04-11-2024, 07:17 AM 
(This post was last modified: 04-11-2024, 08:03 AM by rich2005.
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		I am beginning to suspect that there is more to the OP's problem than is known.  Windows 10 + the latest Gimp 2.10.36 works here, not any help, but then OP not able to use unicode with text input set to simple. ie. shift-ctrl-u 1f981 = lions head  or get a direct edit of his file to input a color emoji. This used to be a libcairo issue but AFAIK recently fixed. 
I wonder if the OP would get a better result with say, the samj portable Gimp. ( https://samjcreations.blogspot.com/ scroll down to gimp-21036-portable-32-bits-et-64-bits, uses libcairo 1.18 )
Using svg's is a valid alternative, text on one layer, emoji svg on another. Microsoft copyright ?
In post #7 I put this link https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji A whole section there of svg files that go to make the font. Obviously not M$
  You do need to download the zip to get all of them.  edit:   License is https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	
	
	
	
I wonder if the OP would get a better result with say, the samj portable Gimp. ( https://samjcreations.blogspot.com/ scroll down to gimp-21036-portable-32-bits-et-64-bits, uses libcairo 1.18 )
Using svg's is a valid alternative, text on one layer, emoji svg on another. Microsoft copyright ?
In post #7 I put this link https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji A whole section there of svg files that go to make the font. Obviously not M$
  You do need to download the zip to get all of them.  edit:   License is https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	
