In FontBook, the Emoji font displays normally when viewing in Repertoire and Sample views, but not in Custom view. Emojies display normally in Messages preview/list column, but not in the messages themselves. They show as a boxed question marks.
Restarted ATS utility, deleted cache. Validated font. Same problem in Test User account. Would prefer to not reinstall the OS.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
MacBook Air (2018 or later)
In FontBook, the Emoji font displays normally when viewing in Repertoire and Sample views, but not in Custom view.
That's normal. Custom View displays latin letter text using the font you have chosen. ACE doesn't have any latin letters, so you get question marks instead. You can't type emoji by hitting keys on the keyboard, you have to use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji and Symbols). When you try to type in an app with the font set to ACE, the app will normally switch to another font automatically which does have the letters you are typing.
Thank you for the reply.
Reinstalled all Library and System Fonts. Same problem still exists. When I view ACE font in Sample view at 36 point, it looks the same as yours. When I look at it in Custom view it shows boxed question marks.
Thank you Dialabrain. I reinstalled the OS (10.14.3) and now the emojies are showing properly in Messages. Still the same with FontBook so I agree with your conclusion. A minor bug I guess. It's only in Messages that I ever use them (on my phone).
You seem to be missing quite a few defaults. Did you remove them?
Now I see what you are saying. FWIW, I get the same result. Perhaps they are not meant to be viewed with that setting.
You're welcome.
Thank you!
emoji font only partially working
