I want this character . It shows up perfectly in IE9+, FF, Chrome and Edge.
According to http://caniemoji.com/ support is pretty good for modern browsers on any platform.
Can I just use the emoji instead of linking to an image?
I want this character . It shows up perfectly in IE9+, FF, Chrome and Edge.
According to http://caniemoji.com/ support is pretty good for modern browsers on any platform.
Can I just use the emoji instead of linking to an image?
As you state, support was pretty good two years ago and it's even better today. You can use the emoji instead of an image pretty safely.
One thing to consider though: It will look different depending on the Emoji-font the OS is using.
Example Source: https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html#1f4a1