Small caps "fancy text" doesn't come from a dedicated Unicode block either — it borrows small-capital-looking letters scattered across the Phonetic Extensions block, originally added for linguistics notation, not styling.
01 Step by step, per platform
A real, followable procedure for every platform — not a thin restatement of the shortcut.
How it works
- E.g. small-caps A is ʀ (U+1D00), small-caps B is ʇ (U+0299) — both from Phonetic Extensions / IPA Extensions, not a purpose-built "small caps" range.
- A few letters (like Q and X) have no true small-caps look-alike in Unicode at all — generators typically fall back to the regular capital letter for those.
02 FAQ
Why do some letters in small-caps text look like regular capitals?
Not every letter has a phonetic small-capital look-alike in Unicode — Q and X are common gaps — so generators substitute the plain uppercase letter instead of leaving a blank.
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.