Emacs 24.4 included the new Core Text based font backend code that was
originally implemented for a non-mainline port. This will be enabled
again once it is also implemented in Emacs on free operating systems.
+If some symbols, such as emoji, do not display, we suggest to install
+an appropriate font, such as Symbola; then they will be displayed,
+albeit without the color effects.
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** The new function 'w32-application-type' returns the type of an