Facebook Fonts: Bold, Italic and Fancy Text for Posts
Most Facebook posts and comments have no bold or italic buttons, so these styles use Unicode characters that look formatted wherever you paste them. Type your text, tap a style, and paste it into a post, a comment, your bio or a Messenger chat.
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How to use it
- 1Type the line you want to emphasize: a headline, a list title or a single word.
- 2Tap a style to copy it.
- 3Paste it into your Facebook post, comment, bio or a Messenger chat, mixed with normal text.
- 4Preview the post before publishing; if a character shows as a box, pick a simpler style.
Your profile name is the exception. Facebook's name standards don't allow symbols or unusual characters, so a styled name will usually be rejected. Keep your name plain and use the styles in your bio, posts and Page updates.
Frequently asked questions
Facebook requires names to follow its name standards, which rule out symbols, unusual characters and odd capitalization. Styled letters are technically different characters, so the change is normally refused. Use fancy text in your bio, posts and comments instead.
In most places, no: regular posts and comments are plain text. Some features, such as certain group posts, may offer basic formatting, but Unicode styles work anywhere you can paste text.
A little goes a long way. Bold a headline or one key detail, but keep links, prices, dates and hashtags plain: search doesn't match styled words, and screen readers may read them as symbols or skip them.
Mostly. Bold, italic and cursive are widely supported, but some older phones and computers show rarer characters as boxes, and line styles like strikethrough can look slightly different from device to device.
Yes. Messenger treats styled text like any other characters, so you can paste it straight into chats. If the other person has an older phone, a few rare characters may show up as boxes.