diff --git a/res/fonts/Twemoji_Mozilla/TwemojiMozilla-sbix.woff2 b/res/fonts/Twemoji_Mozilla/TwemojiMozilla-sbix.woff2
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diff --git a/src/utils/FontManager.js b/src/utils/FontManager.js
index 796018a497..8a2e824928 100644
--- a/src/utils/FontManager.js
+++ b/src/utils/FontManager.js
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ export async function fixupColorFonts() {
         document.fonts.add(new FontFace("Twemoji", path, { weight: 600 }));
         document.fonts.add(new FontFace("Twemoji", path, { weight: 700 }));
     }
-    // if not supported, the browser will fall back to one of the native fonts specified.
+    else {
+        // fall back to SBIX, generated via https://github.com/matrix-org/twemoji-colr/tree/matthew/sbix
+        const path = `url('${require("../../res/fonts/Twemoji_Mozilla/TwemojiMozilla-sbix.woff2")}')`;
+        document.fonts.add(new FontFace("Twemoji", path, {}));
+        document.fonts.add(new FontFace("Twemoji", path, { weight: 600 }));
+        document.fonts.add(new FontFace("Twemoji", path, { weight: 700 }));
+    }
+    // ...and if SBIX is not supported, the browser will fall back to one of the native fonts specified.
 }