Export apple color emoji as PNG images.

apple_emoji_to_png.py

# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.14"
# dependencies = [
#     "emoji>=2.15.0",
#     "pillow>=12.1.1",
# ]
# ///
from pathlib import Path

import emoji
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont

output = Path("output")
output.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

font = ImageFont.truetype("/System/Library/Fonts/Apple Color Emoji.ttc", 160)
for e, v in emoji.EMOJI_DATA.items():
    if len(e) == 1:
        img = Image.new("RGBA", (160, 160), (0, 0, 0, 0))
        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
        draw.text((0, 0), e, font=font, embedded_color=True)
        name = v["en"] or v["alias"][-1]
        fname = f"{name}_{e}.png"
        try:
            img.save(output / fname)
        except OSError:  # illegal byte sequence
            backup_fname = f"{name}_{ord(e)}.png"
            print(f"Failed to save as {fname}. Saving as {backup_fname} instead.")
            img.save(output / backup_fname)