[VISUAL] Use Bold Text in all Chat logs (including Trade)

**parker1231** · 10-24-2013

Hello peeps.

I searched for multiple keywords, and didn't find any related posts, so I'm going to proceed.

When using chat, I've used this exploit for guild macro spamming, and selling items (it works with item links), to get a second look, and so my post doesn't get drowned out by the other spammers/trade trolls. It works in every chat I've tried - Instance, Party, Raid, /2 Trade, /1 General, /say, /yell, etc.

It's extremely easy to do:

1. Open Google Translate (type in "Google Translate" into Google > First link)
2. Set it up so it's translating English to Chinese(Traditional)
3. Type in the letter 'A'. You will get something that looks extremely close to an elongated hyphen (-).
4. Open the dialogue box on your chat log (where you type), and copy and paste the symbol you got from Google Translate, (before or after your post, it doesn't matter).
5. Receive whispers asking "wtf?", "haxxors", "r u a sorcerer?"

For those of you who want to skip all the steps, just copy and paste this into chat----> 一 <----- followed by whatever you want in bold.

The reason I think this happens, is because the Chinese characters are much larger, and detailed than the English alphabet. Therefor, it scales the English text with the Chinese letter posted with your text.

I think it's an exploit because I don't think it's intended for you to be able to completely change the font of your text in public chats.

Note: This works with all Chinese letters/words/characters. However if people see you posting in Chinese, it's just too obvious, and people start reporting you for spam. I use the hyphen-looking character, because everybody thinks it's just a hyphen. Good luck, and have fun with your bold text!

Note: When copying the symbol into a macro, it will show up as a question mark, but can still be re-copied to use in your chat box anytime you want bold text.