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Color emoji on Arch Linux.
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color-emoji-on-linux.sh
# create folders if does not exist
mkdir -p ~/.fonts
mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/
# download noto color emoji font from https://www.google.com/get/noto/#emoji-zsye-color
# extract NotoColorEmoji.ttf file into ~/.fonts/
# create font config file
cat << 'EOF' > ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<match>
<test name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
<string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
<string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Apple Color Emoji</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
<string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
</edit>
</match>
EOF
# build font information cache files
fc-cache -f -v
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