{"schema":"cpc-unicode-answer-v1","question":"What does an emoji presentation selector request?","answer":"VS16 requests emoji-style presentation in supported variation sequences. Code points: U+FE0F. Not every base character supports this sequence, and color rendering is not guaranteed. No fallback is suggested. Font coverage, shaping, and application acceptance were not tested, so those results are unknown.","unicodeVersion":"18.0.0","purpose":"general","citation":"Do not invent a platform-support claim from this data.","page":"/answers/what-an-emoji-presentation-selector-requests/","markdown":"/answers/what-an-emoji-presentation-selector-requests.md","sample":"️","codepoints":[{"codepoint":"U+FE0F","name":"VARIATION SELECTOR-16","displayLabel":"️","warnings":["emoji-variation-selector","combining-mark","presentation-depends-on-renderer"],"explanations":[{"id":"emoji-variation-selector","title":"Emoji presentation selector","behavior":"VS16 requests emoji-style presentation in supported variation sequences.","limitation":"Not every base character supports this sequence, and color rendering is not guaranteed.","fix":"Check the full emoji/text presentation sequence and the target renderer.","source":"https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/","alternatives":[],"evidenceTier":"standards-informed-editorial","evidence":{"behavior":"standards-informed","compatibility":"not-tested","repair":"editorial-guidance"}},{"id":"combining-mark","title":"Combining mark","behavior":"This mark can combine visually with nearby text in a grapheme cluster.","limitation":"Its positioning depends on neighboring characters, font and shaping support.","fix":"Inspect the full grapheme cluster, not this scalar in isolation.","source":"https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/","alternatives":[],"evidenceTier":"standards-informed-editorial","evidence":{"behavior":"standards-informed","compatibility":"not-tested","repair":"editorial-guidance"}},{"id":"presentation-depends-on-renderer","title":"Text style and emoji style","behavior":"The same base symbol can look like text or like a color emoji when an emoji presentation selector is present. The selector is a request, not proof that a color font is installed.","limitation":"A renderer may ignore the request. Destination rendering was not tested.","fix":"Compare the base character, the base plus U+FE0E, and the base plus U+FE0F. Use the base or the text-style sequence when color is not required.","source":"https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/","alternatives":[],"evidenceTier":"standards-informed-editorial","evidence":{"behavior":"standards-informed","compatibility":"not-tested","repair":"editorial-guidance"}}]}],"comparison":null,"graphemes":{"status":"available","method":"runtime-intl-segmenter","unicodeDataVersion":"runtime-unknown","count":1,"segments":[{"text":"️","utf16Offset":0,"codepoints":["U+FE0F"]}]},"normalizationChanged":{"NFC":false,"NFD":false,"NFKC":false,"NFKD":false},"normalizationUnicodeDataVersion":"runtime-unknown","targetCompatibility":{"status":"unknown","evidenceTier":"not-tested","purpose":"general","explanation":"No OS, font, browser, application, field policy or rendering engine was tested. Unicode validity and segmentation do not establish actual display or acceptance."}}