Iris Labs

Notes on fancy text, Unicode typography and the tools behind Fonti, a free text styler with 350+ styles.

The Hidden Cost of Fancy Text: How Unicode Styled Text Breaks Screen Readers, Search, and Find-in-Page, and When to Use It Anyway

The Hidden Cost of Fancy Text: How Unicode Styled Text Breaks Screen Readers, Search, and Find-in-Page, and When to Use It Anyway

Why your styled bio can be silent to screen readers, invisible to search, and a row of boxes on some phones, and how to use fancy text without paying those costs.

Iris Labs
The Hidden Cost of Fancy Text: How Unicode Styled Text Breaks Screen Readers, Search, and Find-in-Page, and When to Use It Anyway