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Bold italic text generator for X
Bold italic is the loudest of the plain styles: heavy and slanted at once. Type your line, then copy it straight into X.
- Bold italic sans · Numbers stay upright70 / 280
𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨
- Bold italic serif · Numbers stay upright70 / 280
𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔
- Bold sans70 / 280
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀
- Italic sans · Numbers stay upright70 / 280
𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴
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- Bold serif70 / 280
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
- Italic serif · Numbers stay upright70 / 280
𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠
- Cursive · Numbers stay plain70 / 280
ℛℯ𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷ℯ𝒻ℴ𝓇ℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓈ℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝒸ℯ𝓈
- Bold cursive · Numbers stay plain70 / 280
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼
- Gothic · Numbers stay plain70 / 280
ℜ𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔰𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔢𝔰
- Bold gothic · Numbers stay plain70 / 280
𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖊𝖘
- Double-struck70 / 280
ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕤
- Monospace70 / 280
𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜
- Small caps · Capitals become small caps too58 / 280
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴀɪꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇꜱ
- Strikethrough70 / 280
R̶e̶a̶d̶ t̶h̶i̶s̶ b̶e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ y̶o̶u̶ r̶a̶i̶s̶e̶ y̶o̶u̶r̶ p̶r̶i̶c̶e̶s̶
- Slashed through70 / 280
R̸e̸a̸d̸ t̸h̸i̸s̸ b̸e̸f̸o̸r̸e̸ y̸o̸u̸ r̸a̸i̸s̸e̸ y̸o̸u̸r̸ p̸r̸i̸c̸e̸s̸
- Underline70 / 280
R̲e̲a̲d̲ t̲h̲i̲s̲ b̲e̲f̲o̲r̲e̲ y̲o̲u̲ r̲a̲i̲s̲e̲ y̲o̲u̲r̲ p̲r̲i̲c̲e̲s̲
- Double underline70 / 280
R̳e̳a̳d̳ t̳h̳i̳s̳ b̳e̳f̳o̳r̳e̳ y̳o̳u̳ r̳a̳i̳s̳e̳ y̳o̳u̳r̳ p̳r̳i̳c̳e̳s̳
- Bubble70 / 280
Ⓡⓔⓐⓓ ⓣⓗⓘⓢ ⓑⓔⓕⓞⓡⓔ ⓨⓞⓤ ⓡⓐⓘⓢⓔ ⓨⓞⓤⓡ ⓟⓡⓘⓒⓔⓢ
- Dark bubble · Capitals only70 / 280
🅡🅔🅐🅓 🅣🅗🅘🅢 🅑🅔🅕🅞🅡🅔 🅨🅞🅤 🅡🅐🅘🅢🅔 🅨🅞🅤🅡 🅟🅡🅘🅒🅔🅢
- Squared · Capitals only70 / 280
🅁🄴🄰🄳 🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄱🄴🄵🄾🅁🄴 🅈🄾🅄 🅁🄰🄸🅂🄴 🅈🄾🅄🅁 🄿🅁🄸🄲🄴🅂
- Upside down42 / 280
sǝɔᴉɹd ɹnoʎ ǝsᴉɐɹ noʎ ǝɹoɟǝq sᴉɥʇ pɐǝꓤ
- Vaporwave76 / 280
Ｒｅａｄ ｔｈｉｓ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｙｏｕ ｒａｉｓｅ ｙｏｕｒ ｐｒｉｃｅｓ
When to use it
Use it for one line that has to stop the scroll, like the first line of a launch post or a warning in a thread. It is too strong for anything longer.
Pairing it with plain text is what makes it work. A bold italic opener over a calm, ordinary paragraph looks deliberate; a whole post in it looks like an ad.
Bold italic sans has the most weight and stays easy to read. Serif bold italic looks old-fashioned, which can be the point for a quote or a book title.
What styled text costs on X
These are not fonts in the usual sense. They are different characters that happen to look like styled letters, and X treats them that way.
| Where | Works | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Posts and replies | Yes | Each styled letter counts as 2 of your 280, so keep it to a line. |
| Display name | Yes | 50 characters at most, and styled letters use them twice as fast. |
| Bio | Yes | 160 characters. A styled job title or one styled word is plenty. |
| @handle | No | Handles only take plain letters, numbers and underscores. |
| Hashtags | No | A styled hashtag is not a hashtag. X won’t link it or count it. |
| Search | Poorly | Search looks for plain letters, so styled words are hard to find. |
The bigger cost is reading. Screen readers either skip these characters or read them out one by one, as in “mathematical bold capital H”. A styled word is fine. A styled post shuts out the people who listen to X rather than read it, and many people do. Keep the important part in plain text and use styles for decoration around it.
For the same reason, don’t put the point of a post in styled text. If the post only works when people can read the styled line, it doesn’t work for everyone. To see how much of the limit a whole post uses, paste it into the tweet character counter.
Questions
Is bold italic the same as bold plus italic?
It is its own Unicode alphabet, not two effects stacked. That’s why it can be pasted anywhere as plain text.
Will bold italic text show on every phone?
Nearly all current phones and computers have fonts for it. Very old devices may show empty boxes instead, which is one more reason to keep styled text short.
How many characters does bold italic use on X?
Each letter counts as two of your 280. Spaces and punctuation stay plain and count as one.
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