Copy Unicode text styles from your iPhone or iPad into supported fields in apps such as iMessage, Notes, Contacts and Instagram. No keyboard app or profile is required; character support varies by app and field.
Bold
Bold: iPhone
Italic
Italic: iPhone
Cursive
Cursive: iPhone
Small Caps
Small Caps: iPhone
Bubble
Bubble: iPhone
Gothic
Gothic: iPhone
Double Struck
Double Struck: iPhone
Monospace
Monospace: iPhone
Wide
Wide: iPhone
Strikethrough
Strikethrough: iPhone
Underline
Underline: iPhone
Sparkle
Sparkle: iPhone
Heart
Heart: iPhone
Spaced
Spaced: iPhone
Contact name
Contact name: iPhone
Tiny
Tiny: iPhone
Styled letters are Unicode characters, not fonts. Platform fields may reject some characters, and glyph appearance varies by device and app. Screen readers may announce styled letters individually and search engines may not match them to plain words, so test the result and keep essential details in plain text. Unicode accessibility guide
iOS does not let you change the font of a text message, a note or a contact name, and the App Store keyboard apps that promise βfontsβ need full keyboard access to your typing. You do not need any of that: Unicode characters that look like fonts can be copied from this page and pasted into iMessage, Notes, Reminders, Contacts, Mail subject lines, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and every other app β no install, no permissions.
iPhones ship with fonts that cover all the mathematical alphabets, so bold, cursive, gothic, bubble and small caps display perfectly on iOS and on the Android phones of the people you message. The styles are also accepted in Apple ID display names, AirDrop device names and Focus mode names.
Type your text.
Tap Copy next to a font.
Open the app, tap and hold the text field, choose Paste.
Anywhere iOS accepts text. Some favourite places:
Font keyboard apps generate the same Unicode characters this page does; the difference is they run as a keyboard with βFull Accessβ, which lets them read what you type. Copying from a web page gives the same result with no access to your keyboard. If you want fonts while typing, use the Text Replacement feature (Settings β General β Keyboard) to map a shortcut to a styled word you copied from here.
Long-press the text field and tap Paste (or tap the clipboard icon above the keyboard). Styled text counts as more characters in some fields β a 30-character Instagram name holds about 15 styled letters. If a friend on an old Android sees boxes, send the bold or italic version, which has the widest support. The Tiny row uses superscript letters for a smaller look in Notes headers.
Copy a styled version of your text and paste it into a field that accepts those Unicode characters. It is text rather than an installed font, but some apps or fields may reject characters or display missing glyphs.
Yes β paste them into a message or a group name. The recipient sees them even on Android.
Yes β paste the cursive name into the Contacts name field.
They need full keyboard access. Copying from this page needs no permissions and gives the same characters.
Yes.
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