Auto-detect terminal support for emojis

[peakschris]

On Windows, if I use default cmd with default font it doesn't support spinner emojis or ticks:

If I switch to cascadia mono, I get the spinners and ticks, but emojis don't work (this is cartwheel):

It's only if I run Windows Terminal that I get emojis and all:

is there some way in my code that I can detect these cases so I can avoid printing characters that will not display well?

[willmcgugan]

Frankly, no. I'd stick to Windows Terminal if you want to be sure emojis work.

[peakschris]

Thanks. Problem is we have thousands of users and whilst I can try to encourage them to use Windows terminal, I can't force it. Is there no way to detect this?

[willmcgugan]

I don't believe there is any reliable way of doing that. You may be able to sniff the environment, and make an educated guess, but it will be incorrect for a subset of your users.