TextMesh Pro *** 3.2.0-pre.4 Release Now Available! ***

3.2.0-pre4 doesn't support emoji modifier???

 

seems like it

 

in documentation :

• Include emojis in text through their Unicode. For example, enter \U00001f60 to represent a smile.

The correct text is :

• Include emojis in text through their Unicode. For example, enter \U00001F600 to represent a smile.

however, why emojipedia and every other sites uses U+1F600 and Unity uses U00001f600 ?

 

When I copy paste an emoji inside my TextMeshPro it does display in the scene but it does not display in the inspector :

 

@HugoBD-Unity btw, is there any workaround for the chain context limitation. Are there plans to support it eventually?

 

Are there any plans to support "palt" features?
Most professional Japanese fonts use "palt" features for kerning. This means that kerning of Japanese fonts cannot be done with "kern" features alone.

 

Hi HugoBD,

I don't know what happened. I upgraded to 2022.2.1f and I get an error with the package:
Library/PackageCache/com.unity.textmeshpro@4.0.0-pre.1/Scripts/Runtime/TMP_Text.cs(2814,35): error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type 'uint[]' to 'int[]'

How did this get into the non-beta version of Unity? Please advise.

 

We upgraded to 3.2.0-pre.4 for emoji support! It works for us in editor, will be testing in builds later!

Here's some feedback:

1. Like Fangh we're also finding that the unicode string given in the docs doesn't render as expected. Here's a copy paste of two characters - one is an emoji (however the heck these are actually formatted), the other is the unicode string \U00001f60, as given on the docs. Fangh's suggestion of adding an extra 0 didn't work for us (it just adds a 0 character)
   
2. Working out how to add the emoji font file was a bit tricky. The instructions are reasonably clear but prior to this I had no idea that I'd need a font file, or even that emoji were stored in font files. Can you please supply an open source emoji font file in the package or linked on that page to help people get started? Fonts/unicode is confusing, and expecting devs to have too much knowledge on how they work might limit some folks.
3. Wow, emoji fonts are HUGE! I can see that it's building a texture dynamically as emoji are used in editor, but I'm not sure what this means for development. It doesn't look like emoji are ever removed from this texture, even when they're no longer in a piece of text? What does this mean for users adding emoji at runtime? Some documentation on how we're supposed to work with this setup would be hugely appreciated! For now we're just going to have a piece of text offscreen with all the emoji we need to work dynamically at runtime, and just eat the cost of the ones we once-used-but-now-arent.
   
4. A demo scene showing emojis working would be massively appreciated!
   
5. Not being able to see emoji in the TMP editor text field makes them very difficult to work with! Since 2023 is quite a long way off, can I suggest replacing the current "no space character" with something that allows them to be read?

 

Are there plans to properly support addressables and TMP together?

 

We've just upgraded in another project and we're finding that our fonts no longer show. Downgrading resolves the issue. We've seen this issue in the past, but we can't seem to find a solution this time. Fonts in the examples folder still work, but fonts that we import render as shown below.

 

Maybe change topic of this thread as it's conflicting. I thought it's about TMP 4.0.

Speaking of emojis, I wish they would work on forums. These look like some 2005 forum:

 

Hi!
While working with latest TMPro release, I've experienced a problem. Whenever I try to set the text with SRP shader to bold, an error "Material 'Arial Material' with Shader 'TextMeshPro/SRP/TMP_SDF-URP Lit' doesn't have a float or range property '_ScaleRatioA' " appears. In result, the letters are not thicker, they are just farther apart from each other.
What should I do to fix this? I am using TMPro 3.2.0-pre.4 on Unity 2020.3.7f1 and URP 10.4.0. I've already tried to remove the package and reinstall the shaders, but nothing seems to help. Thank you

 

Got it! I had to reimport TMP Essential Resources. Might be worth this happening automatically, or flagging a warning, or something?

 

Hello,

We would love to use the emoji support for our currently live game. Using a preview version seems risky though so:
- what is the expected release date of 3.2.0?
- is this preview version quite stable? We likely wouldn't ship with it, unless developers using it here are pretty confident. Or if the unity team says it's tested and ready to go, but not official because they need to add something unnecessary like support for a niche platform.

Thanks!

 

I've already tried many times to delete and reimport the shaders, now I removed the entire TextMesh Pro folder and imported all of the TMPro Essential Resources, but the problem is still there. The solution in the thread that you linked (manually adding float property in the shader graph) gets rid of the console error, however it still doesn't allow me to make the text bold.

 

Curious if anyone else is still tinkering around with this?

I have tried several color emoji fonts including "NoTo Color Emoji" and "Apple Color Emoji". Neither of these show up in the editor(2121.3.12f1) or on iOS. I've even tried these fonts in Unity 2023 without any luck.

