Ubuntu color emoji

50-noto-color-emoji.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
  <match target="scan">
    <test name="family">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </test>
    <edit mode="assign" name="scalable">
      <bool>true</bool>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family">
      <string>sans-serif</string>
    </test>
    <edit binding="weak" mode="prepend" name="family">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family">
      <string>serif</string>
    </test>
    <edit binding="weak" mode="prepend" name="family">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family">
      <string>Ubuntu Mono</string>
    </test>
    <edit binding="weak" mode="prepend" name="family">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family">
      <string>Cascadia Mono</string>
    </test>
    <edit binding="weak" mode="prepend" name="family">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family">
      <string>Apple Color Emoji</string>
    </test>
    <edit binding="strong" mode="prepend" name="family">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

readme.md

Goal

To use colored emoji in the terminal.

Steps

1. Install colored emoji fonts.

   $ sudo apt install fonts-noto-color-emoji

2. Edit font config.

   $ mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/
   $ mv -f 50-noto-color-emoji.conf ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/

   If you want to use color emoji over more font families, you can just copy and paste new sections in 50-noto-color-emoji.conf.

3. Rebuild font caches.

   $ fc-cache -fv

4. Re-login (or reboot).