diff --git a/templates/beez3/css/template.css b/templates/beez3/css/template.css
index c69471499b9ba..09a95e8f382b9 100644
--- a/templates/beez3/css/template.css
+++ b/templates/beez3/css/template.css
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ body {
     text-align: center;
     -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
     -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+	font-family: "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
 }
 
 body.contentpane {
diff --git a/templates/protostar/css/template.css b/templates/protostar/css/template.css
index f17c17a642883..38b0bd5680d55 100644
--- a/templates/protostar/css/template.css
+++ b/templates/protostar/css/template.css
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ textarea {
 }
 body {
 	margin: 0;
-	font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
 	font-size: 13px;
 	line-height: 18px;
 	color: #333;
diff --git a/templates/protostar/index.php b/templates/protostar/index.php
index e2e54f81cb5f3..b1b89604897b8 100644
--- a/templates/protostar/index.php
+++ b/templates/protostar/index.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	$doc->addStyleSheet('//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=' . $this->params->get('googleFontName'));
 	$doc->addStyleDeclaration("
 	h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, .site-title {
-		font-family: '" . str_replace('+', ' ', $this->params->get('googleFontName')) . "', sans-serif;
+		font-family: '" . str_replace('+', ' ', $this->params->get('googleFontName')) . ", Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, sans-serif;'
 	}");
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/protostar/less/variables.less b/templates/protostar/less/variables.less
index 438bdb4a35d4e..f3a64123d62a3 100644
--- a/templates/protostar/less/variables.less
+++ b/templates/protostar/less/variables.less
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
 
 // Typography
 // -------------------------
-@sansFontFamily:        "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-@serifFontFamily:       Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
-@monoFontFamily:        Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace;
+@sansFontFamily:        "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
+@serifFontFamily:       Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
+@monoFontFamily:        Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
 
 // > Joomla JUI
 @baseFontSize:          13px;