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alisone40123305
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July 17, 2018
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How to use Emoji in InDesign

  • July 17, 2018
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Hi,

I'm typesetting a story which features emojis and have downloaded the emoji 2.0 keyboard. Does anyone know how to get the emojis into the Indesign document please? Or, if this isn't possible, another way to get them in there. Thanks.

 

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Correct answer Steve Werner

Use the Glyphs panel. Choose Type > Glyphs to open it. Choose the font that has the emojis in the menu at the bottom. Find the emoji you want and double-click to insert.

Recent glyphs are shown at the top to use them again. You can also use the menu to create sets of glyphs you want to use regularly.

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hughc46560181
Participating Frequently
April 23, 2021

Another way (which works better for my needs) is to download .png files of the emojis you want to use from https://emojipedia.org/ then place these as images into your InDesign document

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    defaultdn37ugxizxnm
    Participant
    February 3, 2021

    This thread wasn't clear for me, so wanted to pull it all together with the steps that worked for me:

    I selected Apple Color Emoji as the font (I'm not sure if it comes standard with all Macs).

    When I then opened Type > Glyphs, I selected Show: > Entire Font to see all the available Unicode emojis and select the one I wanted. You can also use the search box directly above the Show: dropdown to find the exact emoji you're looking for. The emoji I used also exported to a pdf. 

    Apologies if this is redundant to the other answers in the thread, but I didn't understand that I had to specifically select the Apple Color Emoji font before opening the Glyphs panel. 

     

    Thanks!

      AlexWilliamsDSGN
      AlexWilliamsDSGN
      Participant
      March 3, 2022

      Thank you this worked perfect for me

      Steve Werner
      Community Expert
      Steve WernerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      July 17, 2018

      Use the Glyphs panel. Choose Type > Glyphs to open it. Choose the font that has the emojis in the menu at the bottom. Find the emoji you want and double-click to insert.

      Recent glyphs are shown at the top to use them again. You can also use the menu to create sets of glyphs you want to use regularly.

        alisone40123305
        alisone40123305Author
        Participant
        July 17, 2018

        Brilliant! Thanks so much.

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