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08/11/2025 11:38:05 PM (12 months ago)
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  • Ticket #63451, comment 1

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    11I have had the same problem with Twenty Twenty as well. I remove the flag now on my post and watching ticket to be solved. Please check the screenshot. https://prnt.sc/9mfA7a4CjNAI
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    4 Replying to [ticket:63451 kimjiwoon]:
    5 > **Title:**
    6 > Flag emoji rendering issue on Windows environment
    7 >
    8 > **Description:**
    9 > On WordPress, flag emojis for England (`🏴`), Scotland (`🏴`), and Wales (`🏴`) do not render correctly in Windows environments. Instead of showing their respective flag designs, they are displayed as a plain black flag (`🏴`).
    10 >
    11 > On mobile devices (such as Android or iOS), these flag emojis render properly as intended using either system emojis or Twemoji fallback. However, on Windows 10/11 desktop systems, particularly with the Segoe UI Emoji font, the emoji tag sequences required for these regional flags are not supported, causing them to appear as a generic black flag.
    12 >
    13 > **Steps to Reproduce:**
    14 >
    15 > 1. Post a comment or content on a WordPress site containing these emojis:
    16 >
    17 >    * 🏴 (England)
    18 >    * 🏴 (Scotland)
    19 >    * 🏴 (Wales)
    20 > 2. View the page on:
    21 >
    22 >    * **Mobile (Android/iOS)** → Emoji display correctly
    23 >    * **Windows 10/11 desktop** → Displays as 🏴 black flag
    24 >
    25 > **Expected Result:**
    26 > England, Scotland, and Wales flag emojis should render properly across platforms, or at least gracefully fallback via Twemoji when system font support is lacking.
    27 >
    28 > **Actual Result:**
    29 > On Windows, all three flag emojis appear as 🏴.
    30 >
    31 > **Additional Info:**
    32 >
    33 > * Confirmed on latest WordPress.com and WordPress.org self-hosted sites.
    34 > * Twemoji appears to correctly render these on other platforms like Mastodon, X.com (Twitter), and Misskey.
    35 > * Possible workaround: Ensure Twemoji or another fallback emoji library handles emoji tag sequences on desktop platforms where system fonts lack support.
    36 >
    37 > **Related Links:**
    38 >
    39 > * [Emojipedia - England Flag](https://emojipedia.org/flag-england/)
    40 > * [Emojipedia - Scotland Flag](https://emojipedia.org/flag-scotland/)
    41 > * [Emojipedia - Wales Flag](https://emojipedia.org/flag-wales/)
    42 > https://wordpress.com/support/emoji/
    43 > https://x.com/thaumiel999/status/1923038246533001630
    44 > https://mastodon.social/@thaumiel999/114512564948217544
    45 > https://misskey.io/notes/a7t3kaiafyr70boz
    46 > https://kimjiwoon96.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/%EC%95%84%ED%8C%8C%ED%8A%B8-%EC%98%A5%EC%83%81/comment-page-1/#comment-54