Emoji on Linux desktop. Use with aur/cairo-coloredemoji.

51-noto-color-emoji.conf.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/conf.avail/51-noto-color-emoji.conf -->
<fontconfig>
    <selectfont>
        <acceptfont>
            <pattern>
                <patelt name="family"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></patelt>
            </pattern>
        </acceptfont>
    </selectfont>

    <match target="font">
        <test name="family">
            <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
        </test>
        <edit name="scalable" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
        <edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
        <edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
        <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintfull</const></edit>
    </match>

    <!-- Experimental -->
    <!--
    <alias binding="same">
        <family>Segoe UI Emoji</family>
        <prefer>
            <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
        </prefer>
    </alias> -->
    <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family" qual="first" compare="contains">
            <string>emoji</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="color">
            <bool>true</bool>
        </edit>
        <edit mode="assign" name="family">
            <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="pattern">
        <edit name="family" mode="prepend">
            <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
        </edit>
    </match>

</fontconfig>

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