Fix emoji in Linux and get color emoji in Discord! Place this fontconfig file in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

fonts.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- REQUIRES Noto fonts (along with Noto Color Emoji) 
     run `fc-list | grep -i -e "noto sans" -e "noto serif" -e "noto color emoji"` to confirm
-->

 <!-- Change the string in the family tag to whatever font -->
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Serif</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Sans</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Sans</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Mono</family></prefer>
  </alias>

   <!-- This adds Noto Color Emoji to the font families sans, serif, sans-serif and monospace -->
  <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family"><string>sans</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>

  <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>
  <!-- Discord loads the system's sans-serif font family, add Noto Color Emoji to it -->
  <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
    </match> 

   <!-- Add emoji generic family -->
  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>emoji</family>
    <default><family>Noto Color Emoji</family></default>
  </alias>

  <!-- Alias requests for the other emoji fonts -->
  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Apple Color Emoji</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Color Emoji</family></prefer>
    <default><family>emoji</family></default>
  </alias>
  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Segoe UI Emoji</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Color Emoji</family></prefer>
    <default><family>emoji</family></default>
</alias>

<!-- Run "fc-cache -fv" after saving the file and kill and restart whichever app (like discord) and enjoy emoji -->

</fontconfig>

I just reinstalled Void Linux on my rig here and I was having the stupid boxy issue in Discord channel names. Installing a crapton of unicode emoji fonts as well as placing this fonts.conf file into ~/.config/fontsconfig/ fixed the issue for me! Thanks for posting it!

missing <alias> between line 7 and 8

Ah crap I messed it up in the last two revisions. Use older version for now

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there's a <alias> beacon missing between line 7 & 8 in the current revision.

Thanks a lot for the snippet. I've been using for quite a while :)