diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 6e43a43..25cae93 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 ;;========================================
 
 ;;====================
-;; Default Face
+;; Font Configuration
 ;;====================
 
 ;; Set up styling for the default face.
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@
                     :family "Fira Code Regular"
                     :height 100)
 
+;; Ensure that the monocolor "Symbola" font can be used for emoji and unicode symbols.
+;; (Emacs 27+ on some systems may not have a monocolor fallback font set after multicolor emoji fonts.)
+(set-fontset-font t 'symbol "Symbola" nil 'append)
+
 ;;====================
 ;; Theme
 ;;====================