LinkedIn Text Formatter for Bold & Italic Posts
Paste your post, preview it in bold, italic, underline, and more, then copy the styled version straight into LinkedIn. No plugins, no browser extensions.
Bold
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬
Italic
𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠
Bold Italic
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔
Sans Bold
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀
Sans Italic
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴
Monospace
𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜
Strikethrough
Y̶o̶u̶r̶ t̶e̶x̶t̶ w̶i̶l̶l̶ l̶o̶o̶k̶ l̶i̶k̶e̶ t̶h̶i̶s̶
Underline
Y̲o̲u̲r̲ t̲e̲x̲t̲ w̲i̲l̲l̲ l̲o̲o̲k̲ l̲i̲k̲e̲ t̲h̲i̲s̲
These are special Unicode characters, not fonts, so they paste anywhere. A few styles may not render on older devices, and screen readers can struggle with heavily styled text, so use them for accents rather than whole posts.
How to format LinkedIn text
Paste your LinkedIn post draft into the text box.
Preview it in bold, italic, underline, and more.
Copy the style that fits the line you want to emphasise.
Paste the formatted text into your LinkedIn post.
When formatting helps a LinkedIn post, and when it hurts
LinkedIn gives you no styling controls, so the judgement is on you.
Why LinkedIn posts have no bold button
The LinkedIn post composer only offers plain text, with no toolbar for bold or italic like articles have. The workaround is Unicode: this formatter substitutes each letter with a styled equivalent from a different character set, and LinkedIn displays it happily because as far as the platform is concerned it is ordinary text.
Format the signposts, not the story
Bold earns its keep on a section header, a one-line takeaway, or the single stat you need people to remember while scrolling. It stops earning it the moment whole paragraphs are styled, because a wall of bold text on a professional feed signals effort in the wrong place. A useful test: if everything is emphasised, nothing is. The same restraint applies to your profile, where a LinkedIn headline generator will do more for you than any amount of styled characters.
Remember who cannot see the styling
Assistive technology handles substituted characters poorly, sometimes spelling them out one at a time and sometimes staying silent, so a colleague using a screen reader may miss your styled line completely. Put the substance of your post in normal text and reserve the formatting for emphasis that would survive being removed. Once the draft reads well, queue it with a LinkedIn scheduler so it publishes at a time your network is actually online.
Questions, answered
How do I make text bold on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn posts have no built-in bold option, so paste your text here, copy the bold version, and paste it back into the composer. The bold characters are Unicode, so LinkedIn treats them as regular text.
Does the formatting work in headlines and comments too?
Yes. Anywhere LinkedIn accepts typed text also accepts these characters, including comments, your headline, your About section, and messages.
Will formatted text reduce my reach on LinkedIn?
There is no known penalty for Unicode formatting itself. What can hurt performance is readability: posts drowning in styled text get skimmed past, so use bold and italic on a few key lines at most.
What happens when a screen reader hits Unicode bold?
Results vary from reading each character individually to skipping the text entirely. That is why anything essential, like a call to action or a link description, belongs in plain text.
Can I use this for LinkedIn articles as well?
You can, but you should not need to. Articles have a native formatting toolbar with real bold, italic, and headings, which is better for accessibility and search. Save the Unicode trick for posts and comments.
How much of a post should I actually format?
A good rule is one styled element per post: a bold opening line, a bold header per section, or an italicised quote. If you are styling more than a couple of lines, the emphasis stops meaning anything.
Do you charge for any of the text styles?
No, all eight styles are free to use as often as you like. The conversion runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you type is sent anywhere.
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