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Colorful emojis on Linux
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emojione-fonts-for-linux-wire.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Script for instructions at this page:
# https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop/wiki/Colorful-emojis-on-Linux
set -e
set -o pipefail
tmp=$(mktemp)
curl -sSLf https://github.com/emojione/emojione-assets/releases/download/4.5/emojione-android.ttf > "$tmp"
#fail script if sha256sum mismatch
echo "checking sha..."
sha256=5a8ec97548326235f427dff60749bdbd525de20383c42b1ae73f3bae883f58c2
echo "$sha256 $tmp" | sha256sum --check --status
echo "sha valid"
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts/
mv "$tmp" ~/.local/share/fonts/emojione-android.ttf
echo "writing font config..."
mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- Add emoji generic family -->
<alias binding="strong">
<family>emoji</family>
<default><family>Emoji One</family></default>
</alias>
<!-- Aliases for the other emoji fonts -->
<alias binding="strong">
<family>Apple Color Emoji</family>
<prefer><family>Emoji One</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias binding="strong">
<family>Segoe UI Emoji</family>
<prefer><family>Emoji One</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias binding="strong">
<family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
<prefer><family>Emoji One</family></prefer>
</alias>
<!-- Do not allow any app to use Symbola, ever -->
<selectfont>
<rejectfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="family">
<string>Symbola</string>
</patelt>
</pattern>
</rejectfont>
</selectfont>
</fontconfig>
' > ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/70-emojione-color.conf
fc-cache -f
echo "done."
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