diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/font/bitmap.rs b/crates/krilla/src/font/bitmap.rs
index a295f70d..d411a377 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/font/bitmap.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/font/bitmap.rs
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[visreg(document, pdfium, mupdf, pdfbox, ghostscript, poppler, quartz)]
     fn noto_color_emoji_cbdt(document: &mut Document) {
         let font_data = NOTO_COLOR_EMOJI_CBDT.clone();
-        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, document);
+        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, true, document);
     }
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
@@ -461,6 +461,6 @@ mod tests {
 
         let font_data =
             Arc::new(std::fs::read("/System/Library/Fonts/Apple Color Emoji.ttc").unwrap());
-        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, document);
+        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, true, document);
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/font/colr.rs b/crates/krilla/src/font/colr.rs
index 0bda36a6..a5ba3e5f 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/font/colr.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/font/colr.rs
@@ -480,13 +480,13 @@ mod tests {
             .map(|n| (GlyphId::new(n), "".to_string()))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, Some(glyphs), false, document);
+        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, Some(glyphs), false, true, document);
     }
 
     #[visreg]
     fn colr_context_color(surface: &mut Surface) {
         let font_data = COLR_TEST_GLYPHS.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
 
         let text = [
             0xf0b00, 0xf0b01, 0xf0b02, 0xf0b03, 0xf0b04, 0xf0b05, 0xf0b06, 0xf0b07,
@@ -570,6 +570,6 @@ mod tests {
     #[visreg(document, pdfium, mupdf, pdfbox, ghostscript, poppler, quartz)]
     fn noto_color_emoji_colr(document: &mut Document) {
         let font_data = NOTO_COLOR_EMOJI_COLR.clone();
-        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, document);
+        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, true, document);
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/font/mod.rs b/crates/krilla/src/font/mod.rs
index 549e55a6..8169da61 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/font/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/font/mod.rs
@@ -51,14 +51,24 @@ pub use skrifa::GlyphId;
 pub struct Font(Arc<Prehashed<Repr>>);
 
 impl Font {
-    /// Create a new font from some data. The `index` indicates the index that should be
+    /// Create a new font from some data.
+    ///
+    /// The `index` indicates the index that should be
     /// associated with this font for TrueType collections, otherwise this value should be
     /// set to 0. The location indicates the variation axes that should be associated with
     /// the font.
     ///
+    /// The `allow_color` property allows you to specify whether krilla should render the font
+    /// as a color font. When setting this property to false, krilla will always only use the
+    /// `glyf`/`CFF` tables of the font. If you don't know what this means, just set it to `true`.
+    ///
     /// Returns `None` if the index is invalid or the font couldn't be read.
-    pub fn new(data: Arc<dyn AsRef<[u8]> + Send + Sync>, index: u32) -> Option<Self> {
-        let font_info = FontInfo::new(data.as_ref().as_ref(), index)?;
+    pub fn new(
+        data: Arc<dyn AsRef<[u8]> + Send + Sync>,
+        index: u32,
+        allow_color: bool,
+    ) -> Option<Self> {
+        let font_info = FontInfo::new(data.as_ref().as_ref(), index, allow_color)?;
 
         Font::new_with_info(data, Arc::new(font_info))
     }
@@ -108,6 +118,10 @@ impl Font {
         self.0.font_info.ascent.get()
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn allow_color(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.font_info.allow_color
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn weight(&self) -> f32 {
         self.0.font_info.weight.get()
     }
@@ -182,6 +196,7 @@ pub(crate) struct FontInfo {
     global_bbox: RectWrapper,
     postscript_name: Option<String>,
     ascent: FiniteF32,
+    allow_color: bool,
     descent: FiniteF32,
     cap_height: Option<FiniteF32>,
     is_monospaced: bool,
@@ -208,7 +223,7 @@ impl Hash for Repr {
 }
 
 impl FontInfo {
-    pub(crate) fn new(data: &[u8], index: u32) -> Option<Self> {
+    pub(crate) fn new(data: &[u8], index: u32, allow_color: bool) -> Option<Self> {
         let font_ref = FontRef::from_index(data, index).ok()?;
         let checksum = font_ref.head().ok()?.checksum_adjustment();
 
