servo / servo/font-kit

Colored emojis

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Rust
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Description

How to retrieve a colored emoji from a font?

We have Loader::outline, but for emojis we have to return an SVG? I have no idea how this is implemented in existing software...

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing Loader::outline API and its handling of emoji-related glyphs. Investigate how colored emoji are represented in fonts and how existing software exposes them, then define whether font-kit should return an SVG or another representation. Done means the supported colored-emoji retrieval behavior and API are clearly specified and implemented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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