d" or "C-x 8 RET ZERO WIDTH JOINER" buffer code: #xE2 #x80 #x8D file code: #xE2 #x80 #x8D (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix) display: by this font (glyph code): ftcrhb:-PfEd-Gargi-regular-normal-normal-*-21-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1 (#xDE) Character code properties: customize what to show name: ZERO WIDTH JOINER general-category: Cf (Other, Format) decomposition: (8205) ('‍') There are text properties here: fontified t [back] third position: 247 of 905 (27%), column: 2 character: ♂ (displayed as ♂) (codepoint 9794, #o23102, #x2642) charset: unicode (Unicode (ISO10646)) code point in charset: 0x2642 script: symbol syntax: _ which means: symbol category: .:Base, c:Chinese, h:Korean, j:Japanese to input: type "C-x 8 RET 2642" or "C-x 8 RET MALE SIGN" buffer code: #xE2 #x99 #x82 file code: #xE2 #x99 #x82 (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix) display: composed to form "♂️" (see below) -- Warning: Content may be disturbing to some audiences I strongly condemn Putin's war of aggression against the Ukraine. I support to deliver weapons to Ukraine's military. I support the ban of Russia from SWIFT. I support the EU membership of the Ukraine. https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/gmail-conversation-view/