This is about characters U+1F327,U+1F326 The variation selector FE0F is *not* unnecessary in with these. Looking at https://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/5.0/emoji-data.txt <https://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/5.0/emoji-data.txt> those characters do *not* have the Emoji-Presentation property set, and they do have variation sequences defined.
From https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Emoji_Variation_Selector_Notes <https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Emoji_Variation_Selector_Notes>, such singleton emoji characters “should have emoji presentation selectors on base characters with Emoji_Presentation=No whenever an emoji presentation is desired” - Peter E > On Oct 28, 2017, at 4:11 AM, Andre Schappo via Unicode <unicode@unicode.org> > wrote: > > > I am working on a Blog Article ( > https://schappo.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/computer-science-internationalization.html > > <https://schappo.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/computer-science-internationalization.html> > ) and do not currently have access to OSX High Sierra, I am using OSX > Sierra. I would appreciate some help from someone using OSX High Sierra. > > Using Sierra's Chinese Simplified Input Method the Emoji 🌧️ and 🌦️ have an > unnecessary U+FE0F variation selector appended. The other Emoji I have tested > with Sierra's Chinese Simplified Input Method do not have the variation > selector appended. Could someone please check if the same happens with High > Sierra > > Thank you > > André > 🌏 🌍 🌎 > André Schappo > https://schappo.blogspot.co.uk <https://schappo.blogspot.co.uk/> > https://twitter.com/andreschappo <https://twitter.com/andreschappo> > https://weibo.com/andreschappo <https://weibo.com/andreschappo> > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/computer-science-curriculum-internationalization > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/computer-science-curriculum-internationalization> > > > > >
