779042 - Unicode character 'PILE OF POO' (U+1F4A9) is shown as a blank space

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Graphics: Text, defect)

Description

[Jesse Ruderman]

Attachment: testcase

Since we don't support color emoji (bug 715798), I expected a hexbox.  But instead I just got a blank space.

(Firefox nightly on OS X 10.7)

Comment 1

[Jonathan Kew [:jfkthame]]

I got a hexbox (also in Nightly on OS X 10.7). If you select the entire line of text, and use the Show Fonts in Selection command (from the font-info addon), what font(s) does it tell you it's using?

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

Apple Color Emoji
Times Roman

Comment 3

[Jonathan Kew [:jfkthame]]

Huh, now I get the same result as you. Either something's a bit erratic, or (more likely) I messed up somehow last time I tested it. I blame the flu...

So, unless/until we fix bug 715798, we really should be detecting that we can't use this font, and ignoring it during font-matching; then (in the absence of any other font with those codepoints) we'd get the expected hexbox.

Comment 4

[Jesse Ruderman]

Bug 715798 is now fixed and the testcase looks fine.

Well, as fine as a pile of poo can look.