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# Emoji One Color SVGinOT Font
A color and B&W emoji SVGinOT font built primarily from [Emoji One][1] artwork
with support for [ZWJ][2], [skin tone modifiers][3] and [country flags][4].
The font works in all operating systems, but will *currently* only show color
emoji in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. This is not a limitation of the font,
but of the operating systems and applications. Regular B&W outline emoji are
included for backwards/fallback compatibility.
[Do you prefer Twitter Emoji for Everyone graphics?][5]
[1]: http://emojione.com/
[2]: http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-zwj-sequences.html
[3]: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Diversity
[4]: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Flags
[5]: https://github.com/eosrei/twemoji-color-font
## Table of Contents
* [Examples](#examples)
* [What is SVGinOT?](#what-is-svginot)
* [Install on Linux](#install-on-linux)
* [Install on OS X](#install-on-os-x)
* [Install on Windows](#install-on-windows)
* [Known issues](#known-issues)
* [Building](#building)
* [License](#license)
## Examples
**Before**: Firefox in Ubuntu Linux.
[](images/before-linux-firefox.png?raw=true)
**After**: Firefox in all three operating systems, plus fallback outline
characters in the other browsers.
Some examples to see before and after on your machine:
* http://eosrei.github.io/emojione-color-font/full-demo.html
* http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-zwj-sequences.html
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Indicator_Symbol
## What is SVGinOT?
*SVG in Open Type* is a standard by Adobe and Mozilla for color OpenType
and Open Font Format fonts. It allows font creators to embed complete SVG files
within a font enabling full color and even animations. There are more details
in the [SVGinOT proposal][6] and the [OpenType SVG table specifications][7].
SVGinOT Demos (Firefox only):
* https://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/type/svgopentype.html
* https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/10/svg-colors-in-opentype-fonts/
[6]: https://www.w3.org/2013/10/SVG_in_OpenType/
[7]: https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/svg.htm
## Install on Linux
The font can be installed for a user or system-wide. This describes how to
install for a user and does not require root. You *can* simply copy/paste it all
at one time.
```sh
# 1. Download the latest version from: https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font/releases
wget https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font/releases/download/v1.0-beta2/EmojiOneColor-SVGinOT-1.0-beta2.zip
# 2. Uncompress the zip file
unzip -o EmojiOneColor-SVGinOT-1.0-beta2.zip
# 3. Create a user font directory, if you don't have one:
mkdir -p ~/.fonts/
# 4. Move the font into ~/.fonts/
mv EmojiOneColor-SVGinOT.ttf ~/.fonts/
# 5. Create a font config directory
mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/
# 6. Override your defaults by creating a ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
cat << 'EOF' > ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!--
Make Emoji One Color the initial fallback font for sans-serif, sans, and
monospace. Override any specific requests for Apple Color Emoji.
-->
<match>
<test name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
<string>Emoji One Color</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
<string>Emoji One Color</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
<string>Emoji One Color</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Apple Color Emoji</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
<string>Emoji One Color</string>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
EOF
# 7. Just to be sure, clear your font cache and restart Firefox
fc-cache -f -v
# Done!
```
Try the full demo at: http://eosrei.github.io/emojione-color-font/full-demo.html
## Install on OS X
There are three install options for OS X. Both SVGinOT versions are available
from releases: https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font/releases
1. `EmojiOneColor-SVGinOT-1.0-beta2.zip` - The regular version of the font installs
like any other font and can be specifically selected, but OS X will
default to the `Apple Color Emoji` font.
2. ` EmojiOneColor-SVGinOT-OSX-1.0-beta2.zip` - A "hack" to replace the `Apple Color
Emoji` font by [using the same internal name][8]. Install and accept the
warning in Font Book.
3. `emojione-apple.ttf` - A bitmap Apple-format Emoji One color font is
[available in the emojione project][9].
[8]:http://www.macissues.com/2014/11/21/how-to-change-the-default-system-font-in-mac-os-x/
[9]:https://github.com/Ranks/emojione/tree/master/assets/fonts
*Reiterating: Only FireFox supports the SVGinOT color emoji for now. Safari and
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.
It can be manually selected in CSS, but making it the default is still TBD.
## Known issues
* VLC uses the system default Sans-Serif font for subtitles/OSD *without*
falling back for missing characters. Specifically select a subtitle/OSD font
[[details][10]].
[10]:https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font/issues/5
## Building
The build process has only been tested on Ubuntu Linux.
Overview:
1. B&W SVGs are generated on-the-fly from the color SVGs
2. The B&W SVGs are imported based on their filename to create either regular
glyphs or ligature glyphs.
3. The color SVGs are imported to override both types of glyphs.
Required applications:
* Inkscape
* Imagemagick
* mkbitmap
* potrace
* FontTools
* FontForge
* SVGO
* [SCFBuild][11] *(created for this project!)*
* make
[11]: https://github.com/eosrei/scfbuild
Run: `make`
Or faster with multiple builds: `make -j 4`
*I am happy with the resulting outline glyphs, but there's room for improvement.
Let me know if you have ideas about making them look even better! I am not a
font building professional and only recently learned how to do all of this.* 😋
## License
The artwork and TTF fonts are licensed CC-BY-4.0. Please see
[LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) for details.
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