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8 styled words. Screen readers may skip them, so keep prices, dates and addresses plain.
Drawn in the font Facebook uses on this device. Counts are examples.
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Bold and italic
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ต ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐: $๐ฒ $๐ฐ.๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ณ. โข ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ โข ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ โข ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ
Closest to Facebook's own type. The one to use for a headline.
๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ: $๐ $๐.๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐. โข ๐๐ฒ๐ โข ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ญ โข ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐
Bold with serifs, like a printed heading.
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ 9 ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต 7. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ: $6 $4.50 ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง. โข ๐๐บ๐ฆ โข ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต โข ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ
For a title or one word of emphasis. No italic digits exist.
๐น๐๐๐ โ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ข๐โ, ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ 9 ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก 7. ๐โ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ: $6 $4.50 ๐ ๐๐๐๐. โข ๐ ๐ฆ๐ โข ๐๐๐๐๐ก โข ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ก๐
Serif italic, as in a book. No italic digits exist.
๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ 9 ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ 7. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ: $6 $4.50 ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐๐. โข ๐๐ฎ๐ โข ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ฉ โข ๐พ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐
Stronger than either. Use for two or three words at most.
๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ 9 ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 7. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: $6 $4.50 ๐ ๐๐๐๐. โข ๐น๐๐ โข ๐บ๐๐๐๐ โข ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
The serif version of bold italic.
Decorative
โฑ๐โฏ๐๐ฝ ๐โด๐๐๐นโด๐โ๐ฝ, โฏ๐โฏ๐๐ ๐โด๐๐๐พ๐โ ๐ช๐๐นโฏ๐ ๐ท๐ 9 ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐พ๐ ๐พ๐ โด๐ ๐โด๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ท๐โฏ ๐ถ๐ 7. ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐โฏโฏ๐ โด๐๐๐: $6 $4.50 ๐ถ ๐โด๐ถ๐ป. โข โ๐โฏ โข ๐ฎ๐ โฏ๐๐ โข ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐พ๐ธ ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐โฏ
Handwritten look. Thin on small phone screens.
๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ญ๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐ 9 ๐น๐ถ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฝ 7. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ธ๐ท๐ต๐: $6 $4.50 ๐ช ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ. โข ๐ก๐๐ฎ โข ๐ข๐น๐ฎ๐ต๐ฝ โข ๐๐ต๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ
Cursive that still reads at phone size.
๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ก๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ค๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ถ 9 ๐ญ๐ช ๐๐ซ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ซ ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข ๐๐ฑ 7. ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐ข๐จ ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ถ: $6 $4.50 ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ. โข โ๐ถ๐ข โข ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฑ โข โญ๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ ๐ด๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข
Blackletter. Hard to read past a word or two.
๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 9 ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 7. ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: $6 $4.50 ๐ ๐๐๐๐. โข ๐ฝ๐๐ โข ๐พ๐๐๐๐ โข ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
Heavier blackletter, as on a tattoo or a band shirt.
๐ฝ๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ช ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช ๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ค ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐. ๐๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ช: $๐ $๐.๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐. โข โ๐ช๐ โข ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ โข โ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐
Double-struck capitals. Digits too.
๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข: $๐ผ $๐บ.๐ป๐ถ ๐ ๐๐๐๐. โข ๐๐ข๐ โข ๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐
Every letter the same width, like code.
๐ฅ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐, ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐ป๐ ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ป๐ ๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐ฉ. ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐: $๐จ $๐ฆ.๐ง๐ข ๐บ ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฟ. โข ๐ฑ๐๐พ โข ๐ฒ๐๐พ๐ ๐ โข ๐ข๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐พ
Looks almost unstyled, which is the point: a quieter alternative.
๊ฐสแด๊ฑส ๊ฑแดแดสแด แดแดษขส, แดแด แดสส แดแดสษดษชษดษข แดสแด แดส สส 9 แดแด แดษดแด ษชแด ษช๊ฑ แดษด สแดแดส แดแดสสแด แดแด 7. แดสษช๊ฑ แดกแดแดแด แดษดสส: $6 $4.50 แด สแดแด๊ฐ. โข สสแด โข ๊ฑแดแดสแด โข แดสแด๊ฑ๊ฑษชแด แดกสษชแดแด
Phonetic letters, not real small caps. Never turns back into plain text.
โปโกโโขโ โขโโคโกโโโคโโ, โโฅโโกโจ โโโกโโโโ โโกโโโก โโจ โจ โโ โโโ โโฃ โโข โโ โจโโคโก โฃโโโโ โโฃ โฆ. โโโโข โฆโโโ โโโโจ: $โฅ $โฃ.โคโช โ โโโโ. โข โโจโ โข โโโโโฃ โข โธโโโขโขโโ โฆโโโฃโ
Letters and digits in circles.
