How to change Unicode text being used on form

Here is a simple function to convert unicode bold and italic. Of course you can extend this map for cursive, monospace, etc… if it is needed.
 

function normalizeUnicode(text) {
    if (!text) {
        return "";
    }
    const map = {
        // Bold A-Z
'𝐀':'A','𝐁':'B','𝐂':'C','𝐃':'D','𝐄':'E','𝐅':'F','𝐆':'G','𝐇':'H','𝐈':'I','𝐉':'J','𝐊':'K','𝐋':'L','𝐌':'M','𝐍':'N','𝐎':'O','𝐏':'P','𝐐':'Q','𝐑':'R','𝐒':'S','𝐓':'T','𝐔':'U','𝐕':'V','𝐖':'W','𝐗':'X','𝐘':'Y','𝐙':'Z',

        // Bold a-z
'𝐚':'a','𝐛':'b','𝐜':'c','𝐝':'d','𝐞':'e','𝐟':'f','𝐠':'g','𝐡':'h','𝐢':'i','𝐣':'j','𝐤':'k','𝐥':'l','𝐦':'m','𝐧':'n','𝐨':'o','𝐩':'p','𝐪':'q','𝐫':'r','𝐬':'s','𝐭':'t','𝐮':'u','𝐯':'v','𝐰':'w','𝐱':'x','𝐲':'y','𝐳':'z',

        // Italic A-Z
'𝐴':'A','𝐵':'B','𝐶':'C','𝐷':'D','𝐸':'E','𝐹':'F','𝐺':'G','𝐻':'H','𝐼':'I','𝐽':'J','𝐾':'K','𝐿':'L','𝑀':'M','𝑁':'N','𝑂':'O','𝑃':'P','𝑄':'Q','𝑅':'R','𝑆':'S','𝑇':'T','𝑈':'U','𝑉':'V','𝑊':'W','𝑋':'X','𝑌':'Y','𝑍':'Z',

        // Italic a-z
'𝑎':'a','𝑏':'b','𝑐':'c','𝑑':'d','𝑒':'e','𝑓':'f','𝑔':'g','ℎ':'h','𝑖':'i','𝑗':'j','𝑘':'k','𝑙':'l','𝑚':'m','𝑛':'n','𝑜':'o','𝑝':'p','𝑞':'q','𝑟':'r','𝑠':'s','𝑡':'t','𝑢':'u','𝑣':'v','𝑤':'w','𝑥':'x','𝑦':'y','𝑧':'z'
    };
    return text.split('').map(c => map[c] || c).join('');
}

Hm, may I know if you have ‘Validate email’ toggled on in the form?  If not, perhaps you could try that?

I just tried putting in 𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓶@gmail.com and 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦@gmail.com and that didn’t work, not sure what your values look like though!

Here’s a form you can try it out in if you’d like: https://airtable.com/appbnpG1E6iNqgGNz/pagWBa0XV5ao8OGGP/form

Interesting problem!. Here is how you can solve this using automation and scripts.

Step 1: Create two more columns in your table to store cleaned name and cleaned email like below:

Step 2: Create an automation that triggers when a new record is created in the above table. This automation will clean the email and name, and put the cleaned name and cleaned email in your table.

Step 3: In the “Run a script” step of your automation, code will be as following. Make sure you provide “email” and “name” as inputs

console.log(`Hello, ${base.name}!`);

let inputConfig = input.config();
let uncleanedEmail = inputConfig.email;
let uncleanedName = inputConfig.name;

function stripFancyUnicode(str) {
  const ranges = [
    [0x1D400, 0x1D7FF], // Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (bold, italic, script, fraktur, etc.)
    [0x1D100, 0x1D1FF], // Musical symbols (unlikely but safe to include)
  ];

  // Map Unicode math block characters back to ASCII
  return [...str].map(char => {
    const cp = char.codePointAt(0);

    // Mathematical bold/italic/script/fraktur capital letters
    if (cp >= 0x1D400 && cp <= 0x1D7FF) {
      // Bold capital A-Z
      if (cp >= 0x1D400 && cp <= 0x1D419) return String.fromCharCode(65 + cp - 0x1D400);
      // Bold lowercase a-z
      if (cp >= 0x1D41A && cp <= 0x1D433) return String.fromCharCode(97 + cp - 0x1D41A);
      // Italic capital
      if (cp >= 0x1D434 && cp <= 0x1D44D) return String.fromCharCode(65 + cp - 0x1D434);
      // Italic lowercase
      if (cp >= 0x1D44E && cp <= 0x1D467) return String.fromCharCode(97 + cp - 0x1D44E);
      // Bold italic capital
      if (cp >= 0x1D468 && cp <= 0x1D481) return String.fromCharCode(65 + cp - 0x1D468);
      // Bold italic lowercase
      if (cp >= 0x1D482 && cp <= 0x1D49B) return String.fromCharCode(97 + cp - 0x1D482);
      // Script capital
      if (cp >= 0x1D49C && cp <= 0x1D4B5) return String.fromCharCode(65 + cp - 0x1D49C);
      // Script lowercase
      if (cp >= 0x1D4B6 && cp <= 0x1D4CF) return String.fromCharCode(97 + cp - 0x1D4B6);
      // Bold script, Fraktur, Double-struck, etc. — approximate fallback
      const offset = (cp - 0x1D400) % 52;
      if (offset < 26) return String.fromCharCode(65 + offset);
      return String.fromCharCode(97 + offset - 26);
    }

    // Fullwidth Latin (A-Z, a-z, 0-9)
    if (cp >= 0xFF01 && cp <= 0xFF5E) return String.fromCharCode(cp - 0xFF01 + 0x21);

    return char;
  }).join('');
}


const cleanName = stripFancyUnicode(uncleanedEmail);
const cleanEmail = stripFancyUnicode(uncleanedName);

output.set("Cleaned Email",cleanEmail);
output.set("Cleaned Name",cleanName);

Step 4: Update the cleaned email and name in your Airtable record in the last step like below:

Once you run this automation, you will get output as below in your table (how you need it to be):

After this you can use cleaned name and email to send your emails!