puppeteer: [Bug]: Missing some emojis when printing

Minimal, reproducible example

const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");
const path = require("path");
const filePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "index.html");

(async () => {
  try {
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
      headless: 'new', // Use true to run headless, not 'new'
      args: [
        "--no-sandbox",
        "--disable-setuid-sandbox",
        "--font-render-hinting=medium",
      ],
    });
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto(`file:///${filePath}`, {
      waitUntil: "networkidle0",
    });
    await page.emulateMediaType('print')
    await page.pdf({
      path: "GAUTHEY_Mathis.pdf",
      format: "A4",
      printBackground: false, // Change to true if you want to include background
      displayHeaderFooter: false,
      margin: { top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0 },
      preferCSSPageSize: true,
    });
    await browser.close();
    console.log("✅ PDF built");
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("❌ Error building PDF:", error);
    process.exit(1);
  }
})();

Error string

no error

Bug behavior

• Flaky
• PDF

Background

Hi there ! I’m using jsonresume to build my resume while using the one-page theme.

Everything works fine, my HTML file is building properly, the basic PDF export from jsonresume is ugly.

So I decided to use my own Puppeteer script to print my pdf using chrome in headless mode.

Expectation

This is the result I get by using firefox and print using the system dialog.

Reality

This is the result I get using Puppeteer.

If I take an emoji from the Interest or the Language section, and put it in the Work, Skill or Education section, the emoji isn’t showing.

If I take an emoji from one of the section that doesn’t render the emoji and add it to either Language or Interest section, it does work.

I’m working inside WSL if that matters.

Thins I’ve tried :

• Installing chrome and all the dependencies that are inside the troubleshooting page
• Installed and reinstalled many different emoji styling for ubuntu. At the very beginning I had no emoji working, it allowed me to make the bottom sections work.
• Using headless false, background true and other different solutions found online. None worked.

Puppeteer configuration file (if used)

No response

Puppeteer version

21.3.8

Node version

20.7.0

Package manager

npm

Package manager version

10.1.0

Operating system

Linux