Tweak Emacs font configuration

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.emacs b/.emacs
index 9c4ccaf..e813ab6 100644
--- a/.emacs
+++ b/.emacs
@@ -329,10 +329,14 @@
       (my/unfroggify)
     (my/froggify)))
 
-;; Font stuff (🤷 🤦)
-(set-fontset-font t 'symbol "Symbola" nil 'prepend)
+;; Font stuff 🤷🤦.  Emacs comes with sensible defaults (e.g. the
+;; default fontset includes Symbola for various subgroups of the
+;; "symbol" script), but no color font by default.
 (when (>= emacs-major-version 27)
-  (set-fontset-font t 'symbol "Noto Color Emoji" nil 'prepend))
+  ;; Prefer a color font for emojis.
+  (set-fontset-font t 'symbol "Noto Color Emoji" nil 'prepend)
+  ;; Make sure the default font does not get overzealous (⚠⚙).
+  (setq use-default-font-for-symbols nil))
 
 (defun my/project-root ()
   (when-let ((project (project-current)))