@@ -252,6 +267,7 @@ impl FontInfo {
             index,
             checksum,
             location,
+            allow_color,
             units_per_em,
             postscript_name,
             ascent,
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/font/svg.rs b/crates/krilla/src/font/svg.rs
index 8b615652..5fa097cd 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/font/svg.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/font/svg.rs
@@ -80,13 +80,19 @@ mod tests {
     #[visreg(document, all)]
     fn twitter_color_emoji(document: &mut Document) {
         let font_data = TWITTER_COLOR_EMOJI.clone();
-        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, document);
+        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, true, document);
+    }
+
+    #[visreg(document)]
+    fn twitter_color_emoji_no_color(document: &mut Document) {
+        let font_data = TWITTER_COLOR_EMOJI.clone();
+        all_glyphs_to_pdf(font_data, None, false, false, document);
     }
 
     #[visreg]
     fn svg_extra(surface: &mut Surface) {
         let font_data = SVG_EXTRA.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
 
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0., 30.0),
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/object/font/cid_font.rs b/crates/krilla/src/object/font/cid_font.rs
index 6b125d10..87c2a122 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/object/font/cid_font.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/object/font/cid_font.rs
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[snapshot]
     fn cid_font_noto_sans_two_glyphs(sc: &mut SerializerContext) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         let container = sc.create_or_get_font_container(font.clone());
         let mut font_container = container.borrow_mut();
 
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg(all)]
     fn cid_font_noto_sans_simple_text(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
             Fill::default(),
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg(all)]
     fn cid_font_latin_modern_simple_text(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(LATIN_MODERN_ROMAN.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(LATIN_MODERN_ROMAN.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
             Fill::default(),
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg(all)]
     fn cid_font_noto_arabic_simple_text(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_ARABIC.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_ARABIC.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
             Fill::default(),
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[snapshot]
     fn cid_font_latin_modern_four_glyphs(sc: &mut SerializerContext) {
-        let font = Font::new(LATIN_MODERN_ROMAN.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(LATIN_MODERN_ROMAN.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         let container = sc.create_or_get_font_container(font.clone());
         let mut font_container = container.borrow_mut();
 
@@ -445,9 +445,9 @@ mod tests {
 
         let font_data =
             Arc::new(std::fs::read("/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental/Songti.ttc").unwrap());
-        let font_1 = Font::new(font_data.clone(), 0).unwrap();
-        let font_2 = Font::new(font_data.clone(), 3).unwrap();
-        let font_3 = Font::new(font_data, 6).unwrap();
+        let font_1 = Font::new(font_data.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
+        let font_2 = Font::new(font_data.clone(), 3, true).unwrap();
+        let font_3 = Font::new(font_data, 6, true).unwrap();
 
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 75.0),
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/object/font/type3_font.rs b/crates/krilla/src/object/font/type3_font.rs
index e1a6fa76..b4e35b59 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/object/font/type3_font.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/object/font/type3_font.rs
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn type3_more_than_256_glyphs() {
         let mut sc = SerializerContext::new(SerializeSettings::settings_1());
-        let font = Font::new(TWITTER_COLOR_EMOJI.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(TWITTER_COLOR_EMOJI.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         let container = sc.create_or_get_font_container(font.clone());
         let mut font_container = container.borrow_mut();
 
