Show HN: Fancy fonts you can use almost anywhere
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Show HN: Fancy fonts you can use almost anywhere
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#2Interesting, looks like Firefox automatically resolves these to the real letters in the address bar, but leaves them as is for google search. Nice job aggregating these into an easy-to-use font.
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#4𝕷𝖊𝖙’𝖘 𝖘𝖊𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖋𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖇𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖜 𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝕳𝕹 𝖘𝖚𝖇𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖘.
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#5This is awesome! But how does it work? I don't understand how this is possible
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#6𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖛𝖊, 𝖇𝖚𝖉𝖉𝖞!
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#7...and break the crap out of most software.
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#8This is fantastic. How does this work?
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#9This is (ab)using unicode, for example the F is actually a Mathematical Bold Fraktur Capital F:
https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1D571
This is terrible for screen readers and the like which are unable to read or understand these unicode characters making accessibility a real concern.
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#10Nice! Submission's UI is way slicker, but for more options and a more OG-web feel, this page is my go-to for these: http://qaz.wtf/u/convert.cgi?text=This+is+pretty+fun+too.+Do...