unicodefy.py

#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Provides an easy way to turn any ascii string into a funky unicode character massacre.

Example usage:

>>> from unicodefy import unicodefy
>>> print unicodefy(u'We are not ASCII')
Wë ãrè ñót ÅŠÇÎÌ
"""
import random
import unicodedata

ALL_WEIRD_CHARACTERS = u'ŠŒŽšœžŸ¥µÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ'

def build_map(weird_characters):
    r = {}
    for weird_character in weird_characters:
        similar_ascii_character = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', weird_character).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
        if similar_ascii_character in r:
            r[similar_ascii_character].append(weird_character)
        else:
            r[similar_ascii_character] = [weird_character]
    return r

MAP = build_map(ALL_WEIRD_CHARACTERS)


def unicodefy(text):
    """
    Unicodefies the provided string.
    """
    text = unicode(text)
    r = []
    for c in text:
        r.append(random.choice(MAP.get(c, c)))
    return ''.join(r)