# Can't export emoji as image

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/cant-export-emoji-as-image/8118>\
**Category:** Help us improve Penpot\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [March 13, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/cant-export-emoji-as-image/8118 "2025-03-13T11:21:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chrislueders](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/chrislueders/32/3437_2.png) [@chrislueders](https://community.penpot.app/u/chrislueders)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/cant-export-emoji-as-image/8118/1 "2025-03-13T11:21:30Z")

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Hi! I wanted to build a nice greedy F\*gma icon, and wanted to add a greedy emoji over the blue circle. I added the emoji via text input and wanted to export the board with the emoji included, but I just got a black rectangle instead.

 ![grafik](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/f/f03e491a88cc422ff2f60c482881ea660e406635.jpeg)  
Original in Penpot vs. Export

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**Author:** ![carolina.portugal](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/carolina.portugal/32/36_2.png) [@carolina.portugal](https://community.penpot.app/u/carolina.portugal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/cant-export-emoji-as-image/8118/2 "2025-03-13T15:16:26Z")

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Hello @chrislueders !

Thanks for the reporting. This issue is likely happening because the emoji you added via text input isn’t supported by the browser used for exporting, which results in the black rectangle.

The good news is that we’re working on a new rendering system that will fix this issue in the future. In the meantime, a workaround is to find SVG versions of emojis online and add it instead of using text input.

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**Author:** ![chrislueders](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/chrislueders/32/3437_2.png) [@chrislueders](https://community.penpot.app/u/chrislueders)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/cant-export-emoji-as-image/8118/3 "2025-03-14T06:52:31Z")

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Awesome! Thanks for the reply! 😊

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**Author:** ![LauraKalbag](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/laurakalbag/32/5014_2.png) [@LauraKalbag](https://community.penpot.app/u/LauraKalbag)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/cant-export-emoji-as-image/8118/4 "2025-03-14T09:37:05Z")

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> a workaround is to find SVG versions of emojis online and add it instead of using text input

Adding to @carolina.portugal’s great workaround… I recently discovered you can get SVG/Penpot editable versions of emojis from the excellent [Iconify Penpot plugin](https://penpot.app/penpothub/plugins/iconify).

 ![A selection of emoji icon sets in the Iconify plugin panel.](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/7/72698932d291cceba6cfc28ea6cc68e803a01772.png)