Re: emojis not colored

[Colin Baxter 😺]

>>>>> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>> On Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:53:12 +0000, Colin Baxter 😺 <m43cap@yandex.com> 
>>>>> said:
    Colin> Copyright (c) 2000-2014 by George Williams. See AUTHORS for
    Colin> Contributors.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
    Colin> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> with many parts BSD
    Colin> <http://fontforge.org/license.html>. Please read LICENSE.
    Colin> Based on sources from 20170812-ML-D.  Based on source from
    Colin> git with hash: Attempt to unget two characters CHECKING
    Colin> NotoColorEmoji.ttf This font contains neither "CFF " nor
    Colin> "glyf"/"loca" tables The following table(s) in the font have
    Colin> been ignored by FontForge Ignoring 'CBDT' Ignoring 'CBLC' No
    Colin> (useable) bitmap strikes in this TTF font:
    Colin> /home/redknight/.fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf Couldn't find
    Colin> a font file named
    Colin> /home/redknight/.fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf
    Colin> NotoColorEmoji.ttf is not in a known format (or uses features
    Colin> of that format fontforge does not support, or is so badly
    Colin> corrupted as to be unreadable) Open: Failed to open:
    Colin> NotoColorEmoji.ttf


    Colin> Possibly my Debian version is too old.

    > I get the same on my working NotoColorEmoji.ttf, so I suspect that
    > fontlint just doesnʼt understand colour fonts (the "CB" in "CBDT"
    > and "CBLC" stands for "colour bitmap")

I had sort of given up on NotoColorEmji.tff after seeing the fontlint
output. Now, however, if fontlint gives the same output on a working
font then I'll have to re-think.

Thanks for the information.

Best wishes,

Colin Baxter.