Cannot display emojis in Windows Powershell or WSL Linux Terminal using Python

Question

I am trying to print emojis in both Windows Powershell and WSL Linux Terminal using Python3.

I have tried using unicode, CLDR names and also installed the emoji library.

print("\U0001F44D")
print(emoji.emojize(':thumbs_up:'))

But in the terminal it is showing only a question mark within a box. No emoji is showing.

What is the issue here?

But if I copy the output here it is showing properly. Like this 👍

Answer 1

I don't think any of the Windows Shells has proper support for emoji/unicode characters, or it may not support emojis.

If your using Windows, you may want to try Windows Terminal. It has complete Emoji support and should work with Powershell and WSL.