In the early days of computing, there was no agreed-upon way of representing and rendering text in computer programs. Interested in how all this text font conversion stuff works? Let's take a dive into the origins of Unicode - the International not-for-profit organisation that creates the rules for how computers should convert binary (zeros and ones) into textual characters (like the ones you're reading now). They're actually different characters/symbols - not just different 'styles' or 'fonts'.

Think of these bold characters as separate 'glyphs', just like 'A' is different to 'a', and '%' is different to '$'. That's why it's possible to copy and paste them (something that you can't do with normal 'fonts'). The characters that are generated aren't actually a bold 'font', but rather a set of bold Unicode characters.

Hi there! Ever wondered how people make text bold on their social media posts/bios when there aren't any formatting buttons? Well, this little web app allows you to convert normal text into bold text that you can copy and paste into your social media posts/bio/etc.

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