[knz42]

This is a known bug in st when the default emoji font contains color emojis. Explained here: https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/voidrice/issues/284

One of the simplest workarounds is to ensure that the default emoji font is black&white; the linked issue above suggests other workarounds.

Also in the official st FAQ: https://git.suckless.org/st/file/FAQ.html

(search for "when trying to render emoji")

[rnestler]

According to the link you shared it's a bug in Xft and not st: > Please don't bother reporting this bug to st, but notify the upstream Xft developers about fixing this bug.