Notepad++ font with emoji support / Segoe UI Emoji slows down notepad++

Andrej730

Hi! I was looking for a way to show emojis in notepad (similarly to https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20642/) and I’ve found it, it requires enabling DirectWrite in preferences (it seems nay DirectWrite option works for it) but it also requires a special font that supports emojis.

The font I’ve found for it Segoe UI Emoji - which works but the problem is that using this font slows down notepad++.
No idea if it’s visible enough but here’s the demo - https://imgur.com/a/4RK3sCi
Just using this font (even without emojis in the document) makes scrolling somewhat laggy/less smooth.

Any suggestions for getting emojis in notepad++ by some other way or solving this problem with Segoe UI Emoji font?

PeterJones

@Andrej730 said in Notepad++ font with emoji support / Segoe UI Emoji slows down notepad++:

Hi! I was looking for a way to show emojis in notepad (similarly to https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20642/) and I’ve found it, it requires enabling DirectWrite in preferences (it seems nay DirectWrite option works for it) but it also requires a special font that supports emojis.

There are lots of fonts that support emojis

The font I’ve found for it Segoe UI Emoji - which works but the problem is that using this font slows down notepad++.

The font itself, combined with the DirectWrite settings, might be the culprit. When I tried the experiment with DirectWrite (default) and Segoe UI Emoji, I also saw a slowdown… But if I switch to GDI (most compatible) (and restart), then I don’t think I see the slowdown… not 100% sure. But I don’t know if that mode will show all the emojis you want, even with that font.

However, Segoe UI Emoji doesn’t appear to be a monospaced font, and Notepad++ works best with monospace.

Any suggestions for getting emojis in notepad++ by some other way or solving this problem with Segoe UI Emoji font?

Try without directwrite. Try a different font.

When I do DirectWrite (default) and my old normal DejaVu Sans Mono or my new normal FiraCode, I am able to see many emoji (even ones that those specific fonts don’t support, because of the “composite font” capability of Windows that DirectWrite enables). It’s possible that combination isn’t sufficient for you, but it’s something worth trying. I have never noticed a font-related slowdown when using those settings and fonts.