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LinkedIn text formatter: bold and italic text for LinkedIn posts
Write your post, select the words to stand out, and make them bold, italic or struck through. Count it against LinkedIn's 3,000 characters and see where “...see more” cuts it on a phone. No sign-up.
Quick answer LinkedIn has no bold button, but you can paste bold Unicode letters. Select words below, tap Bold or Italic, then Copy and paste into LinkedIn. Use it on a few words, not the whole post.
Before you bold a LinkedIn post
- Screen readers: styled letters can be read one by one or skipped, so keep them to a few words.
- Search: LinkedIn search may not match styled letters to normal words. Never style your name, headline or keywords.
- Arabic and other scripts: Unicode has no bold or italic forms for them, so they stay as typed.
- The limit: LinkedIn Help says a post can contain up to 3,000 characters (LinkedIn Help). See also the LinkedIn character counter.
LinkedIn text formatter FAQs
How do I write bold text on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn posts have no bold button. Type your post above, select the words, tap Bold, then copy the post into LinkedIn. The tool swaps the letters for bold look-alike characters from Unicode, which LinkedIn shows as they are.
Can I use italic and strikethrough on LinkedIn too?
Yes, the same way: select the words and tap Italic, Bold italic or Strikethrough. They work in posts, comments and your About section.
Is bold text bad for accessibility?
It can be. Screen readers may read styled letters one by one or skip them, and search inside LinkedIn may not match them to normal words. Use it for a few words at most, never for your whole post, your name or the keywords you want to be found for.
How long can a LinkedIn post be?
LinkedIn Help says posts can contain up to 3,000 characters. On a phone only about the first 140 show before "...see more", so the preview above shows that cut.
Does it work for Arabic?
No. Unicode has bold and italic forms for Latin letters and digits only, so Arabic and other scripts stay as you typed them.
Do styled letters count as more characters?
Each styled letter is one character on screen, but it is stored as two code units, so some counters show a higher number. The counter here counts what you see.
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