ukrepl

the unicode verkrepeler(tm)

transforms your totally fine ascii text to utf-8 "special" text

usage

$ ukrepl h
usage: ukrepl [modes]

modes:
  c -- cyrillic replace
  f -- fixed width
  p -- replace punctuation
  H -- replace with historic latin chars
  h -- this message

Example

$ echo 'Hahaha ! ( viel spaß mit deinem Legacy Mail programm)' | ./ukrepl pHcf
Наｈаｈа ǃ （ ｖіеｌ ｓраß ｍіｔ ｄеіｎеｍ Ｌеｇасｙ Маіｌрｒơｇｒаｍｍ）