Public bug reported: Google has released a new version of their Noto Emoji font.
I don't believe this requires a freeze exception since we should do these updates if possible so that emoji display correctly in Ubuntu. For more details, see https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-march-2020-pixel-feature-drop-emoji-changelog/ If we don't take this particular update, the biggest downside will be that emojis show up as separate parts. For example, the gender neutral health care worker will appear as two characters (adult and the medical symbol) instead of as a single character. https://emojipedia.org/health-worker/ However, we will also need an updated Pango for those new combined emoji to display as a single emoji in apps using Pango (such as GTK apps). https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/commit/06aab3539f4a15a2ae3977d715e82035ea5b32d7 ** Affects: fonts-noto-color-emoji (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Jeremy Bicha (jbicha) Status: New ** Tags: focal upgrade-software-version -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fonts-noto-color-emoji in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1871791 Title: Update to Unicode 12.1 release Status in fonts-noto-color-emoji package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Google has released a new version of their Noto Emoji font. I don't believe this requires a freeze exception since we should do these updates if possible so that emoji display correctly in Ubuntu. For more details, see https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-march-2020-pixel-feature-drop-emoji-changelog/ If we don't take this particular update, the biggest downside will be that emojis show up as separate parts. For example, the gender neutral health care worker will appear as two characters (adult and the medical symbol) instead of as a single character. https://emojipedia.org/health-worker/ However, we will also need an updated Pango for those new combined emoji to display as a single emoji in apps using Pango (such as GTK apps). https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/commit/06aab3539f4a15a2ae3977d715e82035ea5b32d7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fonts-noto-color-emoji/+bug/1871791/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
