Unicode Text Styles Reference
Every Unicode text style available for social media, shown side by side. Each row maps the Latin alphabet to its styled Unicode twin. These are real characters, not fonts, so they copy and paste into any text box.
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| Style | Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Sans Bold | 𝗔𝗮𝗕𝗯𝗖𝗰𝟭𝟮𝟯 | |
| Sans Italic | 𝘈𝘢𝘉𝘣𝘊𝘤123 | |
| Sans Bold Italic | 𝘼𝙖𝘽𝙗𝘾𝙘123 | |
| Serif Bold | 𝐀𝐚𝐁𝐛𝐂𝐜𝟏𝟐𝟑 | |
| Serif Italic | 𝐴𝑎𝐵𝑏𝐶𝑐123 | |
| Monospace | 𝙰𝚊𝙱𝚋𝙲𝚌𝟷𝟸𝟹 | |
| Script | 𝒜𝒶ℬ𝒷𝒞𝒸123 | |
| Bold Script | 𝓐𝓪𝓑𝓫𝓒𝓬123 | |
| Fraktur | 𝔄𝔞𝔅𝔟ℭ𝔠123 | |
| Bold Fraktur | 𝕬𝖆𝕭𝖇𝕮𝖈123 | |
| Double-struck | 𝔸𝕒𝔹𝕓ℂ𝕔𝟙𝟚𝟛 | |
| Small Caps | ᴀᴀʙʙᴄᴄ123 | |
| Superscript | ᴬᵃᴮᵇᶜᶜ¹²³ | |
| Subscript | AₐBbCc₁₂₃ | |
| Circled | ⒶⓐⒷⓑⒸⓒ①②③ | |
| Squared | 🅰🅰🅱🅱🅲🅲123 | |
| Underline | A̲a̲B̲b̲C̲c̲1̲2̲3̲ | |
| Strikethrough | A̶a̶B̶b̶C̶c̶1̶2̶3̶ | |
| Wide | ＡａＢｂＣｃ１２３ | |
| Upside Down | ƐᄅƖɔƆqꓭɐ∀ |
How Unicode text styles work
Unicode contains thousands of pre-styled letters in ranges like Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (U+1D400). Each styled letter is its own character: 𝗮 (U+1D5EE, Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small A) is distinct from a (U+0061, Latin Small Letter A). When you paste a styled character, the style travels with it because it is the character, not a formatting layer on top of it.
That is why Unicode text styles work in plain-text fields like LinkedIn posts, Instagram bios, X/Twitter, TikTok captions and Discord usernames, even though none of those platforms has a bold or italic button. The tradeoff: screen readers often read styled Unicode letter by letter, and search engines treat each styled character as a math symbol. Use them for emphasis, not for body text.
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