[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64318: ↗ should not be replaced by Twemoji

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#64318: ↗ should not be replaced by Twemoji
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 Reporter:  Joen          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  7.1
Component:  Emoji         |     Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Joen):

 > This is my recollection (and personal preference) as well. Especially
 since we can't know the intention of the user in how the character was
 used.

 I disagree, but defer to you and others who have a deeper insight.

 WordPress itself is a consumer of Twemoji, and has used the `↗` character
 as part of the ExternalLink component
 (https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/?path=/docs/components-externallink
 --docs). That component has had to be updated to wrap the character in a
 span with the emoji-exclude class, which feels like a whack-a-mole
 bandaid. The unicode character is U+2197 ("NORTH EAST ARROW"), and is part
 of the "Arrows" block in unicode, alongside → and ↑, which are not
 replaced, leaving us with this:

 ← ↖ ↑ ↗ → ↘ ↓ ↙

 It seems arbitrary to me, an odd choice, and something the WordPress
 project should consider its own stance on, absent a revert on the Twemoji
 side.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64318#comment:23>
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