Mercury13
Mercury13
The original CharMap works this way, but 90% of the time it just impedes. 10% of the time it’s indispensable.
Show me the same sign in other software… I don’t even know how to answer.
THE SAME sign, 1F512. Drawn with font Segoe UI Emoji rather than with SVG. It’s clearly a font+renderer trouble.
Show me the SAME emoji 1F512 drawn with SEGOE UI font in ANOTHER PROGRAM. For example: browser, Word, LibreOffice…
This is clearly a question of text drawing method. Because of W7 and pesky bugs, I use rather old Qt, and I don’t even know what to do.
Of course, I cannot draw an SVG if we check whether the system can draw the character somehow.
What is the font’s name? Segoe UI Emoji?
No! It’s a separate Fluent set.
“Segoe UI Emoji” contains flat emoji. 3D emoji are from a special set available using a special API. I can experiment with Direct2D, but IDK.
I just rely on other’s rendering. Most probably GDI. I don’t have typography engine. I’m working on Egyptian now, already >25 misrenders, less than 2 sheets checked. Then #495, incomplete...