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| | 3 | Replying to [ticket:63451 kimjiwoon]: |
| | 4 | > **Title:** |
| | 5 | > Flag emoji rendering issue on Windows environment |
| | 6 | > |
| | 7 | > **Description:** |
| | 8 | > 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 (`🏴`). |
| | 9 | > |
| | 10 | > 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. |
| | 11 | > |
| | 12 | > **Steps to Reproduce:** |
| | 13 | > |
| | 14 | > 1. Post a comment or content on a WordPress site containing these emojis: |
| | 15 | > |
| | 16 | > * 🏴 (England) |
| | 17 | > * 🏴 (Scotland) |
| | 18 | > * 🏴 (Wales) |
| | 19 | > 2. View the page on: |
| | 20 | > |
| | 21 | > * **Mobile (Android/iOS)** → Emoji display correctly |
| | 22 | > * **Windows 10/11 desktop** → Displays as 🏴 black flag |
| | 23 | > |
| | 24 | > **Expected Result:** |
| | 25 | > England, Scotland, and Wales flag emojis should render properly across platforms, or at least gracefully fallback via Twemoji when system font support is lacking. |
| | 26 | > |
| | 27 | > **Actual Result:** |
| | 28 | > On Windows, all three flag emojis appear as 🏴. |
| | 29 | > |
| | 30 | > **Additional Info:** |
| | 31 | > |
| | 32 | > * Confirmed on latest WordPress.com and WordPress.org self-hosted sites. |
| | 33 | > * Twemoji appears to correctly render these on other platforms like Mastodon, X.com (Twitter), and Misskey. |
| | 34 | > * Possible workaround: Ensure Twemoji or another fallback emoji library handles emoji tag sequences on desktop platforms where system fonts lack support. |
| | 35 | > |
| | 36 | > **Related Links:** |
| | 37 | > |
| | 38 | > * [Emojipedia - England Flag]([https://WhisperedThoughts.my.id https://emojipedia.org/flag-england/]) |
| | 39 | > * [Emojipedia - Scotland Flag]([https://ContentCanvas.my.id https://emojipedia.org/flag-scotland/]) |
| | 40 | > * [Emojipedia - Wales Flag]([https://FreshFables.my.id https://emojipedia.org/flag-wales/]) |
| | 41 | > [https://CuriousCue.my.id https://wordpress.com/support/emoji/] |
| | 42 | > [https://InfiniteEcho.my.id https://x.com/thaumiel999/status/1923038246533001630] |
| | 43 | > [https://TheUrbanLeaf.my.id https://mastodon.social/@thaumiel999/114512564948217544] |
| | 44 | > [https://VibrantVerse.my.id https://misskey.io/notes/a7t3kaiafyr70boz] |
| | 45 | > [https://WovenWords.my.id 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] |