Windows 7 Version Shows Emojis as Boxes
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AmaterasuSolar last edited by
I love Opera. I am on Win 7, and the only issue I have is that, unlike Firefox, emoji images are all boxes. I cannot tell what they are.
Is there a way to fix this?
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kaceynoms9 last edited by
@AmaterasuSolar Yeah, this is a Windows 7 thing more than an Opera bug. Win 7 just does not have a colour emoji font, so Opera ends up showing boxes while Firefox handles it differently.
You can try installing a colour emoji font, but honestly on Win 7 it never fully fixes it. Easiest workaround is just using Firefox for emoji-heavy pages.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
I assume you're running Opera 95.0.4635.90.
Example page where the emojis don't show? Perhaps they're emojis added to a newer version of the Unicode standard that the Chromium version Opera 95 is based on doesn't support.
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AmaterasuSolar last edited by
@burnout426 Yes, that's the version I am using. Here is a screen cap of what I see for emojis - that's suppoed to be "folded/praying hands," "purple heart," and "folded/praying hands" again.
I guess They're newer unicode. So You're saying I am SOL on Opera? It will not be updated to offer those emojis for Win 7? [sigh]
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AmaterasuSolar last edited by
@kaceynoms9 Thanks. Guess I'm stuck with no emojis on Opera. Too tech illiterate to even try installing things somewhere I have no clue how... LOL!
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@AmaterasuSolar said in Windows 7 Version Shows Emojis as Boxes:
So You're saying I am SOL on Opera?
Not sure, but it sounds like it.
It will not be updated to offer those emojis for Win 7? [sigh]
Support for Windows 7 was discontinued starting in Opera 96 around 3 years ago. Any Opera version that runs on Windows 7 will not be updated, at all.
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AmaterasuSolar last edited by
@burnout426 Yeah, I figured. Well, with luck I will soon be on Linux and then maybe I will see resolution. Thank You for Your time in replying!
