From 5a07f57054c1791d61258d8319f40bf7bfe62a27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: silverwind Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:01:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Remove Noto Color Emoji fallback (#13838) It's causing browser errors logged in Firefox under certain circumstances, and I think we're better off recommending Linux users to install a proper emoji font into their system. --- doc/help/faq.en-us.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/help/faq.en-us.md b/doc/help/faq.en-us.md index 2004363a..eb8efcd4 100644 --- a/doc/help/faq.en-us.md +++ b/doc/help/faq.en-us.md @@ -336,3 +336,7 @@ for the database_name and run `ALTER TABLE table_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET u for each table in the database. You will also need to change the app.ini database charset to `CHARSET=utf8mb4`. + +## Why are Emoji displaying only as placeholders or in monochrome + +Gitea requires the system or browser to have one of the supported Emoji fonts installed, which are Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji and Twemoji Mozilla. Generally, the operating system should already provide one of these fonts, but especially on Linux, it may be necessary to install them manually.