Zalgo text generator

zalgo.py

import random
import sys
import argparse

#Characters
superscript = [
    "\u030d", "\u030e", "\u0304", "\u0305", "\u033f",
    "\u0311", "\u0306", "\u0310", "\u0352", "\u0357",
    "\u0351", "\u0307", "\u0308", "\u030a", "\u0342",
    "\u0343", "\u0344", "\u034a", "\u034b", "\u034c",
    "\u0303", "\u0302", "\u030c", "\u0350", "\u0300",
    "\u030b", "\u030f", "\u0312", "\u0313", "\u0314",
    "\u033d", "\u0309", "\u0363", "\u0364", "\u0365",
    "\u0366", "\u0367", "\u0368", "\u0369", "\u036a",
    "\u036b", "\u036c", "\u036d", "\u036e", "\u036f",
    "\u033e", "\u035b", "\u0346", "\u031a"
]

middlescript = [
    "\u0315", "\u031b", "\u0340", "\u0341", "\u0358",
    "\u0321", "\u0322", "\u0327", "\u0328", "\u0334",
    "\u0335", "\u0336", "\u034f", "\u035c", "\u035d",
    "\u035e", "\u035f", "\u0360", "\u0362", "\u0338",
    "\u0337", "\u0361", "\u0489"
]

subscript = [
    "\u0316", "\u0317", "\u0318", "\u0319", "\u031c",
    "\u031d", "\u031e", "\u031f", "\u0320", "\u0324",
    "\u0325", "\u0326", "\u0329", "\u032a", "\u032b",
    "\u032c", "\u032d", "\u032e", "\u032f", "\u0330",
    "\u0331", "\u0332", "\u0333", "\u0339", "\u033a",
    "\u033b", "\u033c", "\u0345", "\u0347", "\u0348",
    "\u0349", "\u034d", "\u034e", "\u0353", "\u0354",
    "\u0355", "\u0356", "\u0359", "\u035a", "\u0323"
]

types = {"a": superscript, "b": middlescript, "c": subscript}


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Zalgo text generator")
    parser.add_argument("chars", type=str,
        help="a: superscript b: middlescript c: subscript")
    parser.add_argument("n", type=int,
        help="number of chars to append to the text")
    parser.add_argument("text", type=str,
        help="text to convert")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    #Only use selected chars
    chars = [types[i] for i in args.chars]
    zalgo = []

    for char in args.text:
        for i in range(args.n):
            #Append 2 random chars for each one
            char = "{}{}{}".format(
                random.choice(random.choice(chars)),
                char, random.choice(random.choice(chars)))
        zalgo.append(char)
    print("", "".join(zalgo), "", sep="\n")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()