Make web browsers render an HTML entity glyph instead of an emoji
Web browsers and operating systems often default to rendering certain Unicode characters as colorful emojis rather than their original, monochrome text-style glyphs.
The most direct and widely supported way to request a text presentation is by appending the Unicode Variation Selector-15 (U+FE0E) character immediately after the character you want to display as text.
- How it works: This special character is an instruction to the rendering engine to use the text-style glyph variant instead of the emoji-style variant for the preceding character.
- HTML Entity: Use the HTML entity
︎or︎right after your Unicode character or entity. Examples:
| Character | Emoji (default without selector) | Text-Style Glyph (with selector) | HTML for text-style glyph |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star | ⭐ | ⭐︎ | ⭐︎ |
| Heart | ❤️ | ❤︎ | ❤︎ |
| Black Sun | ☀️ | ☀︎ | ☀︎ |
Example HTML code:
<p>Default heart: ❤ (often renders as ❤️)</p>
<p>Text-style heart: ❤︎ (tries to render as ❤︎)</p>
Note: This selector won’t work for all Unicode characters, as some characters only have an emoji presentation.
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