I've managed to get the black and white fallbacks of the "EmojiOneColor" font showing up in the editor and on iOS, but would definitely prefer color emojis if possible! Has anyone found a decent free/paid color emoji font that works?

 

I imported the preview as per OP in a new project using version 2023.1.0b1 to test out font features (specifically kerning) on a font (Cormorant Garamond). Unlike in my normal project which is on 2021.3.9f1 using tmpro version 3.0.6, it does import the contents for the Glyph Adjustment Table:

However when used on a TextMeshProUGUI component, kerning wont work regardless of which "font features" I have on (Everything or just kern). I reimported the tmpro package and regenerated the font asset to no avail. Any ideas?

This is what it looks like on a TextMeshProUGUI with "Everything" enabled:


Here's the same thing with "Nothing" selected:


And this is what it should look like (picture taken in LibreOffice Writer):


It seems like SOME of the kerning works, note the "Ty" in the last row and all the example pairs starting with "Y", but the fffff and pairs starting with "Q" remain completely unchanged. Why could this be?

Here's a gif of the two for ease of comparison:

 

@HugoBD-Unity I'm trying to test out the color emoji feature but not seeing the Color option when I try to create the font assets. I'm not seeing the `Color` option nor a `Color` render mode. It only shows up when I try on Unity 2022
Is that not supported on Unity 2021?

 

That is good news! Its been about a month. Is there any news? Really need to update

 

Sorry for the tag @HugoBD-Unity but any idea what might cause the issue I described in reply #26 please?

 

hello,
well with emoji so works but when i'll insert them via code... the text line jumps and i'll also see a rectangle before the emoji appears... any chance to fix that?
here is a link to a video that shows the effect:
can do what i'll want... the line jumps...
use the Apple Color Emoji
https://www.smart-app.dev/Down/TMP_Emoji_jump.mov

thx
M.

 

hello,
if you use the Apple Color Emoji ....
your build size becomes 10 x more ...
like if you have 50MB normally... with Apple Color Emoji it becomes 500Mb !!!
this is not working... :-(
how long do we wait for native emoji support in Unity?
dissapointed
M.

 

Some imported fonts that worked before don't work anymore (characters replaced with odd shapes). Those that work have a strange highlight at the bottom. Reverted for now.

 

Is there any news on 4.0.0.pre2? It has been about a month and I still cannot update to 2022.2.

 

After upgrading to TMP 3.2.0-pre.4, all the text in my app has got this weird underline.

Any ideas what would be causing this?

I'm using Unity 2022.2.1f

Edit: Solved: I had to do Window > TextMeshPro > Improve TMP Essential Resources

 

Hi!
Please, help me. Im trying 2 days to fix this =(




Two tmpro text fields use apple color emoji font.
Upper text font asset render mode = COLOR
Bottom text font asset render mode = SMOOTH

But emoji is grayscale, and never not have a color

Atlas population modes = Dynamic
Shaders on font assets = TextMeshPro/Sprite
Fallback emoji text assets include this fonts in Project Settings
Tmpro version = 4.0.0-pre.4
Unity version = 2023.1.0a26 (Also trying 2023.1.0b4, 2023.1.0a15)

Maybe i have font import error?

Thanks, best wishes!

 

Hi, HugoBD-Unity! Thanx for answer!
Yes, my mistake - i use 4.0.0-pre.2 (not pre 4)

How i can change atlas texture format?
This texture not have format settings

 

anybody knows how to solve this on 3.2.0-pre.4? it's pretty odd that tmpro isn't backwards compatible by default. I mean, text is one of the most fundamental things in Unity



attached the ttf and the generated SDF out of it

 

@HugoBD-Unity in TextMeshPro 3.0.6 and 3.2.0-pre.4, there are problematic lines, many mobile users in our game is affected at the moment. We will try to fix it with reflection but it will be slow... Please make ActivateInputFieldInternal function protected virtual instead of private.

Please add needed boundary checks while setting m_SoftKeyboard.selection

 

Btw for this TMP for both UGUI and UITK runtime UI, any plan to support SetText api that able to directly pass FixedStringxxx instead of required to convert to string and causing gc spike?

 

I am seeing this same issue with the default LiberationSans Font. 2021.3.19f1, 3.2.0-pre4.

 

They say they cannot reproduce it. what are your full specs?
Mine are:
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Operating System
Windows 10 (10.0.19045) 64bit

Selected Platform
WebGLSupport

 

Found the fix for this particular problem:

1. Delete the Plugins/TextMeshPro directory
2. Reimport TMPro essentials
3. Git diff to restore any overrides you’ve done previously

Ofc, if you haven't made a backup and lost data, you deserve it (kidding, make a backup first!).

Feedback to TMPro team: the popup should appear after any TMPro update, with the above instructions.