Ant Zucaro

@nigeltao it was for the images (not necessarily the colors).

I do it all the time! [Here](http://stats.xonotic.org/player/96369) at the top of the screen, for example.

Thanks for the suggestion on SW! I'm aware of Needleman, but I haven't needed it yet. If I get some free time, I'll check it out. Thanks again!

@janekolszak why?

@odeke-em and @fogleman, this does not appear to be font-specific. I'm able to reproduce using a number of open source fonts like [Ubuntu Font Family][Ubuntu Font Family] or [Xolonium][Xolonium], which...

@htrob Modifying [this freetype code][freetype code] with my font (Xolonium) still yields the same (blank) output. [freetype code]: https://github.com/golang/freetype/blob/master/example/drawer/main.go

@htrob and @fogleman - looks like freetype won't implement this anytime soon according to [this issue][freetype issue]. The [go-cairo][go-cairo] library supports these emojis, so I suppose I'll have to change...

Thanks for checking, @htrob! I will have to do a more thorough comparison with Cairo, which is easily installed on my system. If it could be plugged into gg, however,...

@fogleman @nigeltao - unfortunately it does not work w/ [Xolonium](https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/xolonium) modifying [this example](https://github.com/golang/freetype/blob/master/example/drawer/main.go).

@nigeltao I pulled in the latest freetype and re-ran the example code cited above, inserting unicode code point U+1F603 "Smiling Face With Open Mouth" into the the "looking glass" text...