From f68b4da412a60aaf7edf3eaffbc75f856d46509b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad Erickson Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:52:22 -0800 Subject: readme: Add OS X and Windows 10 install details --- README.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cf875cb..1ac0e87 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -68,12 +68,26 @@ mkdir -p `~/.config/fontconfig/` ``` -## Usage - Windows, OS X, Android +## Usage - OS X -The font installs and works like any other font. Microsoft, Apple, and Google -created their own, now non-standard, color font formats, so currently it is -best to use the emoji fonts included in those systems. Expect all three -companies to add support for SVGinOT in the future. +The font installs like any other font and can be specifically selected, but +the system will default to the `Apple Color Emoji` font. If wanted, change the +default by disabling the original: + +```sh +cd /System/Library/Fonts/ +sudo mv Apple\ Color\ Emoji.ttf Apple\ Color\ Emoji.ttf-old +``` + +*Reiterating: Only FireFox supports the color emoji for now. Safari and Chrome +will use the fallback black and white emoji.* + +## Usage - Microsoft Windows 10 + +The font installs like any other font and can be specifically selected, but +the system will default to the `Segoe UI Emoji` font. + +It can be manually selected in CSS, but making it the default is still TBD. ## Building The build process has only been tested on Ubuntu Linux. -- cgit v1.2.3