diff --git a/packages/core/src/classes.ts b/packages/core/src/classes.ts
index 55c570ee9cf..4a71a0ff9bd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/classes.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/classes.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ export type PropertyType = any
 export interface UXObject extends Obj {
   label: IntlString
   icon?: Asset
+  color?: number
   hidden?: boolean
   readonly?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/packages/presentation/src/components/IconWithEmoji.svelte b/packages/presentation/src/components/IconWithEmoji.svelte
index 1f88bf04594..b97d033b2e6 100644
--- a/packages/presentation/src/components/IconWithEmoji.svelte
+++ b/packages/presentation/src/components/IconWithEmoji.svelte
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
   export let icon: number | number[] | Ref<Blob>
   export let size: IconSize
+  export let inline: boolean = false
 
   let value: string | undefined = parseIcon(icon)
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
   $: value = parseIcon(icon)
 </script>
 
-<div class="emoji-{size} flex-row-center emoji">
+<span class="emoji-{size} flex-row-center emoji" class:inline class:fitSize={inline}>
   {#if value !== undefined}
     {value}
   {:else}
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
       <img src={iconBlob.src} srcset={iconBlob.srcset} alt="icon" />
     {/await}
   {/if}
-</div>
+</span>
 
 <style lang="scss">
   .emoji {
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@
     img {
       margin: 0;
     }
+
+    &.inline {
+      display: inline;
+
+      img {
+        margin-bottom: -0.125rem;
+        vertical-align: unset;
+      }
+    }
   }
   .emoji-inline {
     width: 1em;
@@ -70,6 +80,13 @@
     height: 0.75rem;
     font-size: 0.75rem;
   }
+
+  .emoji-smaller {
+    width: 0.875rem;
+    height: 0.875rem;
+    font-size: 0.875rem;
+  }
+
   .emoji-small {
     width: 1rem;
     height: 1rem;
@@ -89,6 +106,7 @@
     width: inherit;
     height: inherit;
   }
+  .emoji-smaller,
   .emoji-x-small,
   .emoji-small,
   .emoji-medium,
diff --git a/packages/presentation/src/components/markup/ObjectNode.svelte b/packages/presentation/src/components/markup/ObjectNode.svelte
index cbd96c3ddd0..025dcceac8e 100644
--- a/packages/presentation/src/components/markup/ObjectNode.svelte
+++ b/packages/presentation/src/components/markup/ObjectNode.svelte
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   import { createQuery, getClient } from '../../utils'
   import MessageBox from '../MessageBox.svelte'
   import presentation from '../../plugin'
+  import { IconWithEmoji } from '../../index'
 
   export let _id: Ref<Doc> | undefined = undefined
   export let _class: Ref<Class<Doc>> | undefined = undefined
@@ -35,12 +36,14 @@
   let broken: boolean = false
   const withoutDoc: Ref<Doc>[] = [contact.mention.Here, contact.mention.Everyone]
 
+  $: clazz = _class ? hierarchy.findClass(_class) : undefined
+
   $: icon =
     _class !== undefined &&
     hierarchy.hasClass(_class) &&
     !withoutDoc.includes(_id as any) &&
     !hierarchy.isDerived(_class, contact.class.Contact)
-      ? hierarchy.getClass(_class).icon
+      ? clazz?.icon
       : null
 
   $: if (_class != null && _id != null && hierarchy.hasClass(_class) && !withoutDoc.includes(_id as any)) {
@@ -64,8 +67,12 @@
   <!-- svelte-ignore a11y-click-events-have-key-events -->
   <!-- svelte-ignore a11y-no-static-element-interactions -->
   <span class="antiMention" class:transparent class:broken on:click={onBrokenLinkClick}>
-    {#if icon}<Icon {icon} size="small" />{' '}{:else}@{/if}{#if _id === contact.mention.Here}<span class="lower"
-        ><Label label={contact.string.Here} /></span
+    {#if icon}{#if icon === view.ids.IconWithEmoji}<IconWithEmoji
+          icon={clazz?.color ?? 0}
+          size={'smaller'}
+          inline
+        />{:else}<Icon {icon} size="small" />{/if}{' '}{:else}@{/if}{#if _id === contact.mention.Here}<span
+        class="lower"><Label label={contact.string.Here} /></span
       >{:else if _id === contact.mention.Everyone}<span class="lower"><Label label={contact.string.Everyone} /></span
       >{:else}{title}{/if}
   </span>
diff --git a/packages/theme/styles/common.scss b/packages/theme/styles/common.scss
index d9b0c2e473c..b74aacad056 100644
--- a/packages/theme/styles/common.scss
+++ b/packages/theme/styles/common.scss
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
 
