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@@ -153,13 +153,38 @@ Chrome will use the fallback black and white emoji.* ## Install on Windows -The font installs like any other font and can be specifically selected, but -the system will default to the `Segoe UI Emoji` font. Get the current version -from: https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font/releases +There are two install options for Windows. Both SVGinOT versions are available +from releases: https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font/releases + +### `EmojiOneColor-SVGinOT-1.2.zip` + +The regular version of the font +installs like any other font and can be specifically selected, but Windows +will default to the `Segoe UI Emoji` font for emojis. + +### Replacing the Windows default Emoji -Help wanted: [How to override the Windows default Segoe UI Emoji font][16] +Because Windows 7, 8, 10 use Emoji in both Segoe UI Symbol and Segoe UI Emoji, +to be the default emoji, we need to replace both, but keep the existing symbol +characters from Segoe UI Symbol. +This package contains an install script that will generate both fonts (or +in Windows 7, just Segoe UI Symbol), and install them for you. Running the +install script requires both [Python][16] and pip in the PATH. -[16]:https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font/issues/15 +1. Download the most recent Python 3 for Windows: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ +2. Start the installer, select "Add Python 3.5 to PATH" and finish the install process. +3. Download EmojiOne Color Windows package from releases: + https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font/releases +4. Uncompress the file +5. Open the new EmojiOneColor directory +7. Run install.cmd. Note: This will take some time. +8. Install the new fonts when requested. +9. Done! + +[16]:https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ + +*Reiterating: Only FireFox supports the SVGinOT color emoji for now. IE and +Chrome will use the fallback black and white emoji.* ## Building Overview: |