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    • Green Norris
      Green Norris last edited by

      Hi,

      I’m on Windows 7, 64Bit and have installed the most recent version of Notepad++ (7.8.7) and I do have the “An update for the Segoe UI symbol font in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 is available” (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 (🐴🐎🐫🐑🐘🐍🐦🐤🐔🐧🐛🐙) and they show up as blank boxes (with a ‘?’ inside). What makes this strange is that other Unicode characters do work fine (☀☁☂☃☄☇☈ЀЁЂЃЄЅІЇЈЉ★☆✠✡✢✣✤ these work). Additionally, emojis work fine in Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and LibreOffice Writer, so I don’t think this is an OS issue. (I just installed Vim to test another editor and they did not work in Vim so I’m not 100% certain)

      Also, on my Windows 10 laptop, Emoji’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. Let’s use “Courier New” 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.

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      • Ekopalypse
        Ekopalypse @Green Norris last edited by

        @Green-Norris

        Maybe this related to this issue?

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        • Michael Vincent
          Michael Vincent @Green Norris last edited by

          @Green-Norris

          Works fine for me:

          0df5ee93-b1d3-4c31-b8c6-a03687ace2a5-image.png

          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.

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          • Michael Vincent
            Michael Vincent @Michael Vincent last edited by

            @Michael-Vincent said in Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7:
            @Green-Norris

            Works fine for me:

            Whoops, should have read the fine print, I’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.

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            • astrosofista
              astrosofista @Michael Vincent last edited by astrosofista

              @Michael-Vincent said in Emojis Not Showing On Windows 7:

              But maybe try my advice and see if that works?

              It works!

              I’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:

              7926c725-4e6f-46de-8da6-b86e97354692-imagen.png

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

              4f762a2b-4aa3-4a57-b810-da208529ad64-imagen.png

              Thank you :)

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              • Michael Vincent
                Michael Vincent @astrosofista last edited by

                @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.

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