   &.transparent {
     background-color: transparent;
-    
+
     &:hover {
       background-color: transparent;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/communication-resources/src/components/message/activity/ActivityObjectValue.svelte b/plugins/communication-resources/src/components/message/activity/ActivityObjectValue.svelte
index ac9288df3f1..f6c33f75d7d 100644
--- a/plugins/communication-resources/src/components/message/activity/ActivityObjectValue.svelte
+++ b/plugins/communication-resources/src/components/message/activity/ActivityObjectValue.svelte
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
   import { getClient } from '@hcengineering/presentation'
-  import { type Card } from '@hcengineering/card'
+  import cardPlugin, { type Card } from '@hcengineering/card'
   import { type ActivityMessage } from '@hcengineering/communication-types'
   import view from '@hcengineering/view'
-  import { DocNavLink } from '@hcengineering/view-resources'
+  import { DocNavLink, ObjectIcon } from '@hcengineering/view-resources'
   import { Icon, Label } from '@hcengineering/ui'
 
   import communication from './../../../plugin'
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@
 </script>
 
 <span class="container flex-gap-1 overflow-label">
-  {#if clazz.icon}
-    <span class="icon mr-1">
-      <Icon icon={clazz.icon} size="small" />
-    </span>
-  {/if}
+  <span class="icon mr-1">
+    {#if hierarchy.isDerived(card._class, communication.type.Direct)}
+      <Icon icon={clazz.icon ?? cardPlugin.icon.Card} size="small" />
+    {:else}
+      <ObjectIcon value={card} size={'small'} />
+    {/if}
+  </span>
 
   {#if action === 'create'}
     <Label label={communication.string.New} />
diff --git a/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/reference.ts b/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/reference.ts
index 41186f5011b..83ff1d6b93a 100644
--- a/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/reference.ts
+++ b/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/reference.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ import { SvelteRenderer } from '../node-view'
 import { ReferenceNode, type ReferenceNodeProps, type ReferenceOptions } from '@hcengineering/text'
 import Suggestion, { type SuggestionKeyDownProps, type SuggestionOptions, type SuggestionProps } from './suggestion'
 
-import { type Class, type Doc, type Ref } from '@hcengineering/core'
+import { type Blob, type Class, type Doc, type Ref } from '@hcengineering/core'
 import { getMetadata, getResource, translate } from '@hcengineering/platform'
-import presentation, { createQuery, getClient, MessageBox } from '@hcengineering/presentation'
+import presentation, { createQuery, getBlobRef, getClient, MessageBox } from '@hcengineering/presentation'
 import view from '@hcengineering/view'
 
 import contact from '@hcengineering/contact'
-import { parseLocation, showPopup, tooltip, type LabelAndProps, type Location } from '@hcengineering/ui'
+import { parseLocation, showPopup, tooltip, type LabelAndProps, type Location, fromCodePoint } from '@hcengineering/ui'
 import workbench, { type Application } from '@hcengineering/workbench'
 
 export interface ReferenceExtensionOptions extends ReferenceOptions {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export const ReferenceExtension = ReferenceNode.extend<ReferenceExtensionOptions
           titleSpan.innerText = `${iconUrl !== '' ? '' : options.suggestion.char}${trans}`
           root.classList.add('lower')
         } else {
-          titleSpan.innerText = `${iconUrl !== '' ? '' : options.suggestion.char}${props.label ?? props.id}`
+          titleSpan.innerText = `${iconUrl !== '' || emojiCode != null ? '' : options.suggestion.char}${props.label ?? props.id}`
         }
         if (broken) {
           root.classList.add('broken')
@@ -156,10 +156,17 @@ export const ReferenceExtension = ReferenceNode.extend<ReferenceExtensionOptions
 
       const icon =
         objectclass !== undefined && !hierarchy.isDerived(objectclass, contact.class.Contact)
-          ? hierarchy.getClass(objectclass).icon
+          ? hierarchy.findClass(objectclass)?.icon
           : undefined
 
