Re: A last missing link for interoperable representation

From: Martin J. Dürst via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:45:42 +0000

Hello James, others,

 From the examples below, it looks like a feature request for Twitter
(and/or Facebook). Blaming the problem on Unicode doesn't seem to be
appropriate.

Regards, Martin.

On 2019/01/14 18:06, James Kass via Unicode wrote:
>
> Not a twitter user, don't know how popular the practice is, but here's a
> couple of links concerned with how to use bold or italics in Twitter
> plain text messages.
>
> https://www.simplehelp.net/2018/03/13/how-to-use-bold-and-italicized-text-on-twitter/
>
> https://mothereff.in/twitalics
>
> Both pages include a form of caveat.  But the caveat isn't about the
> intended use of the math alphanumerics.
>
> The first page includes the following text as part of a "tweet":
> Just because you 𝗰𝗮𝗻 doesn’t mean you 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 :)
>
> And, as before, I have no idea how /popular/ the practice is.  But
> here's some more links:
>
> (web page from 2013)
> How To Write In Italics, Tweet Backwards And Use Lots Of Different ...
> https://www.adweek.com/digital/twitter-font-italics-backwards/
>
> (This is copy/pasted *as-is* from the web page to plain-text)
> Bold and Italic Unicode Text Tool - 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑠 -
> YayText
> https://yaytext.com/bold-italic/
> Super cool unicode text magic. Write 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 and/or 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐
> updates on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. Bold (serif) preview copy
> tweet.
>
> Michael Maurino [emoji redacted-JK] on Twitter: "Can I make italics on
> twitter? 'cause ...
> https://twitter.com/iron_stylus/status/281991180064022528?lang=en
>
> Charlie Brooker on Twitter: "How do you do italics on this thing again?"
> https://twitter.com/charltonbrooker/status/484623185862983680?lang=en
>
> How to make your Facebook and Twitter text bold or italic, and other ...
> https://boingboing.net/2016/04/10/yaytext-unicode-text-styling.html
> Apr 10, 2016 - For years I've been using the Panix Unicode Text
> Converter to create ironic, weird or simply annoying text effects for
> use on Twitter, Facebook ...
>
> How to change your Twitter font | Digital Trends
> https://www.digitaltrends.com/.../now-you-can-use-bold-italics-and-other-fancy-fonts-...
>
> Aug 14, 2013 - now you can use bold italics and other fancy fonts on
> twitter isaac ... or phrase into your Twitter text box, and there you
> have it: fancy tweets.
>
> Twitter Fonts Generator (𝓬𝓸𝓹𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮) ― LingoJam
> https://lingojam.com/TwitterFonts
> You might have noticed that some users on Twitter are able to change the
> font ... them to seemingly make their tweet font bold, italic, or just
> completely different.
>
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