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Unicode Text in JavaScript: How Fancy Text Generators Actually Work

Have you ever wondered how text like this works? ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ or: ๐“—๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ ๐“ฆ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ต๐“ญ It may look like someone simply changed the font, but in many cases something more interesting is happening: Unicode characters are being used to create the visual effect. This article explains how Unicode text works in JavaScript and how developers can build simple text transformation tools. What isโ€ฆ

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