I've been using http://qaz.wtf/u/convert.cgi for ages. Little bit more dated interface, but same idea. That utility also does some pseudo-alphabets using characters from other scripts.
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#12Ỹ̹̼̰͚̺̥ẻ̥̏p͔̭͙̐ͪ̇͊,̤̪̯̙̣ ̰̣̼̻̺͈a̜͚̟ll ̮̼̙̗o͇f̜ t̳̬͍̤͖h̝o͉͚̩̗s̠͙̗̝̬͕ͅḙ͇̬̱͔̟ ͖̘̖͉ͅa͇̥̖͎̜͇r͓̳e͔̙͙ ̞̦͈u̪̤̳̟̞̰s̼̣̩̗i̭̯n͔̟̞͕̹g̩͇͍̗͖̻ ͕̪̮̩v͙̳͍̞͓ͅa̹̫̰ͅlịd̯͚̘̯ ̤̙A̜̪S̗͎͖̥̠̳C͇̮I͓̭̟̲I̦̟̲/̶̞̞̱͈̰̣͙̥̹̪̯͚̝͈̹̹ ̛͈̱̻͍̬̟͙̰̠̟̖̕Ú̡͉͙̻̗͙̭͉̖̖n̨̡̗̩͈̭̻͕̭͇͇̲͙̖̫̯̜͚͈ͅi͏̷̀͏̪͎̜̜̠͇̩͙̗̯͍̮̜͖̮͓͓̫c̺͉̦͓͙̤̼̰̀͠ͅo͏̯̜̥̣̯͕̻̮͘͡d̖͉͈̬͍̩͚̬̯̰̳̀́͞ͅe̡̗̻̫͕̙̘̲̫̦͉̬̖̭̺͡͝ ͖̺̳̟͓͇c̠̟͎̼̲̳h͖̣͕̯a̜͔͉̼̮r̗a̰̘̭͚̠̮̝c̱̰̦͕̰ͅͅt͉er̟͉̫͍̥̦s͈͖̤̞.
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日本の作品も (🅙🅐🅟🅐🅝🅔🅢🅔 also works)
中国也有作品 (ℭ𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔢 too)
etc.
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║ Those have been around for a very long time and were very popular on teen blogging platforms like skyrock, myspace, etc. ║
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Re: Show HN: Fancy fonts you can use almost anywhere
#13𝘼𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚
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#14𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖑, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖌𝖔𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖘 𝖊𝖞𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 ...
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#15𝓂𝓎 𝓃𝒶𝓂ℯ 𝒥ℯ𝒻𝒻
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#16Very cool. I don't know if this counts as a bug as it's not really the intended use, but if I copy one of the results and then paste it into the "Write something here..." input, all the results then match the pasted style rather than being re-styled.
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#17This is awesome! But how does it work? I don't understand how this is possible
𝕀, 𝕥𝕠𝕠, 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥.
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#18This 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.
I don't see why screen readers can't just be extended to handle characters that look like F.
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#19There is some explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18468045
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#20This is awesome! But how does it work? I don't understand how this is possible
Unicode has a lot of characters that look like English letters. For example it has ℝ, the standard symbol for the set of real numbers. All together they form alphabets.