---
title: Install unifonter on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of unifonter for on elementary OS - unifonter
  is a filter that tries to make ASCII fancy with the help of Unicode
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/unifonter/elementary
---

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# Install unifonter on **elementary OS**

# unifonter

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/unifonter/elementary#install)

#### unifonter is a filter that tries to make ASCII fancy with the help of Unicode

`unifonter` is meant to be used as a filter, or as a quick lookup /
translation tool. So you can use it either like

```
 $ man man | unifonter
 𝔐𝔄𝔑(1)                   𝔐𝔞𝔫𝔲𝔞𝔩 𝔭𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔯 𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔰                   𝔐𝔄𝔑(1)

 𝔑𝔄𝔐𝔈
        𝔪𝔞𝔫 - 𝔞𝔫 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔶𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔪 𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔰

 𝔖𝔜𝔑𝔒𝔓𝔖ℑ𝔖
        𝔪𝔞𝔫 [𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔬𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰] [[𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫] 𝔭𝔞𝔤𝔢 ...] ...
        𝔪𝔞𝔫 -𝔨 [𝔞𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔭𝔬𝔰 𝔬𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰] 𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔢𝔵𝔭 ...
        𝔪𝔞𝔫 -𝔎 [𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔬𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰] [𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫] 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔪 ...
        𝔪𝔞𝔫 -𝔣 [𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔰 𝔬𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰] 𝔭𝔞𝔤𝔢 ...
```

or

```
 $ unifonter Hello
 ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠
```

Several different styles are supported; use `-k` followed by a style
combination you want, otherwise one is chosen at random.

Supported styles can be seen via `unifonter -d`:

* 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝
* 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐
* 𝑩𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒄
* 𝖲𝖺𝗇𝗌-𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖿
* 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘀-𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱
* 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘴-𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤
* 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙨-𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙛 𝘽𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙘
* 𝒮𝒸𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓉
* 𝓑𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓢𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓹𝓽
* 𝔻𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖-𝕊𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕜
* 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔨𝔱𝔲𝔯
* 𝕭𝖔𝖑𝖉 𝕱𝖗𝖆𝖐𝖙𝖚𝖗
* Sᴍᴀʟʟ-Cᴀᴘꜱ
* 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎
* Ｆｕｌｌｗｉｄｔｈ

but note the order of the letters doesn't matter (`-k bis` is the same
as `-k sib`), so if you find that you think "fraktur bold" instead of
"bold fraktur", just go with it.

Some other options are supported; see the output of `-h`.

### Package name

* unifonter

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 17 August 2021 - latest/stable
* 18 August 2021 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/chipaca/unifonter](https://github.com/chipaca/unifonter "https://github.com/chipaca/unifonter")

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### Contact

* [github.com/chipaca/unifonter/issues](https://github.com/chipaca/unifonter/issues "https://github.com/chipaca/unifonter/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/unifonter/elementary#report-snap-modal)

---

## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install unifonter

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install unifonter

To install unifonter, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install unifonter
```

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