Although TB 57.0b2 fixes the emoji problem it breaks the time/date formatting and the lightning plugin is not (yet?) supported.
There is also the probably related Firefox desktop icon bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1760144
Sorry to bump this thread, but something that worked for me was creating a “fonts” subfolder in Thunderbirds’ own folder and placing EmojiOneMozilla.ttf in that folder.
First, download the font itself.
Second, create a “fonts” folder (you need root access for that):
sudo mkdir /usr/lib/thunderbird/fonts
Finally, place the font file in that folder (mine was saved in ~/Downloads, yours may be in some other place, so change the next line, if needed):
sudo cp ~/Downloads/EmojiOneMozilla.ttf /usr/lib/thunderbird/fonts/
Restart Thunderbird and it’s done. Hope it helps!
An even easier fix:
sudo apt-get install fonts-symbola
Thanks TuXFrk, (sudo apt-get install fonts-symbola) worked a treat in Lubuntu also.
@MrRollton fix worked almost flawlessly apart from 1 (??) icon that still showed huge:
Applied the fix provided by @TuXFrk. Now even that icon is normal sized.
Kudos to both for providing these excellent solutions!!
Have just had to re-install because of hardware problems and have the same problem as RHHOEK in three of six e-mail accounts. When these enormous symbols (crowns and party balloons) appeared I thought that it had to do with the royal wedding!
It looks like a Thunderbird problem.
Thank you TuXFrk
sudo apt-get install fonts-symbola worked for me too
Cheers!
Worked for me too.
Thanks!
Tony.
Hi Wolfman,
I am having the same problem in Thunderbird since 18.04 was put on my machine about 3 days ago. It is not one set of emails it effects as I have had both ebay and facebook emails showing the large icons as well. I will upload print screens of what is happening on my screen. Once you get in the email itself the icons are also there.
Thank you! This solution worked for me too.
The same problem, huge icons, occurred in my Ubuntu 18.04 Thunderbird.
I solved it by reinstalling TB as suggested by RHHOEK , April 9th.
Thank you guys very much.
thanks, works a charm
worked for ubuntu 18.04 as well
Works like a charm… TKS!!
that’s it!!! same thing on Ubuntu 18.04