Characters Snap doesn't have color emoji

[Jeremy Bícha]

The GNOME Characters snap doesn't have color emoji. This is a regression compared to the .deb.
This week, the snap replaced the .deb in the default install.

Maybe you need to build this snap using bionic's cairo?

$ snap info gnome-characters
name: gnome-characters
summary: A character map application
publisher: canonical
license: unknown
description: |
  Characters is a simple utility application to find and
  insert unusual characters.
snap-id: qJcS3UjpF9AMJKWAiKwA5EWbm0y6Uduw
commands:
  - gnome-characters
tracking: stable
installed: 3.26.2 (50) 12MB -
refreshed: 2018-01-30 17:02:22 -0500 EST
channels:
  stable: 3.26.2 (50) 12MB -
  candidate: 3.26.2 (50) 12MB -
  beta: ↑
  edge: v3.26.2+git15.c29237e (58) 13MB -

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

problem solved with recent updates

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This is fixed in the edge channel for the gnome-3-26-1604 snap and will be promoted to stable soon.

It required backporting cairo, freetype, and fontconfig from bionic.

Thanks!

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

I've fixed this in gnome-3-26-1604 in the edge channel. After a round of testing of apps I'll resolve this.