Bug 510922 - emojis in title clips are invisible
Summary: emojis in title clips are invisible
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kdenlive
Classification: Applications
Component: Title Clips & Subtitles (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.08.1
Platform: Kubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
URL:
Keywords: triaged
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-10-22 15:35 UTC by Die4Ever
Modified: 2025-10-27 18:00 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
project file (14.51 KB, application/xml)
2025-10-22 15:35 UTC, Die4Ever
Details
Windows_emojis-in-title-clip (20.82 KB, image/png)
2025-10-27 17:31 UTC, emohr
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Description Die4Ever 2025-10-22 15:35:53 UTC
Created attachment 186011 [details]
project file

SUMMARY

On Windows I like to put emojis in my title clips because it's a faster way to get graphics than making images in GIMP and then adding the images to Kdenlive. I noticed the emojis are invisible on Linux. I tried both creating the project file in Windows and then opening in Linux, and starting a new project in Linux and adding the emojis there, but it didn't work either way. I've tried a few different fonts.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. create title clip
2. add emojis

OBSERVED RESULT

Emojis are invisible

EXPECTED RESULT

Emojis would hopefully be visible like they are on Windows

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.10 (Technically this is Ubuntu and I ran apt install kubuntu-desktop^ on it)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-5-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.0 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Comment 1 Die4Ever 2025-10-22 15:42:05 UTC
I also tried adding different background colors behind the text, but the emojis were still invisible
Comment 2 Bernd 2025-10-27 14:00:04 UTC
(In reply to Die4Ever from comment #1)
> I also tried adding different background colors behind the text, but the
> emojis were still invisible

I am afraid this is a limitation of the title editor. It was developed independently from the rest of Kdenlive (like an add-on) and hasn't received a lot of TLC over the years.
Comment 3 emohr 2025-10-27 17:31:39 UTC
Created attachment 186237 [details]
Windows_emojis-in-title-clip

This is interesting. When I load the project file “emojistest” on Windows 10 I see the emojis but only in black/white. But in the project bin the title clip title shows color emojis.

To see the emojis in color in the title clip, I think this is only a render setting in the titler.
Comment 4 Bernd 2025-10-27 18:00:14 UTC
I can confirm that in 25.08.2 appimage on Pop!_OS, emojis are not being displayed in the title editor nor in the clip or project monitor. The clip title, however, does have emojis, and copying the text from the title editor into a Libre Office Writer shows the emojis.