Linux color emoji

fonts.conf

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>DejaVu Sans</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>FreeSans</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>DejaVu Serif</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Serif</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>FreeSerif</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Serif</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>DejaVu Mono</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Mono</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>FreeMono</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Mono</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>EmojiOne Color</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>Apple Color Emoji</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>Segoe UI Emoji</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>

  <selectfont>
    <rejectfont>
        <pattern>
            <patelt name="family" >
                <string>DejaVu Sans</string>
            </patelt>
        </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
    <rejectfont>
        <pattern>
            <patelt name="family" >
                <string>DejaVu Serif</string>
            </patelt>
        </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
    <rejectfont>
        <pattern>
            <patelt name="family" >
                <string>DejaVu Mono</string>
            </patelt>
        </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
    <rejectfont>
        <pattern>
            <patelt name="family" >
                <string>FreeSans</string>
            </patelt>
        </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
    <rejectfont>
        <pattern>
            <patelt name="family" >
                <string>FreeSerif</string>
            </patelt>
        </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
    <rejectfont>
        <pattern>
            <patelt name="family" >
                <string>FreeMono</string>
            </patelt>
        </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
  </selectfont>

  <match>
    <test qual="any" name="family">
        <string>serif</string>
    </test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend_first">
      <string>Noto Serif</string>
    </edit>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend_first">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>

  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family">
        <string>sans-serif</string>
    </test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend_first">
      <string>Noto Sans</string>
    </edit>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend_first">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>

  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family">
        <string>monospace</string>
    </test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend_first">
      <string>PT Mono</string>
    </edit>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend_first">
      <string>Noto Mono</string>
    </edit>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend_first">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>

  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>emoji</family>
    <default><family>Noto Color Emoji</family></default>
  </alias>
</fontconfig>

install.md

Run

sudo apt install fonts-noto

Download and install font https://noto-website.storage.googleapis.com/pkgs/NotoColorEmoji-unhinted.zip (unzip, dubleclick font file, click «Install»).

Copy fonts.conf to ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

Run

fc-cache -f -v

Check http://eosrei.github.io/emojione-color-font/full-demo.html

Emoji Picker:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ys/emojione-picker
sudo apt update && sudo apt install emojione-picker

Firefox fix on about:config page set gfx.font_rendering.fontconfig.fontlist.enabled to false and reboot firefox.