๏ผฆ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ, ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ผฏ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ผ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ผ. ๏ผด๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ: $๏ผ $๏ผ.๏ผ๏ผ ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ. โข ๏ผฒ๏ฝ๏ฝ โข ๏ผณ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ โข ๏ผฃ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ
Each letter as wide as a Chinese character.
Lines
Fฬถrฬถeฬถsฬถhฬถ sฬถoฬถuฬถrฬถdฬถoฬถuฬถgฬถhฬถ,ฬถ eฬถvฬถeฬถrฬถyฬถ mฬถoฬถrฬถnฬถiฬถnฬถgฬถ Oฬถrฬถdฬถeฬถrฬถ bฬถyฬถ 9ฬถ pฬถmฬถ aฬถnฬถdฬถ iฬถtฬถ iฬถsฬถ oฬถnฬถ yฬถoฬถuฬถrฬถ tฬถaฬถbฬถlฬถeฬถ aฬถtฬถ 7ฬถ.ฬถ Tฬถhฬถiฬถsฬถ wฬถeฬถeฬถkฬถ oฬถnฬถlฬถyฬถ:ฬถ $ฬถ6ฬถ $ฬถ4ฬถ.ฬถ5ฬถ0ฬถ aฬถ lฬถoฬถaฬถfฬถ.ฬถ โขฬถ Rฬถyฬถeฬถ โขฬถ Sฬถpฬถeฬถlฬถtฬถ โขฬถ Cฬถlฬถaฬถsฬถsฬถiฬถcฬถ wฬถhฬถiฬถtฬถeฬถ
A line through each character. For a crossed-out old price.
Fฬฒrฬฒeฬฒsฬฒhฬฒ sฬฒoฬฒuฬฒrฬฒdฬฒoฬฒuฬฒgฬฒhฬฒ,ฬฒ eฬฒvฬฒeฬฒrฬฒyฬฒ mฬฒoฬฒrฬฒnฬฒiฬฒnฬฒgฬฒ Oฬฒrฬฒdฬฒeฬฒrฬฒ bฬฒyฬฒ 9ฬฒ pฬฒmฬฒ aฬฒnฬฒdฬฒ iฬฒtฬฒ iฬฒsฬฒ oฬฒnฬฒ yฬฒoฬฒuฬฒrฬฒ tฬฒaฬฒbฬฒlฬฒeฬฒ aฬฒtฬฒ 7ฬฒ.ฬฒ Tฬฒhฬฒiฬฒsฬฒ wฬฒeฬฒeฬฒkฬฒ oฬฒnฬฒlฬฒyฬฒ:ฬฒ $ฬฒ6ฬฒ $ฬฒ4ฬฒ.ฬฒ5ฬฒ0ฬฒ aฬฒ lฬฒoฬฒaฬฒfฬฒ.ฬฒ โขฬฒ Rฬฒyฬฒeฬฒ โขฬฒ Sฬฒpฬฒeฬฒlฬฒtฬฒ โขฬฒ Cฬฒlฬฒaฬฒsฬฒsฬฒiฬฒcฬฒ wฬฒhฬฒiฬฒtฬฒeฬฒ
A line under each character. Breaks at the spaces.
The Facebook font generator, or Facebook font changer, turns ordinary text into 18 fonts for Facebook: Unicode letters that FB shows as bold, italic, cursive, gothic, crossed out and more, in posts and comments alike. Write your post, select the words you want styled and press B, I, U or S, and a preview beside it shows the post as it will look in a feed. Below the editor every Facebook font is listed for your whole text, ready to copy and paste. It is free, needs no account and nothing you type leaves your browser. What it can and cannot do for you is written out further down the page.
The short answer
You cannot change the font on Facebook itself; you can change the characters.Facebook draws every post in your deviceโs system font and has no bold button for posts or comments. A generator swaps your letters for look-alike Unicode symbols, ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐, which paste into Facebook like any other text.
Use it for a headline or one phrase, not whole posts, because screen readers may skip the styled words. And not for your name: Facebook does not allow symbols in names.
Built and checked by Matรบลก Kolejรกk, Co-founder, AI Social Media Now. Last checked November 13, 2026.
What the tool is built on
- Facebook Help Center, Format text in messages on Facebook chat for the only formatting Facebook itself offers, and that it shows on computers only.
- Facebook Help Center, Names allowed on Facebook for why none of this works in your profile name.
- Per Axbom, Don't fake bold and italic text with Unicode, 24 August 2023 for what screen readers do with styled letters.
- The Unicode Standard, Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols chart for where the letters come from, and the reserved gaps the tool fills.
Every styled example on this page was produced by the same code the tool runs, when the page was built.
Facebook text guide
How to change the font in a Facebook post
Five steps, and the last two matter as much as the first three: where styled text helps a post, and where it quietly works against you.
