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Unicode stylers
WhatsApp only renders four native styles. These unicode variants let you fake dozens more — they work anywhere, but they are not selectable as "real text" by screen readers.
How WhatsApp formatting works
WhatsApp supports a very small markdown-like syntax. Type a marker character on both sides of your text and WhatsApp renders it styled when the message arrives. This tool does exactly that: it writes the markers for you, shows a live preview, and gives you one-click copy.
The four native styles
- Bold — wrap with asterisks:
*bold* - Italic — wrap with underscores:
_italic_ Strikethrough— wrap with tildes:~strike~Monospace— wrap with three backticks:```mono```
You can also use > quoted text for a blockquote, * item or - item for bullets, and 1. item for numbered lists.
What this tool does
- Toolbar wraps selection — select any range and click a button; the correct WhatsApp markers wrap around it.
- Keyboard shortcuts — Ctrl/Cmd+B for bold, Ctrl/Cmd+I for italic.
- Live preview — the right-side bubble updates as you type, styled like a WhatsApp chat.
- Emoji picker — 150+ curated emojis inserted at the caret; no external library.
- Unicode stylers — serif/sans bold, cursive, monospace, bubble, fraktur — copy any variant.
- Local-only — nothing is uploaded or tracked.
Privacy
All text stays in your browser. We don't log the message, the emoji you picked, or anything else. Refresh the page and it's gone.
Frequently Asked Questions
No — WhatsApp hides the markers and renders the styled text. For that to happen, markers must be adjacent to the text with no stray space (e.g.
*bold*, not * bold *). This tool wraps selections correctly.Yes. Nest markers:
*_bold italic_* renders bold-italic. Order doesn't matter as long as markers pair correctly. The live preview handles nesting too.They let you use bold, italic, cursive or fraktur outside WhatsApp's supported styles — useful in status lines, group names, and places markers don't render. Beware: screen readers may skip them, and some fonts render gaps for rare codepoints.
Yes — the marker syntax is plain text, so it copies into any chat or document intact. WhatsApp re-renders the styles when it sees the markers; other apps will show the markers as written.
Native markers (
*bold* etc.) render in chats but not in group names, subjects, or profile fields. For those, use the unicode stylers below — they are real characters, so they appear styled everywhere.No. Formatting, preview, and emoji insertion all run in your browser. There is no network call. Close the tab and nothing remains.