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The warning ⚠️ emoji messes up TextBox characters (Figtree font)

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Description

### Describe the bug

When entering a warning (⚠️) emoji from the emoji panel in a TextBox that uses the Figtree font , the next characters entered are messed up:

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### Why is this important?

The user wants to enter an emoji and than type other text following it. The user should expect the text he types to appear after the emoji.

### Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Show a TextBox with the Figtree font.
2. Enter the warning emoji using the Emoji panel of Windows (⚠️)
3. Enter other characters following this emoji.

### Actual behavior

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### Expected behavior

The right characters should appear.

### Screenshots

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### NuGet package version

WinUI 3 - Windows App SDK 1.8.0: 1.8.250907003

### Windows version

Windows 11 (24H2): Build 26100

### Additional context

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