<![CDATA[Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7]]>Hi,

Iโ€™m on Windows 7, 64Bit and have installed the most recent version of Notepad++ (7.8.7) and I do have the โ€œAn update for the Segoe UI symbol font in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 is availableโ€ (KB2729094) installed.

I open a new file, set to UTF-8 (also tried UTF-8-BOM as well and anything else as options), and paste my emojis (๐Ÿด๐ŸŽ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ”๐Ÿง๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ™) and they show up as blank boxes (with a โ€˜?โ€™ inside). What makes this strange is that other Unicode characters do work fine (โ˜€โ˜โ˜‚โ˜ƒโ˜„โ˜‡โ˜ˆะ€ะะ‚ะƒะ„ะ…ะ†ะ‡ะˆะ‰โ˜…โ˜†โœ โœกโœขโœฃโœค these work). Additionally, emojis work fine in Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and LibreOffice Writer, so I donโ€™t think this is an OS issue. (I just installed Vim to test another editor and they did not work in Vim so Iโ€™m not 100% certain)

Also, on my Windows 10 laptop, Emojiโ€™s show up fine in Notepad++ with the exact same version, exact same font. I tried many fonts and emojis all work fine on Windows 10 but none work on Windows 7. Letโ€™s use โ€œCourier Newโ€ during this discussion though.

I would appreciate any help and I can provide screenshots or you can even call my cell phone if you want, this is important to me that I get this issue solved.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/19558/emojis-not-showing-on-windows-7RSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 01:09:59 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2020 22:40:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7 on Thu, 18 Jun 2020 04:42:12 GMT]]>@astrosofista said in Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7:

However, after applying the script you provided, emojis are correctly displayed

Great! Note that N++ version 7.8.7+ - that is to say whatever version will next be released looks to have this SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE as an option in the Settings => Preferences => MISC. dialogue.

But a script for now is just as good while we wait!

Cheers.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55070https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55070Thu, 18 Jun 2020 04:42:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7 on Thu, 18 Jun 2020 03:59:14 GMT]]>@Michael-Vincent said in Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7:

But maybe try my advice and see if that works?

It works!

Iโ€™m on Windows 7 64bit and emojis are correctly displayed in a Firefox window, but in Notepad++ 7.8.6 get the blank boxes OP mentioned, as follows:

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However, after applying the script you provided, emojis are correctly displayed

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Thank you :)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55069https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55069Thu, 18 Jun 2020 03:59:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7 on Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:08:18 GMT]]>@Michael-Vincent said in Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7:
@Green-Norris

Works fine for me:

Whoops, should have read the fine print, Iโ€™m on WIndows 10, not WIndows 7. But maybe try my advice and see if that works? If not, it may be a Windows 7 font rendering issue?

Sorry.

Cheers.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55068https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55068Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:08:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7 on Wed, 17 Jun 2020 23:23:28 GMT]]>@Green-Norris

Works fine for me:

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I"m using a build that includes this commit.

If you have NppExec of a different scripting plugin installed, you can turn this feature on. NppExec does it like this:

SCI_SENDMSG SCI_SETTECHNOLOGY SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE

Cheers.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55063https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55063Wed, 17 Jun 2020 23:23:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7 on Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:26:59 GMT]]>@Green-Norris

Maybe this related to this issue?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55059https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/55059Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:26:59 GMT