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Convert normal text to Unicode homoglyphs to look silly, cool or clever [1]
['Rob Beschizza']
Date: 2025-03-14
Q and Z (formerly at Panix) is a hidden pillar of the old web, converting text to appear to be upside-down, in a ππ©ππ π¨π©π’π±π±π’π― typeface, β±€π΅πππ, or anything else made possible through zillions of Unicode alternatives. Fontgenerator.cool is a new and more modern site offering even more options for κ§β’βΈ embellishing βΈβ’κ§ text. [via Hacker News]
However, this sort of thing can create accessibility problems for screen-reading devices. Ideally, if you wanted to do this, it should be applied to normal text in some superficial way (fonts, javascript, CSS?) rather than baked into the HTML. But you can't do that on social media.
Previously:
β’ 'Mom, Dad, where do emoji come from?' The Unicode Consortium, son.
β’ The mystery of βΌ, a Unicode character of unknown purpose
β’ All the 'misfit' unicode characters that look like faces
β’ Unscii: a new unicode font set for old-school text-art
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