For information This was fixed in webkitgtk: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191976
But still not solved in Chrom* and Firefox: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=908541#makechanges https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1509988 Also, fontconfig upstream discourages to use play with conf file as suggested https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/issues/136 ** Bug watch added: bugs.webkit.org/ #191976 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191976 ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1509988 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1509988 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/issues #136 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/issues/136 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fonts-noto-color-emoji in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770783 Title: Noto emoji should provide a fontconfig file to prioritize emoji fonts Status in fonts-noto-color-emoji package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: In order to get the emoji font to work in various apps (including chrome and electron based) the font should provide a fontconfig file to priotitize these fonts <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <alias> <family>serif</family> <prefer> <family>Noto Color Emoji</family> </prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>sans-serif</family> <prefer> <family>Noto Color Emoji</family> </prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>monospace</family> <prefer> <family>Noto Color Emoji</family> </prefer> </alias> </fontconfig> Is what I've in ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/01-emoji.conf and that should instead be provided in /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/01 -emoji-default.conf or similiar ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: fonts-noto-color-emoji 0~20180424-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat May 12 02:42:21 2018 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-07-10 (2862 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: fonts-noto-color-emoji UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2012-10-10 (2039 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fonts-noto-color-emoji/+bug/1770783/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp