iOS Emoji keyboard does not print to PDF?!

[scott at elementarysoftware.com]

I think that emojis not rendering to PDF has been a longstanding issue… and I thought that I had filed a bug report on this but looking at bugzilla, I failed to find it. (sigh). I have code in two of my apps that alert the user, should PDF creation fail, that they should remove emojis from their text.  I have on my to-do list a workaround project that would use imageSource to substitute for known emoji codes. So, while none of this is of any help, I feel your pain :- )

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> On Oct 25, 2020, at 2:34 PM, William de Smet via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Hi Richmond,
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> That’s the short version of the code.
> Like I said it works fine as long as it is text only. When an Emoji from the iOS keyboard is added the Emoji is not printed in the PDF. 
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>> Op 25 okt. 2020 om 21:13 heeft Richmond via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> het volgende geschreven:
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>> " 'export snapshot' to PDF as PNG" sounds a bit odd.
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>>> On 25.10.20 21:47, William de Smet via use-livecode wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>> 
>>> A simple iOS app in which the user chooses the iOS keyboard to add text and
>>> an Emoji to a standard LC text field.
>>> I use 'export snapshot' to PDF as PNG to print to PDF.
>>> When there is only text in the field all text is printed to the PDF but
>>> when an Emoji is added the Emoji is not printed to the PDF.
>>> Am I missing something?
>>> Do I need to add some code?
>>> 
>>> iOS 13
>>> LC 9,6,1 Indy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> greetings,
>>> 
>>> William
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