\documentclass{article} % xelatex uses change options to wrttofiles and !packagefiles, while your at it % change pdfcreator=pdflatex to pdfcreator=xelatex % See documentation of the tile-graphic package \usepackage[!wrttofiles,packagefiles,pdfcreator=pdflatex]{tile-graphic} \setTileParams{4}{4}{MyEmoji} \begin{document} \tileTheGraphic \end{document}