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[snapshot(single_page, settings_1)]
     fn type3_color_glyphs(page: &mut Page) {
-        let font = Font::new(TWITTER_COLOR_EMOJI.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(TWITTER_COLOR_EMOJI.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         let mut surface = page.surface();
 
         surface.fill_text(
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[snapshot(single_page, settings_17)]
     fn type3_pdf_14(page: &mut Page) {
-        let font = Font::new(TWITTER_COLOR_EMOJI.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(TWITTER_COLOR_EMOJI.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         let mut surface = page.surface();
 
         surface.fill_text(
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/serialize.rs b/crates/krilla/src/serialize.rs
index 2b79e4b3..edfe07d8 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/serialize.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/serialize.rs
@@ -425,11 +425,15 @@ impl SerializerContext {
                 // For now, we make the simplifying assumption that a font is either mapped
                 // to a series of Type3 fonts or to a single CID font, but not a mix of both.
                 let font_ref = font.font_ref();
-                let use_type3 = font_ref.svg().is_ok()
-                    || font_ref.colr().is_ok()
-                    || font_ref.sbix().is_ok()
-                    || font_ref.cbdt().is_ok()
-                    || font_ref.ebdt().is_ok();
+                let use_type3 = if !font.allow_color() {
+                    false
+                } else {
+                    font_ref.svg().is_ok()
+                        || font_ref.colr().is_ok()
+                        || font_ref.sbix().is_ok()
+                        || font_ref.cbdt().is_ok()
+                        || font_ref.ebdt().is_ok()
+                };
 
                 if use_type3 {
                     Rc::new(RefCell::new(FontContainer::Type3(Type3FontMapper::new(
@@ -487,7 +491,7 @@ impl SerializerContext {
             // cheaper, and then check whether we already have a corresponding font object in the cache.
             // If not, we still need to construct it.
             if let Some((font_data, index)) = unsafe { db.make_shared_face_data(id) } {
-                if let Some(font_info) = FontInfo::new(font_data.as_ref().as_ref(), index) {
+                if let Some(font_info) = FontInfo::new(font_data.as_ref().as_ref(), index, true) {
                     let font_info = Arc::new(font_info);
                     let font = self
                         .font_cache
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/surface.rs b/crates/krilla/src/surface.rs
index d78f85ae..625c0d21 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/surface.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/surface.rs
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg]
     fn text_direction_ltr(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_CJK.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_CJK.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
             Fill::default(),
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg]
     fn text_direction_rtl(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_CJK.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_CJK.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
             Fill::default(),
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg]
     fn text_direction_ttb(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_CJK.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_CJK.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(100.0, 0.0),
             Fill::default(),
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg]
     fn text_direction_btt(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_CJK.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS_CJK.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(100.0, 0.0),
             Fill::default(),
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ mod tests {
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 50.0),
             Fill::default(),
-            Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0).unwrap(),
+            Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0, true).unwrap(),
             16.0,
             &[],
             "hi there",
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ mod tests {
         surface.stroke_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 50.0),
             Stroke::default(),
-            Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0).unwrap(),
+            Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0, true).unwrap(),
             16.0,
             &[],
             "hi there",
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ mod tests {
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 50.0),
             Fill::default(),
-            Font::new(NOTO_SANS_DEVANAGARI.clone(), 0).unwrap(),
+            Font::new(NOTO_SANS_DEVANAGARI.clone(), 0, true).unwrap(),
             16.0,
             &[],
             "यह कुछ जटिल पाठ है.",
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ mod tests {
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 50.0),
             Fill::default(),
-            Font::new(NOTO_SANS_DEVANAGARI.clone(), 0).unwrap(),
+            Font::new(NOTO_SANS_DEVANAGARI.clone(), 0, true).unwrap(),
             16.0,
             &[],
             "यु॒धा नर॑ ऋ॒ष्वा ",
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ mod tests {
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 50.0),
             Fill::default(),
-            Font::new(NOTO_SANS_DEVANAGARI.clone(), 0).unwrap(),
+            Font::new(NOTO_SANS_DEVANAGARI.clone(), 0, true).unwrap(),
             16.0,
             &[],
             "आ रु॒क्मैरा यु॒धा नर॑ ऋ॒ष्वा ऋ॒ष्टीर॑सृक्षत ।",
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ mod tests {
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 50.0),
             Fill::default(),
-            Font::new(NOTO_SANS_DEVANAGARI.clone(), 0).unwrap(),
+            Font::new(NOTO_SANS_DEVANAGARI.clone(), 0, true).unwrap(),
             16.0,
             &[],
             "अन्वे॑नाँ॒ अह॑ वि॒द्युतो॑ म॒रुतो॒ जज्झ॑तीरव भनर॑र्त॒ त्मना॑ दि॒वः ॥",
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn text_with_fill_impl(surface: &mut Surface, outlined: bool) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 80.0),
             red_fill(0.5),
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ mod tests {
             TextDirection::Auto,
         );
 
