[SOLVED] How to add Unicode emoji to python script in IntelliJ

How to add Unicode emoji to python script in IntelliJ

I have a script which I have created couple of months ago with an older version of Intellij + Python plugin. I had to migrate to new windows and also new IntelliJ Currently I am using :

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2.1 (Ultimate Edition)
Windows 11
Python plugin of version: 252.25557.131

I was using 3 colors of emojis to enhance my logs: 🟪 🟦 🟩

After migration I have realized that neither the python code shows the icons as before, neither the logs are representing those icons in the desired colors. The simplified code looks like:

if __name__ == "__main__":
  
    print("This is a normal print statement", file=sys.stdout)
    print(f"🟪 this was purple")
    print(f"🟦 this was blue")
    print(f"🟩 this was green")

and In IntelliJ it shows :

After running the code the output looks:

How to see the real colors of those emojis in my python script and how to output them correctly to the console output?

Solution

It might help to set an Emoji font as fallback font (Settings → Editor → Font → Typography Settings → Fallback font) in the IDE to fix the missing/misrepresented emojis:

For me, on Linux Mint, choosing Noto Color Emoji as fallback solved the issue, both in the IDE's terminal and editor. The font should be preinstalled on the system by default, or is otherwise freely available through the fonts-noto-color-emoji package (on Debian-based distributions) and via Google Fonts download (independent of distribution and operation system).
Following fascynacja's confirmation, the same can be achieved in Windows 11 with the Segoe UI Emoji font. According to Microsoft's documentation, a version of the font should be preinstalled on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems by default.