playcanvas / playcanvas/engine

Emoji alignment is off with Canvas Font

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Description

The emoji is lower on the line with canvas font compared to how it should be

Here is the PlayCanvas example: https://playcanvas.com/editor/scene/1030675
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And this is how it shows up as a div in HTML
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Research direction

Start by reproducing the PlayCanvas example and compare the canvas-rendered emoji with the HTML div shown in the issue. Trace the canvas font and text-baseline handling used by the engine; done means emoji aligns vertically with the equivalent HTML rendering.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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