-        let noto_font = Font::new(NOTO_COLOR_EMOJI_COLR.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let noto_font = Font::new(NOTO_COLOR_EMOJI_COLR.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
 
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 140.0),
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn text_with_stroke_impl(surface: &mut Surface, outlined: bool) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.stroke_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 80.0),
             red_stroke(0.5, 1.0),
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ mod tests {
             TextDirection::Auto,
         );
 
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_COLOR_EMOJI_COLR.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_COLOR_EMOJI_COLR.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
 
         surface.stroke_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 140.0),
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg]
     fn text_zalgo(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
             Fill::default(),
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[visreg]
     fn text_zalgo_outlined(surface: &mut Surface) {
-        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(NOTO_SANS.clone(), 0, true).unwrap();
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
             Fill::default(),
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/tagging.rs b/crates/krilla/src/tagging.rs
index 80ea0fe3..f7af4b3f 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/tagging.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/tagging.rs
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ mod tests {
     impl SurfaceExt for Surface<'_> {
         fn fill_text_(&mut self, y: f32, content: &str) {
             let font_data = NOTO_SANS.clone();
-            let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+            let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
 
             self.fill_text(
                 tiny_skia_path::Point::from_xy(0.0, y),
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/tests/mod.rs b/crates/krilla/src/tests/mod.rs
index 29831144..853e1482 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -439,12 +439,13 @@ pub fn all_glyphs_to_pdf(
     font_data: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
     glyphs: Option<Vec<(GlyphId, String)>>,
     color_cycling: bool,
+    allow_color: bool,
     d: &mut Document,
 ) {
     use crate::font::KrillaGlyph;
     use crate::geom::Transform;
 
-    let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+    let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, allow_color).unwrap();
     let font_ref = font.font_ref();
 
     let glyphs = glyphs.unwrap_or_else(|| {
diff --git a/crates/krilla/src/validation/mod.rs b/crates/krilla/src/validation/mod.rs
index 47ce0af4..d2a39d62 100644
--- a/crates/krilla/src/validation/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/krilla/src/validation/mod.rs
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut surface = page.surface();
 
         let font_data = NOTO_SANS.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
 
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut surface = page.surface();
 
         let font_data = NOTO_SANS.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
 
         surface.fill_text(
             Point::from_xy(0.0, 100.0),
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut surface = page.surface();
 
         let font_data = NOTO_SANS.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
 
         let id1 = surface.start_tagged(ContentTag::Span(
             "",
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn validation_pdfu_invalid_codepoint() {
         let mut document = Document::new_with(SerializeSettings::settings_9());
         let font_data = NOTO_SANS.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
         invalid_codepoint_impl(&mut document, font.clone(), "A\u{FEFF}B");
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ mod tests {
         let metadata = Metadata::new().language("en".to_string());
         document.set_metadata(metadata);
         let font_data = NOTO_SANS.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
         invalid_codepoint_impl(&mut document, font.clone(), "A\u{E022}B");
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut surface = page.surface();
 
         let font_data = NOTO_SANS.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
 
         let id1 = surface.start_tagged(ContentTag::Span("", None, None, None));
         surface.fill_text(
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut surface = page.surface();
 
         let font_data = NOTO_SANS.clone();
-        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0).unwrap();
+        let font = Font::new(font_data, 0, true).unwrap();
 
         let id1 = surface.start_tagged(ContentTag::Span("", None, None, None));
         surface.fill_text(
diff --git a/refs/visreg/twitter_color_emoji_no_color.png b/refs/visreg/twitter_color_emoji_no_color.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e461f27
Binary files /dev/null and b/refs/visreg/twitter_color_emoji_no_color.png differ