URLTO GUIDE
When one visible emoji counts as several code points
Several code points can form one visible emoji. Distinguish icon count from the URLTO character count.
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Input and processing example
Compare it yourself · Illustrative example
🇰🇷: 2 코드 포인트 / code points · 8 UTF-8 bytes 👨👩👧👦: 7 코드 포인트 / code points · 25 UTF-8 bytes
Steps to verify
- Enter final copy with emoji.
- Read characters and bytes together.
- Compare with the target’s actual limit.
How to interpret the result
Flag and family emoji are combined strings. URLTO counts code points rather than displayed glyphs.
Deciding what to do next
Variation selectors and combinations can differ for similar appearances. Removing one icon can reduce several counted code points.
Feature scope
Count code points, non-whitespace characters, UTF-8 bytes, whitespace-separated words and lines in the browser, not glyphs or every publishing service’s limits.
Frequently asked questions
Is the emoji necessarily miscounted?
The unit differs. Compare code-point counting with the target’s rule.