Crate prettychars 

prettychars

Unicode text styling and named glyph lookup with zero runtime overhead.

This crate provides two main features:

• Text styling: Convert text to 24 different Unicode styles (bold, italic, circled, etc.)
• Named glyphs: Look up 531 Unicode glyphs by name (arrows, box-drawing, stars, etc.)

Quick Start

use prettychars::{style, glyph, Style};

// Text styling
let bold = style("Hello", Style::MathBold);      // 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨
let fancy = style("RUST", Style::Circled);       // ⓇⓊⓈⓉ
let wide = style("Hi", Style::Fullwidth);        // Ｈｉ

// Named glyphs (with VS15 applied for text rendering)
let star = glyph("star").unwrap();               // ★
let arrow = glyph("arrow.double-right").unwrap();// ⇒
let check = glyph("check.mark").unwrap();        // ✓

Text Styles

24 Unicode text styles are available, including:

• Mathematical: MathBold, MathItalic, DoubleStruck
• Enclosed: Circled, CircledNegative, Squared, SquaredNegative, Parenthesized
• Typography: Fraktur, Script, SmallCaps
• Technical: Monospace, Fullwidth, Superscript, Subscript
• Effects: Strikethrough, Inverted

See Style for the complete list.

Named Glyphs

531 glyphs organized by category:

• Arrows: arrow.right, arrow.double.left, arrow.up.down, etc.
• Box drawing: box.light.horizontal, box.heavy.down.right, etc.
• Blocks: block.full, block.lower.4, shade.medium, etc.
• Symbols: check, cross, star.filled, heart, etc.
• Math: infinity, integral, summation, therefore, etc.
• Currency: dollar, euro, pound, yen, etc.

Use glyph_names() to discover all available glyphs.

VS15 Handling

All glyphs have VS15 (U+FE0E) variation selector applied automatically for consistent text rendering across platforms. This is transparent to callers.

Structs

UnknownGlyph

Error returned when a glyph name is not found

Enums

Style

Unicode text style variants

Functions

glyph

Look up a glyph by name

glyph_names

Iterator over all available glyph names

style

Convert text to a Unicode style

style_names

List all available style variants