Facebook Text Formatter
Paste your post, select the words you want to stand out and click a style. Facebook has no formatting buttons of its own, so this tool converts your text to Unicode characters that look bold or italic and paste into Facebook unchanged. Keep in mind that posts under 80 characters get the most engagement.
Select part of your text to style only that part. With nothing selected, the style applies to the whole post. Styled letters are Unicode characters, so they survive pasting into Facebook, but screen readers may read them letter by letter, so keep emphasis to a few words.
How to format text on Facebook
- Paste or type your post in the box above.
- Select a word, a sentence or a whole line. With nothing selected, the style applies to everything.
- Click Bold, Italic, Underline or one of the other styles.
- Add bullets with the •, → or ✔ buttons: they prefix every selected line.
- Copy the result and paste it into Facebook, or send it straight to the scheduler.
Does bold text work on Facebook?
Facebook posts and comments have no formatting buttons on the page itself, so bold and italic only exist as Unicode characters. Line breaks are kept, which makes lists with "•" easy. Group posts and Notes on desktop have limited real formatting, but a plain post does not.
Facebook posts and comments have no bold or italic buttons. Unicode styled text is the only way to add emphasis in a post; Facebook Notes and group posts on desktop support limited formatting.
Formatting tips for Facebook
- Line breaks are preserved; use "•" for bullets.
- Use bold for the first line and for one phrase per paragraph. Whole paragraphs in bold read as shouting and are skipped.
- Styled letters are Unicode symbols. Screen readers spell them out one at a time, and Facebook search does not match them: keep any keyword you want found in plain text.
- The post limit is 63,206 characters.
Facebook character limits (2026)
| Field | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Post | 63,206 | Posts under 80 characters get the most engagement |
| Page intro / bio | 101 | |
| Page name | 75 | |
| Username | 50 | |
| Comment | 8,000 | |
| Ad primary text | 125 | Longer text is truncated in feed |
| Ad headline | 40 | |
| Event name | 64 |
Formatting support on Facebook
Facebook posts and comments have no bold or italic buttons. Unicode styled text is the only way to add emphasis in a post; Facebook Notes and group posts on desktop support limited formatting.
Line breaks are preserved; use "•" for bullets.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Facebook text formatter free?
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, there is no signup and nothing you type is sent anywhere.
Why does the bold text look different on some phones?
The styled characters come from the Unicode "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" block. Every modern phone and browser has them, but older Android keyboards and some email clients render them in a slightly different typeface.
Will formatted text hurt my reach on Facebook?
Facebook does not penalise Unicode characters. What can hurt is readability: a post that is mostly styled text gets skipped, and styled keywords are invisible to search. Use it for emphasis, not decoration.
Can I add bullet points to a Facebook post?
Line breaks are preserved; use "•" for bullets. The bullet buttons above add the symbol to the start of each selected line.
Can I undo the formatting?
Select the text and click "Clear formatting": it converts styled characters back to plain letters.
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