UniGlyphs

𝔘𝐧𝗂𝒢𝑙𝗒𝕡h𝚜 is a browser extension that lets you format text directly on sites like Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and many more. Just highlight some text, and an inline toolbar pops up, so you can format it on the spot. There’s also a full-page editor and a popup version if you want more space to work.

With UniGlyphs, you can make your posts and comments stand out—even on platforms that don’t normally allow it. Behind the scenes, it uses Unicode characters that mimic different “fonts”, like 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐, and 𝔤𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔠, so the styling sticks no matter where you paste it.

Why I built it

UniGlyphs was initially developed as a final project for Harvard’s CS50x.¹ The task was to build something of interest to me or that solves an actual problem—something that outlives the course. I chose to build a browser extension because I had never made one before, and it wasn’t covered in the curriculum. It was a chance to explore something new while solving a real problem and apply the foundations I learned in the course. What started as a course project is now a reusable tool available on the Chrome Web Store.

How I built it

Technologies I used