English-language fancy-font bot: "over a hundred fonts" for messages and channel posts. Free, no sign-up — but explicitly does not work in group chats.
Font Bot markets itself with a number most of its competitors don't state: "over a hundred fonts and more." Whether the true count is exactly a hundred is impossible to verify from the outside, but the bio is specific enough, and the bot itself specific enough about its own limitation ("Bot doesn't work in groups"), that it reads as an actively maintained project rather than an abandoned clone. The pitch is aimed squarely at channel owners and people managing their own Telegram presence: paste a headline or caption, get it back reformatted in a wide spread of decorative Unicode alphabets suited for a channel post or a profile bio.
Unlike a couple of the other font bots in this list, Font Bot's public bio is written only in English, with no explicit mention of Russian-language support. In practice, Unicode font tricks operate character-by-character rather than by language, so pasting Cyrillic text still produces some kind of result — but since the bot does not advertise Cyrillic support itself, treat any Russian output as a bonus rather than a guarantee, and check the result before using it somewhere that matters. The explicit "doesn't work in groups" warning is unusually transparent for this category — most competing bots simply don't mention where they do or don't work, leaving you to find out by trying. That kind of upfront limitation is a small but genuine usability plus, since it saves you a failed test inside a group chat.
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| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 6 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 6 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 5 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 5 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 6 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 7 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 64.0 |
No — its own bio states plainly: "Bot doesn't work in groups." Use it in a direct message with the bot instead.
It isn't advertised as supporting Russian, but since the conversion works character-by-character you can still try it — just check the result before posting.