WhatsApp Fonts: Change and Copy Your Font

Bold, italic and strikethrough: WhatsApp formatting

Native formatting is quick to learn. For bold, put an asterisk before and after the word. For italic use underscores, for strikethrough use tildes. You get a typewriter font (monospace) with three backticks before and after the text.

The important thing is that there is no space between the marker and the word. When sent, the markers disappear and the text appears formatted. This method is ideal for messages because it looks clean and is guaranteed to display correctly for the recipient.

Cool fonts for your WhatsApp status

Native formatting does not work in your status or display name. This is where the Unicode styles from the generator come in. Type your text, choose a style such as Bold or Cursive, copy the result and paste it into your status.

Because these are real characters, the look is preserved everywhere. This gives you a special font even where WhatsApp does not offer any styling.

Your WhatsApp name in a special font

You can also dress up your display name with a Unicode style. Create the name here, copy it and paste it into the Name field while editing your profile. Stick to a clearly readable style so your contacts can still recognize you easily.

Why native formatting does not work everywhere

The markers with asterisks and underscores are a feature of the message view. They are not real characters but an instruction that WhatsApp applies when displaying the message. In your status, your name or other apps this instruction is missing, so the markers simply remain as asterisks.

Unicode styles solve this problem because they consist of real characters. They bring their appearance with them and therefore work everywhere.