“Fancy Text Generator” workflow?

[Jake B.]

Does anyone know how I would go about creating a workflow that mimics the functionality of https://lingojam.com/FancyTextGenerator in Alfred? I.e., converted input text to a handful of other ASCII fonts to quickly copy?

[vitor]

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.