write bold on linkedin
LinkedIn has no bold and no italics — key statements drown in uniform grey. This free formatter converts selected text into Unicode characters LinkedIn can't strip. Everything happens in your browser: no text ever leaves your machine.
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Three steps to a formatted post.
paste your text
Write your post directly in the field or paste it from your draft.
select & format
Select the passage that should stand out and click bold, italic or both. A second click removes the formatting.
copy & post
Copy the result and paste it into your LinkedIn post — the formatting survives.
No trick — Unicode.
LinkedIn strips real formatting from posts. What remains: besides normal letters, Unicode defines mathematical alphabets — standalone characters that merely look like bold or italic letters (“a” becomes “𝗮”). The formatter swaps your letters for these counterparts; LinkedIn treats them as perfectly normal text.
Unlike most generators, this also works with umlauts: ä, ö and ü are composed from the formatted base letter plus a combining diaeresis. Only “ß” has no counterpart — it is rendered as 𝘀𝘀.
When you should not use it.
Honesty is part of the craft: Unicode formatting has side effects. Use it deliberately — for single terms and key statements, never for entire posts.
- Screen readers announce the special characters as gibberish or skip them — people with visual impairments lose the content.
- LinkedIn search and search engines recognise formatted words less reliably — keep your most important keyword unformatted.
- On very old devices or in some email clients the characters show up as empty boxes.
- Entire posts in bold read like shouting — sparse emphasis beats constant formatting.
Frequent questions.
- Is the tool free?
- Yes, completely — no sign-up, no limits, no watermarks. It is one of our studio tools and shows how we build software.
- What happens to my text?
- Nothing leaves your browser. The conversion runs entirely on your device; we don't store, send or track your text.
- Do umlauts and ß work?
- Umlauts yes: ä, ö and ü are composed from the base letter plus a diaeresis and stay readable. “ß” has no Unicode counterpart — it is rendered as a double s.
- Does it work in comments and profiles too?
- Yes. The characters are plain text and work anywhere you can type — posts, comments, your profile tagline, even outside LinkedIn.
- Why does the font look slightly different?
- The characters come from their own Unicode block and don't inherit LinkedIn's UI font. On most devices the difference is barely noticeable.
- Is this allowed by LinkedIn?
- Yes. You post normal Unicode text — no hacks, no scripts. LinkedIn could theoretically change the rendering, but has displayed these characters unchanged for years.
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