Unicode styles and Discord markdown
Discord Fonts: Copy and Paste Text Styles for Chat and Names
Copy fancy text for a Discord message, server name or nickname, and learn the difference between Unicode styles and Discord markdown such as **bold**.
Bold
𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫
Heavy serif letters and digits.
Italic
𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑟
Slanted serif letters. Numbers stay plain.
Bold italic
𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓
Heavy and slanted. Numbers stay plain.
Sans-serif bold
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿
Heavy sans-serif letters.
Monospace (typewriter)
𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚛
Typewriter look; every letter the same width.
Double-struck (outline)
𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕣
Outlined “blackboard” letters.
Gothic (Fraktur)
𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔳𝔢𝔯
Gothic blackletter. Numbers stay plain.
Bubble (circled)
Ⓦⓔⓛⓒⓞⓜⓔ ⓣⓞ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓢⓔⓡⓥⓔⓡ
Bubble letters in circles, capitals and small.
Small caps
ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇʀᴠᴇʀ
Small capital letters. Unicode has no small capital X, so x stays plain.
Wide (fullwidth)
Ｗｅｌｃｏｍｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｓｅｒｖｅｒ
Wide letters, the kind used in vaporwave text.
Strikethrough
W̶e̶l̶c̶o̶m̶e̶ t̶o̶ t̶h̶e̶ s̶e̶r̶v̶e̶r̶
A line through every letter, made with a combining mark.
Underline
W̲e̲l̲c̲o̲m̲e̲ t̲o̲ t̲h̲e̲ s̲e̲r̲v̲e̲r̲
A line under every letter, made with a combining mark.
These are Unicode symbols that look like fonts, not real fonts. Screen readers may read them one symbol at a time or skip them, so avoid them for anything important. Some apps, forms and games strip or replace them. Letters that a style has no version of stay plain.
Convert back to normal text
Paste text written in any of these styles. Letters and digits become plain A–Z and 0–9. Frames and decorative symbols you added stay as they are.
Everything runs in your browser. What you type is not uploaded or saved. These styles are Unicode symbols, so how they look depends on the device and app you paste into.
Markdown is not the same as a font
Discord has its own formatting called markdown. According to Discord’s help article, you wrap text in *italics* or _italics_, **bold**, __underline__ and ~~strikethrough~~, and ***bold italics*** combines two. Discord turns those marks into formatting inside your message, and the text stays ordinary text.
The cards on this page work differently. They replace each letter with another Unicode character, so they also work where markdown does not, such as a nickname or a channel name, but they are not ordinary letters anymore.
Which one to use
In a normal message, markdown is usually the better choice: it is faster, easier to read aloud and easy to search. Use Unicode styles for places that take only text, such as a nickname, a server description or a status line, and check how the result looks on both desktop and phone. Moderators and servers can set their own rules for names, so a styled nickname may be changed or blocked.
- *italics* or _italics_ for italics.
- **bold** for bold.
- __underline__ for underline.
- ~~strikethrough~~ for strikethrough.
Common questions
Do I need a font changer to bold text on Discord?
No. Put two asterisks on each side, like **this**. A font changer is for places where markdown does not work.
Why does my styled Discord name look strange?
Each device draws these Unicode characters with its own font, so spacing and shapes vary. Some characters may appear as boxes.
Is this affiliated with Discord?
No. It is an independent tool, and the markdown notes come from Discord’s public help article.
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