From fae8f6e2ce63130588be5f2231c40f29d693a8d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:35:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix emoji rendering in Alacritty

Closes #2698
Co-authored-by: @glauberdmo
---
 config/fontconfig/fonts.conf | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 migrations/1771615907.sh     |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 migrations/1771615907.sh

diff --git a/config/fontconfig/fonts.conf b/config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
index 5463ba30..2d873761 100644
--- a/config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
+++ b/config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
@@ -55,4 +55,25 @@
       <family>Liberation Sans</family>
     </prefer>
   </alias>
+
+  <alias>
+    <family>sans-serif</family>
+    <accept>
+      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
+    </accept>
+  </alias>
+
+  <alias>
+    <family>serif</family>
+    <accept>
+      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
+    </accept>
+  </alias>
+
+  <alias>
+    <family>monospace</family>
+    <accept>
+      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
+    </accept>
+  </alias>
 </fontconfig>
diff --git a/migrations/1771615907.sh b/migrations/1771615907.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dc21029b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1771615907.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+echo "Add emoji font fallback to fontconfig"
+cp $OMARCHY_PATH/config/fontconfig/fonts.conf ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
+fc-cache -f