'How to merge an emoji TTF file and a font TTF file?
I'd been trying to merge my favorite fonts, so that I could use them as my system default font. I succeeded merging two fonts using the zFont tool app, but when I tried to merge an emoji TTF file with a font file, it said it's a bitmap file and it's not supported. I also tried to merge them with FontForge, but I got the somewhat same error that said a bitmap file can't be merged. If you know any app or website that can merge an emoji with a font, I'd be happy to see your solution :)
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SOLVED: How to merge fonts with color emoji
After 8 hours of desperately searching how to do this on the internet, I've finally found a way to merge color emoji font into a text font.
This repository is for people in the future who has the exact problem that I'm having.
This is a step-by-step tutorial to merge two fonts together while keeping the color in emojis.
View the tutorial on GitHub, because I can't embed images yet.
STEP 1: Download FontLab
- Download FontLab from their official site, install and open it.
STEP 2: Open the fonts file
- After opening FontLab, click File -> Open Fonts on the top left.
- You need to open the base font and the emoji font you want to merge.
STEP 3: Merge the fonts
- Select the Emoji font tab you've just opened, click anywhere on the characters table.
- Press
CTRL+A
CTRL+C
to copy the characters. - Select the Base font tab, click anywhere on the characters table.
- Press
CTRL+V
to paste the characters you've just copied from emoji. - A box will appear, select the
Append glyphs, keep existing glyphs unchanged
option. - After doing this, the color emojis should appear in the Base font.
STEP 4: Export the font
- Click File -> Export Font As
- Click the Customize button in the bottom right of the box.
- Scroll down and check the
OT+COLR: Windows (TT-only)
option.
RESULT:
- Two .ttf files should appear in the folder that you've exported to.
- The font with
-COLR
at the end of the name is the merged font with color emoji.
Downloads:
- Here are the Segoe UI fonts that I've merged, in case you need exactly these fonts, I'll leave them here for you:
tags: Fontforge, FontLab, Glyphs, Fontcreator, Fonts merge, Fonts combine, Font merge, Font combine
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