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.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. >