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Re:Show HN: Emojicons by jfk13 on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:26AM (#26923272)
As far as I can see, that's not what this does. The SVG this creates simply includes the emoji codepoint as a text element with a large font size. So what the user sees will still be entirely dependent on their local font.

If you want a consistent look across devices and browsers, you need an actual SVG graphic, not an SVG that renders a glyph from your default emoji font.

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Re:Show HN: Emojicons by cercatrova on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:30AM (#26923305)
Ah OK. That greatly reduces my need for this service then.
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Re:Show HN: Emojicons by misterremote on Saturday April 24, 2021 @01:21PM (#26926599)
Yep! Same here. I'm using emojis as icons on my website (https://remotehunt.com) and I don't like that my icons look different on different platforms.

But I haven't found an icon lib that I like as much as emojis.

What's the idea behind this tool then? Name implies it's for using emojis as icons, but I can do that anyways without the <svg>?

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Re:Show HN: Emojicons by helb on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:39AM (#26942365)
it's for using emojis as favicons – these little icons in browser tab headings (where HN has "Y" in an orange square)
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