Fancy Fonts Bot

2021 · Chat bot

An inline Telegram bot that turns text into 27 Unicode display styles. Pick a result and send the styled text directly into a chat.

Tech: Python · Telegram

Source code
    https://github.com/waterrmalann/telegram-fancy-fonts-bot

Styled text, inside the conversation

Fancy Fonts Bot converts letters and digits into Unicode display characters.
Mention the bot with some text in a Telegram chat, choose a style from its
inline results, and send the converted text without leaving the conversation.

The current implementation has 27 styles defined in JSON. It runs in Python
using long polling, with no database or per-user state. Font definitions are
validated before the bot starts.


Characters rather than font files

The result is ordinary text made from different Unicode characters. Its
appearance depends on the receiving device, and some styles lose distinctions
between uppercase and lowercase. These decorative characters can also be
difficult for screen readers to interpret.

The web generator [https://alanvarghese.me/projects/fancy-fonts-generator]
explores the same idea in a browser interface.

All projects
    https://alanvarghese.me/archive