Script (cursive-looking) "fancy text" uses the Mathematical Script block — but eight capital letters (B, E, F, H, I, L, M, R) are borrowed from older, pre-existing symbol code points instead.
01 Step by step, per platform
A real, followable procedure for every platform — not a thin restatement of the shortcut.
How it works
- Script A is U+1D49C (𝒜), script a is U+1D4B6 (𝒶).
- Most letters follow this block directly.
The eight exceptions
- Script B, E, F, H, I, L, M, R use older Letterlike Symbols code points instead — e.g. script B is ℬ (U+212C, "SCRIPT CAPITAL B"), script R is ℛ (U+211B), not a code point from the main math-script range.
02 FAQ
Why do some script capitals look like they're from a different font weight than the rest?
Those eight letters genuinely come from a different, older part of Unicode (added decades before the Mathematical Alphanumeric block), so font coverage and rendering can be slightly inconsistent between them and the rest of the alphabet.
Will "fancy text" work everywhere I paste it?
Mostly, since it's just Unicode text — but it isn't accessible: screen readers often can't pronounce these look-alike letters properly, and browser find-in-page / site search won't match them against the real word, since each is a different code point from the plain letter it resembles.