-      const iconUrl = typeof icon === 'string' ? getMetadata(icon) ?? 'https://anticrm.org/logo.svg' : ''
+      let iconUrl = ''
+      let emojiCode: number | undefined
+
+      if (icon === view.ids.IconWithEmoji) {
+        emojiCode = hierarchy.findClass(objectclass)?.color ?? 0
+      } else if (typeof icon === 'string') {
+        iconUrl = getMetadata(icon) ?? 'https://anticrm.org/logo.svg'
+      }
 
       if (iconUrl !== '') {
         const svg = root.appendChild(document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg'))
@@ -168,6 +175,10 @@ export const ReferenceExtension = ReferenceNode.extend<ReferenceExtensionOptions
         svg.setAttribute('fill', 'currentColor')
         const use = svg.appendChild(document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'use'))
         use.setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', 'href', iconUrl)
+      } else if (emojiCode !== undefined) {
+        const emojiEl = createEmojiElement(emojiCode)
+        root.appendChild(emojiEl)
+        root.appendChild(document.createTextNode(' '))
       }
 
       let tooltipHandle: any
@@ -575,3 +586,49 @@ function makeQuery (obj: Record<string, string | number | boolean | null | undef
     })
     .join('&')
 }
+
+function parseEmoji (icon: number | number[] | Ref<Blob>): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof icon === 'object' && '__ref' in icon) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+  try {
+    return Array.isArray(icon) ? fromCodePoint(...icon) : fromCodePoint(icon as number)
+  } catch (err) {}
+  return undefined
+}
+
+function createEmojiElement (emojiCode: number | number[] | Ref<Blob>): HTMLElement {
+  const root = document.createElement('span')
+  Object.assign(root.style, {
+    display: 'inline',
+    flexShrink: '0',
+    color: 'black'
+  })
+
+  const value = parseEmoji(emojiCode as any)
+  if (value !== undefined) {
+    root.textContent = value
+    return root
+  }
+
+  const placeholder = document.createElement('span')
+  placeholder.textContent = '@'
+  root.appendChild(placeholder)
+
+  void getBlobRef(emojiCode as Ref<Blob>).then((iconBlob) => {
+    if (!root.isConnected) return
+
+    const img = document.createElement('img')
+    img.alt = 'icon'
+    img.src = iconBlob.src
+    if (iconBlob.srcset != null) img.srcset = iconBlob.srcset
+    img.style.display = 'inline'
+    img.style.margin = '0'
+    img.style.maxHeight = '0.875rem'
+    img.style.marginBottom = '-0.125rem'
+    img.style.verticalAlign = 'unset'
+    root.replaceChild(img, placeholder)
+  })
+
+  return root
+}
diff --git a/plugins/view-resources/src/components/ObjectMention.svelte b/plugins/view-resources/src/components/ObjectMention.svelte
index 7828c67cc53..d7ad8804fec 100644
--- a/plugins/view-resources/src/components/ObjectMention.svelte
+++ b/plugins/view-resources/src/components/ObjectMention.svelte
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { Class, Doc, Ref } from '@hcengineering/core'
   import { getResource, translateCB } from '@hcengineering/platform'
-  import { createQuery, getClient } from '@hcengineering/presentation'
+  import { createQuery, getClient, IconWithEmoji } from '@hcengineering/presentation'
   import { AnyComponent, Icon, LabelAndProps, themeStore, tooltip } from '@hcengineering/ui'
   import view from '@hcengineering/view'
 
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
     doc = object
   }
 
+  $: cl = doc?._class ?? _class
+  $: clazz = cl ? hierarchy.findClass(cl) : undefined
   $: icon =
     doc !== undefined && !hierarchy.isDerived(doc._class, contact.class.Contact) ? classIcon(client, doc._class) : null
 
@@ -126,7 +128,11 @@
     use:tooltip={docTooltip}
   >
     <DocNavLink object={doc} component={docComponent} {disabled} inlineReference {onClick} {transparent}>
-      {#if icon}<Icon {icon} size="small" />{' '}{:else}@{/if}{displayTitle}
+      {#if icon}{#if icon === view.ids.IconWithEmoji}<IconWithEmoji
+            icon={clazz?.color ?? 0}
+            size={'smaller'}
+            inline
+          />{:else}<Icon {icon} size="small" />{/if}{' '}{:else}@{/if}{displayTitle}
     </DocNavLink>
   </span>
 {/if}