Nathan has already reported this in the forum, but we are also able to reproduce the same behavior.
After the emoji update, some Japanese Kanji characters are no longer rendered correctly in chat.
Instead of being replaced with placeholder symbols, the characters appear to be silently dropped.
Reproduction
Type the following words in chat:
皆 / 畜 / 店 / 仙 / 児 / 魚 / 宗 / 奉 / 訓 / 係 / 沖 / 縄
Expected result
All characters should be displayed correctly, with proper system font fallback if needed.
Actual result
Some Kanji characters are missing entirely.
Example: “皆さん” becomes “さん”
Possible cause (speculation)
This may be related to:
- Reduced Japanese font subset after emoji font integration
- Missing or disabled font fallback for CJK characters
- Font rendering or atlas optimization excluding unused glyphs
Notes
The issue is consistent and reproducible with multiple common Kanji characters, not only rare ones.
This suggests a systemic font handling issue rather than isolated missing glyphs.