I installed pango1.0 1.42.4-3ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 18.10 and verified that the red-haired man now displays correctly in gedit.
I also opened the GNOME Characters app (.deb and snap versions) and verified that emoji there still displayed ok.
I installed pango1.0 1.42.4-3ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 18.10 and verified that the red-haired man now displays correctly in gedit.
I also opened the GNOME Characters app (.deb and snap versions) and verified that emoji there still displayed ok.