LinkedIn Text Formatter: Bold & Italic Text for Posts

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Select words and press a style to format just those, or press it with nothing selected to style everything.

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20 font styles

Copy a style, then paste it into your post, bio or comment.

Bold
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲
Italic
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦
Bold italic
𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚
Underline
Y̲o̲u̲r̲ ̲t̲e̲x̲t̲ ̲h̲e̲r̲e̲
Strikethrough
Y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶t̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶
Bold serif
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞
Italic serif
𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
Bold italic serif
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆
Script
𝒴ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓉ℯ𝓍𝓉 𝒽ℯ𝓇ℯ
Bold script
𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓽𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮
Fraktur (gothic)
𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢
Bold fraktur
𝖄𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊
Double-struck
𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖
Monospace
𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎
Sans-serif
𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾
Small caps
Yᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴇxᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ
Circled
Ⓨⓞⓤⓡ ⓣⓔⓧⓣ ⓗⓔⓡⓔ
Circled (filled)
🅨🅞🅤🅡 🅣🅔🅧🅣 🅗🅔🅡🅔
Squared
🅈🄾🅄🅁 🅃🄴🅇🅃 🄷🄴🅁🄴
Wide (fullwidth)
Ｙｏｕｒ　ｔｅｘｔ　ｈｅｒｅ

How to bold text on LinkedIn

The same works for italic, bold italic, underline and strikethrough. The bold and italic styles are sans-serif, so they sit naturally next to LinkedIn's own font.

1Write or paste your LinkedIn post into the box.
2Select the words you want in bold and press the Bold button. Press it again, or press Plain, to undo it.
3Press Copy text and paste the post into LinkedIn.

When formatting helps a LinkedIn post

LinkedIn shows only the first lines of a post before "…see more". Formatting is most useful there, and in posts that people scan rather than read.

Bold the hook
A bold first line can make the opening stand out in the feed. Keep it short.
Bold a few key phrases
In a longer post, bold the takeaway of each paragraph so skimmers still get the point.
Use italic for asides
Quotes, titles and side notes read well in italic.
Leave names and keywords plain
Search and screen readers handle plain text best, so don't style names, companies, hashtags or links.

LinkedIn character limits

A LinkedIn post can be up to 3,000 characters, according to LinkedIn Help. The counter above also shows X, Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Facebook, which helps when you share the same post elsewhere.

Character limits for every platform →

Use styled text sparingly

These styles aren't real fonts. They're separate Unicode symbols, mostly from the block meant for math, that happen to look like letters. That's why they survive copy and paste, and also why they have real downsides.

Screen readers struggle
Many screen readers skip these symbols or read them one by one by their technical name. A fully styled post can be unreadable for blind and low-vision followers.
Search may not find it
To a search engine or platform search, 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 is not the word marketing. Keep keywords, names and hashtags in plain text.
Some devices show boxes
Older phones and some fonts lack the rarer symbols and show empty boxes instead. Bold and italic are the safest choices.
Style a few words, not everything
Use a style for a short hook, a heading or one key phrase. Leave the rest of the post, links and prices plain.

Frequently asked questions

Can you bold text in a LinkedIn post?

Not with a button. LinkedIn's post editor has no bold or italic. Styling words with Unicode bold letters, as this tool does, is the usual workaround, and the formatting stays when you paste it.

Does bold text work in LinkedIn comments and my profile?

Usually, yes. The bold letters are ordinary Unicode symbols, so you can paste them into comments, your About section and your headline. Keep your name and job title plain so people can find you in search.

How long can a LinkedIn post be?

Up to 3,000 characters, according to LinkedIn Help. The counter above checks your post against that limit.

Is the text formatter free?

Yes. There's no account, no signup and no limit on how often you use it.

Is my text sent anywhere?

No. Every style, the line-break fix and the character counter run in your browser. FeedHive never receives or stores what you type here.

Why don't some characters change?

Unicode only has styled versions of the plain letters A–Z and a–z, and for some styles the digits 0–9. Accented letters keep their accent on a styled base letter. Emoji, punctuation and other alphabets, such as Cyrillic, Greek or Chinese, stay exactly as you typed them.

Are these styles accessible?

Not very. Many screen readers skip the symbols or read them one at a time, and platform search may not match them to normal words. Use them for a few words, not whole posts, and keep important information in plain text.

How does the character counter count?

For X it follows X's published rules: each link counts as 23 characters, each emoji as 2, and styled letters as 2. For the other platforms it counts every character once, including spaces, line breaks and emoji. Platforms can count some symbols differently, so leave a little room when you're close to a limit.

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