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The exact look for them depends on the font you use, because font are the things that define how a character should look and emojis are just characters.
– totymedli
Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 13:17
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Actually, the second one is (as you said) WHITE HEAVY CHECK MARK combined with VARIATION SELECTOR-16. ✅️ copied from the question looks like a white checkmark in a green box, ✅ copied from your answer looks like a white checkmark with a black border, and when I paste the variation selector after your ✅ white checkmark with a black border, I get the same ✅️ white checkmark in a green box. Screenshot of this comment for clarity
– Stijn
Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 18:25
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They might not have noticed due to poor font support. On my browser, the green backdrop doesn't show up.
– user2357112
Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 18:31
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@Stijn, for me in Chrome both of them are the green-boxed checkmark i.imgur.com/Cv5RTFM.png
– Yisroel Tech
Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 18:47
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This doesn't answer the question, which is about how it's being rendered in Firefox, not why the emoji are there.
– oldmud0
Commented Feb 4, 2017 at 2:45

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