Style only what needs emphasis
A name, heading, or keyword is easier to recover than a full paragraph written with decorative characters.
Clear product boundaries, in plain English.
Decorative Unicode can be announced character by character or by Unicode name. Keep essential information readable and available in plain text.
A name, heading, or keyword is easier to recover than a full paragraph written with decorative characters.
Links, contact information, instructions, and critical labels should stay easy to copy, search, and understand.
Readable, Decorative, and Experimental describe visual and structural risk; color is never the only signal.
Copy plain text whenever the styled result is unclear, unsupported, or likely to be read aloud poorly.
Reviewed guidance
Reviewed visible labels, color-independent states, keyboard interaction, modal focus behavior, and plain-text fallbacks against WCAG guidance.
Covers the web interface and product guidance. Screen-reader pronunciation of third-party Unicode characters still varies by platform.
Behavior varies. Some characters may be announced by their Unicode names or one by one instead of as a normal word.
No universal guarantee exists. Use short readable accents and keep a plain version available.