You type
Fresh sourdough, every morning Order by 9 pm and it is on your table at 7.
Step 1
Write the post first, plain
Type or paste the whole post into the box. Get the words right before you style anything: once a word is bold, Facebook treats it as different characters, and fixing a typo means converting it again.
- Line breaks, emoji and punctuation pass through untouched.
- Letters with accents keep their accent: cafรฉ stays cafรฉ in every style.
Plain text, as you would type it into Facebook.
After B
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด Order by 9 pm and it is on your table at 7.
Step 2
Select the words that matter, press B
Select a few words and press B, I, U or S in the toolbar, or Ctrl B and Ctrl I as in any editor. The Font menu has the rest: cursive, gothic, outline, typewriter and more. The post preview changes as you go.
- Press B on bold words to make them plain again. B and I together give bold italic.
- With nothing selected, a button changes the whole text. Undo puts it back.
Only the headline is bold. The rest stays plain.
In the post
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด Order by 9 pm and it is on your table at 7. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ
Step 3
Copy, and paste into Facebook
Press Copy text and paste it into the post box or a comment. The styled words are not formatting Facebook has to keep: they are different characters, so they paste like any other text.
- The preview is drawn in the font stack facebook.com asks for, at phone or desktop width, so it looks as it will on your device.
- If a letter shows as an empty box here, your device lacks that symbol and some readers' devices will too.
What the tool returns: the headline in bold sans, the body untouched.
In the post
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ 9 ๐ฑ๐ฎ
Step 4
Style the headline, not the whole post
Styled letters are mathematical symbols to a computer. Screen readers often skip them or read them out one symbol at a time, and they do not turn back into ordinary words without extra work. One bold line draws the eye; a whole post in bold reads to some people as silence.
- Keep prices, dates, addresses and phone numbers in plain text.
- The panel beside the tool counts the styled words and warns you past a headline's worth.
Two short styled lines are the most a post needs.
Name field
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ
Step 5
Leave your name alone
Facebook's name policy lists symbols, numbers, unusual capitalization and characters from multiple languages as not allowed in names. Styled letters are symbols, so a name written in them breaks the rules.
- Use styled text in posts and comments instead.
- For a profile name, Facebook lets you list a nickname as another name instead.
Not a name Facebook accepts.
Reference
Every Facebook font, side by side
The word Facebook and the year in each style, as the tool makes them. โBack to plainโ is whether the standard Unicode clean-up (NFKC normalization) turns the styled word back into the ordinary word Facebook. Small caps never does, because those letters are phonetic symbols, not styled ones.
| Style | Looks like | Digits | Back to plain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold | ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ | ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ | Yes |
| Bold serif | ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค | ๐๐๐๐ | Yes |
| Italic | ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ | Plain | Yes |
| Italic serif | ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | Plain | Yes |
| Bold italic | ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ | Plain | Yes |
| Bold italic serif | ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | Plain | Yes |
| Cursive | โฑ๐ถ๐ธโฏ๐ทโดโด๐ | Plain | Yes |
| Bold cursive | ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด | Plain | Yes |
| Gothic | ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ | Plain | Yes |
| Bold gothic | ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | Plain | Yes |
| Outline | ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ | ๐๐๐๐ | Yes |
| Typewriter | ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | ๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ | Yes |
| Plain sans | ๐ฅ๐บ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐๐๐ | ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐จ | Yes |
| Small caps | ๊ฐแดแดแดสแดแดแด | Plain | No |
| Circled | โปโโโโโโโ | โกโชโกโฅ | Yes |
| Wide | ๏ผฆ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ | ๏ผ๏ผ๏ผ๏ผ | Yes |
| Strikethrough | Fฬถaฬถcฬถeฬถbฬถoฬถoฬถkฬถ | 2ฬถ0ฬถ2ฬถ6ฬถ | Yes |
| Underline | Fฬฒaฬฒcฬฒeฬฒbฬฒoฬฒoฬฒkฬฒ | 2ฬฒ0ฬฒ2ฬฒ6ฬฒ | Yes |
What Facebook itself offers
Facebook has exactly one place with built-in text formatting, and it is not posts. Its help center describes formatting for chat messages on a computer: an underscore on each side for italic, an asterisk for bold, a tilde for strikethrough and a backtick for monospace. The same page adds the catch:
โtext formatting is only visible on a computer, and will not appear in the Messenger app on mobile.โ
Text from this tool is different: it is characters rather than formatting, so it shows the same on phones, in posts and in comments. The name rules are on a separate help page, which lists โSymbols, numbers, unusual capitalization, repeating characters or punctuationโ as not allowed in names. We read and photographed both on November 13, 2026.


Measured
What font does Facebook use?
