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Why are emojis tied to a OS font? The only reason I can think of is another way to force people to upgrade their OS, for instance, on macOS, even if your versio
by slig 2y ago
Why are emojis tied to a OS font? The only reason I can think of is another way to force people to upgrade their OS, for instance, on macOS, even if your version was still supported, you wouldn't get the new emojis until you upgraded.
- jagged-chisel 2y ago…or install a font with support
- cdrini 2y agoHmm I'm a bit confused by your question. Emojis are a Unicode range, and the only way Unicode is displayed on a monitor is through -- a font. So just like with text, if a website doesn't load it's own font, the OS-level fonts are used. I'm not sure what the alternative would be.
- slig 2y agoSorry, I now see my question was poorly worded. I was ranting about OS vendors not updating emoji fonts on supported versions -- you have to upgrade to the latest major version to get new emojis. I ran into this issue twice when using an older, and supported, version of both macOS and Android.
- kccqzy 2y agoIt is definitely a strategy for Apple to increase uptake of their non x.0 releases.