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It seems that certain (not all) emoticons are missing in my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 installation. The table of emoticons from the Wikipedia article looks as follows on my system:

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Windows Update KB2729094 which should address this issue is installed.

What can I do to get the missing emoticons? Deciphering them in incoming E-Mails is getting old... :-)

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  • KB2729094 "An update for the Segoe UI symbol font". Not every font can display emojis.
    – DavidPostill ♦
    Jun 28, 2016 at 21:50
  • Well those solutions do not help. I use Gmail in my browser and when I set the font to Segue UI the emojis still don't show correctly.
    – Nassbirne
    Jun 28, 2016 at 22:06
  • That's weird. Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, Firefox 47.0 here shows your link with only 5 broken characters (not 17).
    – DavidPostill ♦
    Jun 29, 2016 at 7:03
  • That's indeed interesting. I have the exact same thing (17 broken chars) with my PC at work. Win 7 Prof x64, all Windows updates installed, Firefox 47.0.1.
    – Nassbirne
    Jun 29, 2016 at 7:48

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I did find the solution for Firefox:

In about:config, set gfx.font_rendering.fallback.always_use_cmaps to true (default value is false).

With that, only 5 of the emoticons in the Wikipedia article remain broken (see screenshot below). That's probably as good as it will get in Windows 7 with Firefox.

Internet Explorer 11 and Chrome both show 17 broken characters.

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