This script allows to convert ascii to unicode specials including bold italic greek fraktur script.

Examples:

unicoder.py bold foobar
unicoder.py ital foobar
unicoder.py boldital foobar
unicoder.py double foobar
unicoder.py mono foobar
unicoder.py sans foobar
unicoder.py greek foobar
unicoder.py greek FOOBAR
unicoder.py fraktur foobar
unicoder.py boldfraktur foobar
unicoder.py fract 15 1/4
unicoder.py 15 1/4 km/h
unicoder.py value 15 1/4 km/h
unicoder.py thin 15 1/4 km/h
unicoder.py nobr 15 1/4 km/h
unicoder.py power 15^3
unicoder.py index x_1
unicoder.py math X_1^3 +1/4
unicoder.py back answer
unicoder.py down answer
unicoder.py flip answer

This script helps to bold or slanted text to various social media platforms. The nobr thin fract parts are particularly useful for Wikipedia. The flip text (or turn text) allows to provide a pun on a question.

RESULT

Just for amusement, this is the result when running the commands shown above. Note that the bold and italic text snippets do not rely on <i> <b> <font> hints or some similar style markup, instead they use different codepoints from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols unicode blocks. Likewise fraktur and greek and double stroke characters are used often in the field of mathematics. The sans and mono are rarely used however.

𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐫
𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑟
𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒓
𝕗𝕠𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕣
𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚛
foobar
φωβαρ
ΦΩΒΑΡ
𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔟𝔞𝔯
𝖋𝖔𝖔𝖇𝖆𝖗
15¼
15¼ km/h
15¼ km/h
15 1/4 km/h
15 1/4 km/h
15³
x₁
X₁³ +¼
rewsna
ɐusʍǝɹ
ɹǝʍsuɐ

TESTSUITE

Yes, there is a testsuite with more than a hundred unittests for the functions. The module can also be imported as helper to other scripts.

For developers, please run "make tests" for the testsuite. Please do also run "make type" for mypy typehints checks and "make pep" for pep8 style checks.