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Bold text for posts that have no bold button.

Most social apps do not let you bold a word. Bold Unicode letters fix that: they look bold to every reader on every phone. There are two main kinds, serif bold (𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝) and sans bold (𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱). Sans bold matches the interface font of most apps and looks cleaner.

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Counted the strict way: many fancy letters are stored as 2 characters, so if it fits here, it fits in the app.

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A simplified mock-up, not the real app. Fonts differ by phone.

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Aesthetic cursiveTrending
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Gamer gothic frameTrending
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Soft small capsTrending
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
VaporwaveTrending
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Glitch boldTrending
Not readable aloud: Screen readers skip or garble this completely, and some phones and fonts show boxes instead. Use it for decoration, never for your name or key words.
Starry scriptTrending
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.

Bold styles

Bold sans
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Bold (serif)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Bold italic (serif)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Bold italic sans
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Bold gothic (fraktur)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Bold crossed out
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.

All styles

Italic (serif)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Cursive script
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Bold cursive script
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Gothic (fraktur)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Outline (double-struck)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Sans
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Italic sans
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Typewriter (monospace)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Small caps
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Tiny text (superscript)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Subscript
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Wide (full-width)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Bubbles (circled)

The circled M can show as a coloured emoji on some phones.

Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Black bubbles
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Squares
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Black squares

A, B, O and P can show as coloured emoji on iPhones.

Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Parentheses
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Letter tiles (regional indicators)

Two tiles side by side can turn into a country flag, so a zero-width gap is added between letters. Some apps show them as plain letters.

Not readable aloud: Screen readers skip or garble this completely, and some phones and fonts show boxes instead. Use it for decoration, never for your name or key words.
Upside down
Not readable aloud: Screen readers skip or garble this completely, and some phones and fonts show boxes instead. Use it for decoration, never for your name or key words.
Mirror (backwards)
Not readable aloud: Screen readers skip or garble this completely, and some phones and fonts show boxes instead. Use it for decoration, never for your name or key words.
Strikethrough
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Slashed
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Underline
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Double underline
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Overline
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Wavy underline
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Wavy strike
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Dotted underline
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Crossed (x below)
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Glitch (Zalgo)

Stacks random marks above and below each letter. Use the intensity slider. Some apps clip or remove heavy glitch text.

Not readable aloud: Screen readers skip or garble this completely, and some phones and fonts show boxes instead. Use it for decoration, never for your name or key words.
Spaced outName-safe
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Dotted
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Stars between
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Sparkle frame
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Shooting stars
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Royal frame
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Thick brackets
Reads fine: Screen readers read the words normally. Symbols around them may be read out by name.
Corner brackets
Reads fine: Screen readers read the words normally. Symbols around them may be read out by name.
Hollow brackets
Reads fine: Screen readers read the words normally. Symbols around them may be read out by name.
Shaded blocks
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Hearts
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Moons
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Flowers
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Wave
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
xX gamer XxName-safe
Reads fine: Screen readers read the words normally. Symbols around them may be read out by name.
name.exeName-safe
Reads fine: Screen readers read the words normally. Symbols around them may be read out by name.
Underlined cursive
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Outline with bars
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.
Tiny sparkle
Screen readers struggle: Many screen readers spell these letters out one by one, read them as maths symbols, or skip them. Search inside apps usually cannot find these letters either.

Back to plain text

Paste fancy text (cursive, bold, glitch, upside down, bubbles) to get normal letters back, for example to make it searchable or readable.

Serif or sans bold?

Sans bold (𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱) blends with the fonts Instagram, LinkedIn, X and Facebook use, so it looks like real bold. Serif bold (𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝) stands out more and suits headings or a classic look. Both count as two characters on X.

Use real bold where it exists

Discord (**bold**), WhatsApp (*bold*), Telegram and YouTube comments (*bold*) have real formatting. It stays readable to screen readers and searchable, so use it there and keep bold Unicode for apps without formatting.

The cost of bold Unicode

Search on LinkedIn, X, Instagram and YouTube does not match bold Unicode to plain words, and screen readers may spell it out. One bold line per post, a hook or a heading, is the honest sweet spot.

Examples

  • Bold sans
    𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁
  • Bold (serif)
    𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭
  • Bold italic (serif)
    𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕
  • Bold italic sans
    𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩
  • Bold gothic (fraktur)
    𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖘𝖙
  • Bold crossed out
    𝗥̶𝗲̶𝗮̶𝗱̶ 𝘁̶𝗵̶𝗶̶𝘀̶ 𝗳̶𝗶̶𝗿̶𝘀̶𝘁̶

How to make bold text

  1. 1Type the words to bold. Type a hook or heading above.
  2. 2Pick sans or serif bold. Sans bold blends in; serif bold stands out.
  3. 3Copy. Tap to copy.
  4. 4Paste into your post. Paste it as the first line, then write the rest plain.

Fonts for every platform

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Frequently asked questions

How do I make bold text on Instagram or LinkedIn?

Neither has a bold button in posts. Type the words here, copy Bold sans and paste. It looks bold to everyone.

Is bold Unicode the same as real bold?

No. Real bold is formatting on normal letters; bold Unicode is a different set of characters. It looks the same but search and screen readers treat it differently.

Why does bold text count double on X?

X counts most characters outside basic Latin as two, and bold Unicode letters are outside that range.

Which apps have real bold?

Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and YouTube comments support real bold with symbols like **bold** or *bold*.

Does bold Unicode work everywhere?

On current iPhones, Android phones and computers, yes. It does not work in usernames, and some games show boxes.

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