Feature Request: Emoji support?

[Vivinn-c]

Hey! I've been using memegen for a while now, and I've always wanted a feature to be added. Is it possible to support emojis when creating memes? Thanks!

[jacebrowning]

It comes down to which unicode characters are supported by a particular font.

For example, ☺ works with Impact: https://api.memegen.link/images/fry/unicode_test:_☺.webp?font=impact

You'd likely have to do some testing to see which of the available fonts have what you need.

[Vivinn-c]

Hmm, looks like noto sans color emojis might be good for handling emojis

[jacebrowning]

I tried adding that font in #880 but it doesn't seem to be working: https://memegen-pr-880.herokuapp.com/images/fry/test_%F0%9F%98%AC.png?font=emoji

Any ideas?

[Vivinn-c]

Hmm, looks like Pillow doesn't support noto emoji, hmm
python-pillow/Pillow#3346 (comment)
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[Vivinn-c]

Looks like using Segoe UI Emoji works best

embedded_color=False

embedded_color=True

The only issue currently is using embedded_color could sometimes do smth weird

[Vivinn-c]

The cons of adding segiumj.ttf is that it may cause the outline to shift slightly out of alignment, if embedded_color is set to True.

[Vivinn-c]

Looks like memgen can process emojis without eexternal font support by using Pilmoji