Bold italics generator

A bold italics generator gives you different styled versions of the same text. Add a word, caption, bio or short line, then choose the version you want to copy. You can try bold, italic, bold italic, script, serif and a few other styles depending on what looks right.

It works because the letters it returns are not ordinary letters with formatting on top. They are separate characters from the Unicode "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" block that happen to look bold or italic. Any app that shows Unicode shows them, which is why they paste into places that don't support formatting.

No setup needed. Just add the text you want to change.

1. 1

   Type your text

   Add a word, line, caption, bio or short message in the Your Text box.

2. 2

   Look through the styles

   Every style updates as you type: sans serif bold, sans serif italic, sans serif bold italic, serif bold italic, script and script bold.

3. 3

   Copy the styled version

   Click Copy next to the one that looks right.

4. 4

   Paste and check it

   Some apps display styled text differently, so check it once after pasting.

• Sans serif boldCopy

  𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆

• Sans serif italicCopy

  𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺

• Sans serif bold italicCopy

  𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮

• Serif bold italicCopy

  𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚

• ScriptCopy

  𝒩ℯ𝓌 𝒹𝓇ℴ𝓅 ℱ𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎

• Script boldCopy

  𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓹 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂

Sans serif bold is the most readable and works as a bold text generator for headlines and labels. Sans serif italic is the cleanest italic text generator style for quotes and titles. Script styles are best kept for a name or one decorative word.

Use styled text when a small part of your content needs more attention. Not the whole thing. Once you have the right text ready, you can create and schedule your posts directly so the formatting carries over exactly as intended.

Most social apps have no bold or italic button in the post composer, so Unicode text is the only way to style a regular post. A few apps do have their own formatting:

How to do italics on Facebook

Facebook's post box has no italic option. Type your line in the generator above, copy the Sans serif italic or Serif bold italic version, and paste it into your post or comment. In Messenger you can instead wrap text in underscores to make it italic. For more ways to style captions, see how to make social media captions bold.

• Instagram bio name lineCopy

  𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻 | Food photographer

• Bio taglineCopy

  𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺

• Caption hookCopy

  𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. This takes 5 minutes.

• Offer lineCopy

  𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 until Sunday

• QuoteCopy

  𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵.

• LinkedIn section labelCopy

  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱:

• Event dateCopy

  𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 12 · 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙄𝙂

• Aesthetic postCopy

  𝓖𝓸𝓵𝓭𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓲𝓷 𝓛𝓲𝓼𝓫𝓸𝓷

Notice the pattern: only the part that needs attention is styled, and the rest stays plain so it reads naturally and stays searchable. Want to add emoji too? The Emoji translator turns a short line into emoji you can mix in.

Styled Unicode letters look like normal letters but are different characters. That has three side effects you should know before you use them:

• Screen readers may read each styled letter by its Unicode name or skip it. Keep important information, like prices and dates, in plain text too.
• Search and hashtags don't match styled words. 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲 isn't found by a search for "sale", and a styled hashtag isn't a hashtag. Keep hashtags, @mentions and links in normal text.
• Character limits: each styled letter is stored as two code units, so some networks count it as 2 characters. Check long styled lines in the Character counter before posting.

One styled element per post

Bold the hook or the call to action, not both. If everything is bold, nothing stands out.

Pair styles with structure

Short lines and spacing make styled text easier to read. On Instagram, use the Instagram line break generator to keep your spacing when you paste.

Test on mobile

Most people will see your post on a phone. Paste the text into a draft, preview it on iPhone and Android if you can, then post.

Keep your brand voice

Pick one or two styles and use them the same way every time, for example sans serif bold for offers and italic for quotes.