Emoji Silhouettes and Emoji Outlines with CSS

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From StackOverflow:

It’s possible to include Emoji characters in modern browsers, but how can one make it a single color and choose that color?

Using an (inset) text-shadow in combination with transparent text color this indeed is possible:

emoji-silhouettes

With some more CSS – and an extra attribute – it’s possible to even achieve a (faux) outline.

Here’s a combined pen:

See the Pen Emoji Silhouettes & Emoji Outlines by Bramus! (@bramus) on CodePen.

Note: To outline text (without emoji), use the CSS Transparent and Outlined technique. It yields much nicer results.

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