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Guide to enable system-wide Emoji support on Ubuntu 🤩

1. Install Fonts

sudo apt install fonts-noto-color-emoji

2. Add Font Configuration

  • Open ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/01-emoji.conf file in an editor.
  • Copy-paste the lines below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <alias>
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
</fontconfig>

3. Flush Font Cache

fc-cache -f -v

4. Restart the programs (e.g. web browsers)

5. Check

  • Visit this link 🧐 to check the emoji list.

6. That's it! 🤗

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DYW972 commented Nov 24, 2025

Thank you for this gits.
Works on Ubuntu 24.... But the emoji are are much larger than surrounding text. How to make them fit and align with the rest of the prompt ?

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