Emojis inside <Text> increase line-height or stretch the element on iOS

Description

Reported previously in #18559. Emojis within <Text> elements are not aligned with other text in the same text element or other text elements on screen. They also cause the height of the <Text> to increase disproportionate to the fontSize.

As a workaround, the fontFamily of the emoji can be set to System. The referenced Snack shows this behavior. The emoji is rendered initially with the Menlo font family and overridden to System when the override button is pressed. When overridden, the strikethrough more closely aligns with the text, though is not perfectly aligned like on Android.

This issue no longer seems to be reproducible on Android.

Steps to reproduce

Launch the Snack
Note that the strikethrough does not align with the emoji nor the text to the right
Click Override
Note that the strikethrough more closely aligns with the emoji and the text on the right

React Native Version

0.76.1

Affected Platforms

Runtime - iOS

Output of `npx react-native info`

System:
  OS: macOS 14.7.1
  CPU: (16) arm64 Apple M3 Max
  Memory: 3.73 GB / 48.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 18.20.5
    path: /opt/homebrew/opt/node@18/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.8.2
    path: /opt/homebrew/opt/node@18/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2024.11.11.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.16.2
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 24.1
      - iOS 18.1
      - macOS 15.1
      - tvOS 18.1
      - visionOS 2.1
      - watchOS 11.1
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
  Xcode:
    version: 16.1/16B40
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java: Not Found
  Ruby:
    version: 2.6.10
    path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 15.1.2
    wanted: ^15.1.2
  react:
    installed: 18.3.1
    wanted: 18.3.1
  react-native:
    installed: 0.76.1
    wanted: 0.76.1
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

Stacktrace or Logs

None

Reproducer

https://snack.expo.dev/@mhoran/hazardous-orange-celery

Screenshots and Videos

Without override	With override

Tip

Newer version available: You are on a supported minor version, but it looks like there's a newer patch available - 0.76.2. Please upgrade to the highest patch for your minor or latest and verify if the issue persists (alternatively, create a new project and repro the issue in it). If it does not repro, please let us know so we can close out this issue. This helps us ensure we are looking at issues that still exist in the most recent releases.

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Newer version available: You are on a supported minor version, but it looks like there's a newer patch available - undefined. Please upgrade to the highest patch for your minor or latest and verify if the issue persists (alternatively, create a new project and repro the issue in it). If it does not repro, please let us know so we can close out this issue. This helps us ensure we are looking at issues that still exist in the most recent releases.

This is still an issue in 0.76.2.

Did you find any solution to that?

This is still an issue in 0.76.2.

There is no proper fix for this issue that I have found. However, the workaround of setting the fontFamily of emoji characters to System continues to work. You can do this with something like react-native-parsed-text and emoji-regex to apply fontFamily: 'System' style to emoji characters.

https://github.com/mhoran/weechatRN/blob/787598e6d2b97e75e9287c84e4ab0aae72b70fbf/src/lib/helpers/parse-text-args.ts#L33-L36

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same issue

Hello everyone, my decision is to use TextInput instead of the usual Text

<Text style={styles.exampleTitle}>Text Component</Text>
<Text style={styles.exampleText}>
  {t('example')}
</Text>

<Text style={styles.exampleTitle}>TextInput Component</Text>
<TextInput
  style={styles.exampleText}
  value={t('example')}
  multiline
  editable={false}
  focusable={false}
  selectTextOnFocus={false}
  contextMenuHidden             
  caretHidden
  showSoftInputOnFocus={false}
  pointerEvents="none"
/>

and your styles

exampleTitle: {
  fontFamily: 'yourFontFamily',
  fontSize: 18,
  lineHeight: 24,
  color: colors.black,
},
exampleText: {
  padding: 0, // Important for TextInput
  fontFamily: 'yourFontFamily',
  fontSize: 16,
  lineHeight: 20,
  color: colors.black,
}

Result

Same issue. Any solution which avoid workarounds?

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Emojis inside <Text> increase line-height or stretch the element on iOS #47621

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