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.ย 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 ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป doesnโt mean you ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ :)
And, as before, I have no idea how /popular/ the practice is.ย 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 - ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ - YayText
https://yaytext.com/bold-italic/
Super cool unicode text magic. Write ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ and/or ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐
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 (๐ฌ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐น๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ) โ 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.