None of its own, for posts. We opened facebook.com on November 13, 2026 and read the font the page asks the browser for. On a Mac it is system-ui, which is Appleโs San Francisco. On Windows it is Segoe UI, then Helvetica, then Arial. In other words Facebook borrows whatever your device already uses, which is why a post looks slightly different on an iPhone and a Windows laptop.
That matters for styled text in one way: the bold and italic symbols are not part of Facebook either. Each device draws them from whatever font it has that contains them. The tool previews every style in the same font stack, so the preview on your screen is a fair picture of the post on your screen. The Facebook logo is a separate custom typeface and is not something you can type in.
Under the hood
How the generator decides
Four rules, all of them running in your browser.
- Letters come from one Unicode block. Bold, italic, cursive, gothic, outline and typewriter are the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols, U+1D400 to U+1D7FF: whole alphabets drawn for maths. Bold A is ๐ and bold a is ๐ฎ; the rest follow in order.
- The gaps are filled.A few letters existed in Unicode before the block did, so their slots in it are reserved and empty. Unicodeโs own chart points italic h to the Planck constant, โ, and cursive B, gothic C and outline R to similar older symbols. Generators that count straight through the block print empty boxes for these. This one uses the characters the chart points to.
- Accents survive. Unicode has no bold รฉ. The text is first split into a letter and its accent, the letter is styled and the accent is put back on top, so ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒฬ keeps its accent instead of turning back into a plain รฉ.
- Buttons toggle, they do not stack.The editor reads styled letters back into plain letters plus their style. B on bold text makes it plain again, B on italic makes bold italic, and a font from the menu replaces whatever style was there. Edits go through the browserโs own editing command, so undo and redo work as they do in any text box.
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Before you post
Frequently asked questions
What is the best font for Facebook posts?
Bold, the sans serif one, for a headline or a key phrase. It is the closest of the Facebook fonts to the type Facebook draws everything else in, so it looks deliberate rather than decorative, and bold letters are on almost every phone and computer. Cursive and gothic suit a word or two, never a paragraph. Keep the rest of the post plain.
How do I change the font on Facebook?
Facebook has no font menu for posts or comments; it shows everything in your device's own system font. What a Facebook font generator does is swap your letters for Unicode characters that look bold, italic, cursive and so on. Type your text above, press Copy next to the style you want, and paste it into Facebook. It stays styled because it is text, not formatting.
How do I bold text in a Facebook post?
Write the post in the editor above, select the words you want bold and press B. Then press Copy text and paste it into the post. Only the selected words come out bold, which reads better than a whole post in bold and is kinder to screen readers.
What font does Facebook use?
Your device's system font. On 13 November 2026 facebook.com asked for system-ui on a Mac, which is San Francisco, and for Segoe UI on Windows, falling back to Helvetica and Arial. The Facebook logo is a separate, custom typeface you cannot type with.
Can I use a fancy font in my Facebook name?
No. Facebook's help page on names lists symbols, numbers, unusual capitalization, repeating characters and characters from multiple languages as not allowed. Styled letters are symbols. Use them in posts and comments, and add a nickname as another name if you want one shown.
How do I do strikethrough on Facebook?
In a post or comment, select the words in the editor above, press S and copy the text. In Facebook chat on a computer you can type ~text~ directly; Facebook's help page says that formatting only shows on a computer, not in the Messenger app on mobile.
Does bold text work in Facebook Messenger?
Facebook chat on a computer has its own formatting: *bold*, _italic_, ~strikethrough~ and `monospace`, typed with those marks. Facebook says it is only visible on a computer. Text from this tool is different characters rather than formatting, so it looks the same on a phone too.
Why do some letters show up as boxes?
The device drawing the text has no symbol for that character. Bold and italic are in almost every phone and computer; rarer styles such as gothic and outline are more likely to be missing on older devices. The tool previews each style with your device's fonts, and good generators fill the reserved gaps in the Unicode block, such as italic h, with the right character instead of an empty slot. This one does.
Is a Facebook cursive font available?
Yes, under Decorative: Cursive and Bold cursive. Bold cursive reads better on a phone because the thin strokes of the light one almost disappear at post size.
Does it work on Instagram, TikTok or LinkedIn too?
Usually, because it is plain Unicode text and pastes wherever ordinary text does. The same limits apply everywhere: screen readers may skip it, and some name fields refuse symbols.
What we have and have not checked.The chat formatting and the name rules are from Facebookโs help pages, photographed above, and the font Facebook asks for was read from facebook.com itself. The character mappings follow Unicodeโs chart and every example here was made by the tool. We did not publish test posts for this page, and the screen reader behaviour is from Per Axbomโs demonstration, not our own test; screen readers differ, and some read styled letters better than others. Facebook can change how it handles any of this without notice. Last reviewed November 13, 2026.
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