> From: Dilyan Palauzov <b...@bapha.be> > Cc: unicode@corp.unicode.org > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:00:50 +0300 > > From: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> > Subject: Re: Is emoji +VC15, +VC16, without VC one or two columns with > monospace font?🏝️ > Date: 26/04/25 10:02:48 > > > I think you have very outdated mental model of how the Windows console > > works and how it represents and encodes characters. > > In particular, the width of a character is NOT determined by the length of > > its byte sequence, but by the font glyphs used to display those characters. > > I am confused. Does the width of an emoji/a character depend on the font > (thus font designers decide this), or does it depend on EastAsianWidth.txt ?
It depends on the font, but the font is supposed to go by what EastAsianWidth.txt says.
