Jake B.

What those tools do is basically replace letters with different unicode symbols. One way to go about it is to find some existing command-line tool which does the conversion and implement it in the workflow.

But because the operation itself is quite simple, you can build everything yourself without code by using multiple replace utilities in succession, each replacing one letter. You can get the “fancy” letters online, e.g. on wikipedia.

For an interactive tutorial on making a workflow, see the Getting Started Guide.
 
It’s worth pointing out those types of letters have different purposes, such as being used in mathematical notation. As such, they can be awful for accessibility: a user who needs a screen reader may not get the text read out loud or it can be read as something different. So keep in mind the context in which you use it.

Thanks for this. I recently threw together a workflow for searching the NRSV text, which is only available online at http://bible.oremus.org/. (My church uses the NRSV exclusively, but I have a soft spot for the ESV.)
 
Screenshot: http://d.pr/i/1kIP
 
It can be downloaded here: http://d.pr/f/clRR 

Hi, I made this for myself and thought I'd share.  
I'm a heavy Gmail user, and I think Gmail works best in Chrome. I wanted to always have a Gmail tab open, and to *not* open multiple Gmail tabs when I use the workflow from other applications.   I also wanted the Gmail tab to always be pinned to the left. It can't be done via AppleScript, so I'm using a Chrome Extension called Auto Pin URL. Get it if you want the Gmail tab pinned left (it's not required for the workflow to function. Without it, your Gmail tab will be *wherever* in Chrome):  
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-pin-url/heodenddhgffdcadgghkghlcjjikaahf  
Here is the URL you will need to add to Auto Pin URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/  
Here's the features of the workflow (keyword / explanation):  
gm - GMail. Whatever you're doing, this brings Chrome to the front and activates the Gmail tab. If there's no Gmail tab, it will create one (and Auto Pin URL will move it to the far left). I have assigned it Shift-Control-z  
gmn - GMail New. Open a new compose window. (This is the lone exception in that it opens a new tab. I don't like the new compose window you get by typing c in gmail.) I have assigned Shift-Control-x. This tab auto closes once you send the mail.  
gms - GMail Search  
gmf - GMail From. Search for sender  
gmt - Gmail To. Search for recipient  
gmc - GMail Contacts. Search Gmail contacts  
gmgi - GMail Inbox ("gi" is Gmail's default Inbox shortcut)  
gmgt - GMail Sent. Sent items. ("gt" is Gmail's default Sent Mail shortcut)  
gmga - GMail All Mail. All mail. ("ga" is Gmail's default All Mail shortcut)  
NOTE: I made this for my Google Apps account. Haven't tested it on a regular gmail account, but I bet it works fine. I'm no AppleScript expert, so my code may be crappy. Buy hey, this workflow works great for me.  
Download here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=75677841761488282960  

Invoking the hotkey for this workflow cleans up the icons of the currently open Finder window or the desktop (if it has focus). It was a mission and a half getting all the weird edge cases sorted out because the desktop itself (as opposed to a Finder window of ~/Desktop) is not directly scriptable. If anyone can think of a way of neatening up my code I'd love to see it :-)
 

 
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Hi, I love the calculations feature in Alfred. It would be even better if you could include percentages e.g...
 
298*5%
 
Also if you could put constants in preferences so I could define VAT = 20%
 
Then I could type...
 
395+VAT