diff --git a/crates/text/src/color_tests.rs b/crates/text/src/color_tests.rs
index fa92298b..9ccf0b9c 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/color_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/color_tests.rs
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ fn colour_emoji_carry_their_own_pixels() {
 
 #[test]
 fn emoji_in_plain_text_draw_from_a_colour_face() {
-    // A symbol font among the fallbacks (Windows has one) draws U+1F600 in one colour: the emoji
-    // face comes first for it.
+    // The style's own face (DejaVu Sans on Linux) or a symbol font among the fallbacks (Windows has
+    // one) draws U+1F600 in one colour: the emoji face comes first for it.
     if emoji_face().is_none() {
         return;
     }
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ fn glyphs_place_their_ink_at_a_scale() {
         assert!(g.color(2.0).is_some(), "the emoji glyph has ink");
         return;
     };
-    assert!(bitmap.width >= 32 && bitmap.width <= 65, "{} px at 2:1", bitmap.width);
+    // Some emoji faces draw wider than the em (Noto Color Emoji's strikes are about 1.25 em).
+    assert!(bitmap.width >= 32 && bitmap.width <= 96, "{} px at 2:1", bitmap.width);
     let corner = place * figcraft_geom::Point::new(0.0, 0.0);
     assert!(corner.x >= g.x - g.size && corner.x <= g.x + g.size, "x {} vs pen {}", corner.x, g.x);
     assert!(corner.y >= g.y - g.size && corner.y <= g.y + g.size, "y {} vs baseline {}", corner.y, g.y);
diff --git a/crates/text/src/layout.rs b/crates/text/src/layout.rs
index dcd1eed2..836fe6a7 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/layout.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/layout.rs
@@ -360,12 +360,18 @@ pub fn layout(text: &TextData, box_width: Option<f64>, box_height: Option<f64>)
         let mut seg_start = *start;
         while seg_start < *end {
             let face_for = |c: char| -> Arc<Face> {
+                // Emoji take a colour face before a face without colour glyphs (the style's own or a
+                // symbol font), which would draw them in one colour.
+                if is_emoji(c)
+                    && !primary.has_color()
+                    && let Some(f) = emoji.iter().find(|f| f.has_char(c))
+                {
+                    return f.clone();
+                }
                 if c == '\n' || primary.has_char(c) {
                     return primary.clone();
                 }
-                // Emoji take a colour face before the symbol fonts, which draw many of them in one colour.
-                let colour = if is_emoji(c) { emoji.iter().find(|f| f.has_char(c)) } else { None };
-                colour.or_else(|| fallbacks.iter().find(|f| f.has_char(c))).cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| primary.clone())
+                fallbacks.iter().find(|f| f.has_char(c)).cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| primary.clone())
             };
             let first = chars.get(seg_start).copied().unwrap_or(' ');
             let face = face_for(first);