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- Italic sans ยท Numbers stay upright88 / 280
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ
- Italic serif ยท Numbers stay upright88 / 280
๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐
- Bold italic sans ยท Numbers stay upright88 / 280
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐
- Bold italic serif ยท Numbers stay upright88 / 280
๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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- Bold serif88 / 280
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐
- Bold sans88 / 280
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
- Cursive ยท Numbers stay plain88 / 280
๐ฏ๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐พ๐ ๐๐ฝโฏ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐โด๐ทโด๐น๐ ๐โฏ๐๐๐ ๐โด๐ ๐ถ๐ทโด๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐พ๐โ
- Bold cursive ยท Numbers stay plain88 / 280
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ฝ ๐ท๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ญ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ซ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ
- Gothic ยท Numbers stay plain88 / 280
๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ค
- Bold gothic ยท Numbers stay plain88 / 280
๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
- Double-struck88 / 280
๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ช ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐
- Monospace88 / 280
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
- Small caps ยท Capitals become small caps too71 / 280
แดสษช๊ฑ ษช๊ฑ แดสแด แดแดสแด ษดแดสแดแด ส แดแดสส๊ฑ สแดแด แดสแดแดแด ๊ฑสษชแดแดษชษดษข
- Strikethrough88 / 280
Tฬถhฬถiฬถsฬถ iฬถsฬถ tฬถhฬถeฬถ pฬถaฬถrฬถtฬถ nฬถoฬถbฬถoฬถdฬถyฬถ tฬถeฬถlฬถlฬถsฬถ yฬถoฬถuฬถ aฬถbฬถoฬถuฬถtฬถ sฬถhฬถiฬถpฬถpฬถiฬถnฬถgฬถ
- Slashed through88 / 280
Tฬธhฬธiฬธsฬธ iฬธsฬธ tฬธhฬธeฬธ pฬธaฬธrฬธtฬธ nฬธoฬธbฬธoฬธdฬธyฬธ tฬธeฬธlฬธlฬธsฬธ yฬธoฬธuฬธ aฬธbฬธoฬธuฬธtฬธ sฬธhฬธiฬธpฬธpฬธiฬธnฬธgฬธ
- Underline88 / 280
Tฬฒhฬฒiฬฒsฬฒ iฬฒsฬฒ tฬฒhฬฒeฬฒ pฬฒaฬฒrฬฒtฬฒ nฬฒoฬฒbฬฒoฬฒdฬฒyฬฒ tฬฒeฬฒlฬฒlฬฒsฬฒ yฬฒoฬฒuฬฒ aฬฒbฬฒoฬฒuฬฒtฬฒ sฬฒhฬฒiฬฒpฬฒpฬฒiฬฒnฬฒgฬฒ
- Double underline88 / 280
Tฬณhฬณiฬณsฬณ iฬณsฬณ tฬณhฬณeฬณ pฬณaฬณrฬณtฬณ nฬณoฬณbฬณoฬณdฬณyฬณ tฬณeฬณlฬณlฬณsฬณ yฬณoฬณuฬณ aฬณbฬณoฬณuฬณtฬณ sฬณhฬณiฬณpฬณpฬณiฬณnฬณgฬณ
- Bubble88 / 280
โโโโข โโข โฃโโ โโโกโฃ โโโโโโจ โฃโโโโข โจโโค โโโโคโฃ โขโโโโโโโ
- Dark bubble ยท Capitals only88 / 280
๐ ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ ข ๐ ๐ ข ๐ ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ก๐ ฃ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ จ ๐ ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ข ๐ จ๐ ๐ ค ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ค๐ ฃ ๐ ข๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
- Squared ยท Capitals only88 / 280
๐ ๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐ท๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐ฑ๐พ๐ณ๐ ๐ ๐ด๐ป๐ป๐ ๐ ๐พ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ
- Upside down53 / 280
ฦuแดddแดษฅs สnoqษ noส sllวส สpoqou สษนษd วษฅส sแด sแดษฅโฅ
- Vaporwave96 / 280
๏ผด๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝใ๏ฝ๏ฝใ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ใ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝใ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝใ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝใ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝใ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝใ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ
When to use it
Italic is quieter than bold, so it suits the things you would say in a lower voice: a title you are quoting, an aside, a word in another language, the line of dialogue in a short story.
It also works for the one word that changes the meaning of a sentence. โI said I would think about itโ means something else when the stress falls on think, and italics are the closest X gets to tone of voice.
Unicode has no italic digits, so numbers stay upright. That usually looks fine; if it bothers you, write the number as a word.
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 wonโt 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 โmathematical bold capital Hโ. 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, donโt put the point of a post in styled text. If the post only works when people can read the styled line, it doesnโt work for everyone. To see how much of the limit a whole post uses, paste it into the tweet character counter.
Questions
How do you write in italics on X?
Copy italic text from a generator like this one and paste it into the post. X canโt format text, but it shows these characters as they are, so they look italic in the feed.
Why donโt numbers turn italic?
The italic alphabet in Unicode covers letters only. Bold and monospace have their own digits; italic does not, so numbers are left as they are.
Is italic text harder to read?
A short phrase is fine. Long italic paragraphs are tiring to read on a phone, and screen readers may skip or spell out the letters, so keep italics for a few words.
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