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dstonek
Asked: 2018-05-02 06:08:53 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 18.04 fresh installation, Thunderbird inbox "invaded" by large icons (coloured emojis)

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From my old HD (Ubuntu 16.04) I copied ~/.thunderbird and other programs to the new disk with Ubuntu 18.04 installed.
All went good.
I tried to install Opera. The installation was unsuccessful, a window asking something was held.
After that Thunderbird Local Folders -> Inbox (only) was invaded by large icons like this screenshot
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Flowers, plants, trucks and others.
I restarted but those images are still there.
Opera was successfully installed. What can I do to remove them?

thunderbird 18.04 emoji

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This fixed it for me:

    sudo apt-get install fonts-symbola

    but turns the icons b/w!

    From https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/thunderbird-with-huge-icons-emoticons-mate-18-04/16249/23

    Here's a way of getting colored icons:

    sudo apt-add-repository ppa:eosrei/fonts
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fonts-twemoji-svginot

    I did not have to uninstall fonts-symbola for this to work but I don't know how Thunderbird decides which to use.

    New font info from http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/enable-color-emoji-linux-google-chrome-noto

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  2. While not a long-term solution (but should work until the fix for the bug is deployed), you can install the EditEmailSubject add-on for Thunderbird. It will allow you to delete offending characters from message subjects.

    I find the add-on useful generally so this works for me.

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  3. To fix this I downloaded the

    NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf

    from here: https://github.com/googlei18n/noto-emoji/tree/master/fonts

    and copied it to

    /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto

    (sudo was required)

    then restarted Thunderbird and everything was fine.

    References: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1178430

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