Fancy Fonts for Telegram
Telegram already formats text, so start there. For looks it cannot make, use fancy fonts for Telegram: type your text, preview it in a chat bubble, copy a style and paste it into a message or bio.
- Bio70 characters
- Username5–32 characters: letters, numbers, underscores
- Built-in formattingBold, italic, underline, strikethrough, spoiler, monospace
Top picks for Telegram
7 stylesMonospace
𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚕 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎
Bold Script
𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓵 𝓾𝓹𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓮
Double-Struck
ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕝 𝕦𝕡𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖
Small Caps
ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ
The letter x has no small-cap character, so it stays as it is.
Fraktur
ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔩 𝔲𝔭𝔡𝔞𝔱𝔢
Circled
Ⓒⓗⓐⓝⓝⓔⓛ ⓤⓟⓓⓐⓣⓔ
Chevrons
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Bold and Italic Fonts
7 stylesMore Bold & ItalicThick, slanted and sans-serif letters for headings and emphasis.
Bold
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞
Italic
𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒
Bold Italic
𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝒖𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆
Sans
𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗅 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾
Sans Bold
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲
Sans Italic
𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦
Sans Bold Italic
𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚
Cursive and Script Fonts
4 stylesMore CursiveHandwritten-looking letters for names, greetings and captions.
Script
𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓃ℯ𝓁 𝓊𝓅𝒹𝒶𝓉ℯ
Cursive Hearts
♡ 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓵 𝓾𝓹𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓮 ♡
Cursive Sparkles
✧ 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓵 𝓾𝓹𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓮 ✧
Script Underline
𝒞̲𝒽̲𝒶̲𝓃̲𝓃̲ℯ̲𝓁̲ 𝓊̲𝓅̲𝒹̲𝒶̲𝓉̲ℯ̲
Gothic and Fraktur Fonts
4 stylesMore GothicBlackletter shapes for dramatic titles, tags and themes.
Bold Fraktur
𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖑 𝖚𝖕𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊
Gothic Brackets
『𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖑 𝖚𝖕𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊』
Gothic Daggers
† 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖑 𝖚𝖕𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊 †
Gothic Cross
✠ ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔩 𝔲𝔭𝔡𝔞𝔱𝔢 ✠
Strikethrough Text
10 stylesMore StrikethroughLines through your letters: cross-outs, slashes and tilde strikes.
Strikethrough
C̶h̶a̶n̶n̶e̶l̶ u̶p̶d̶a̶t̶e̶
Short Strike
C̵h̵a̵n̵n̵e̵l̵ u̵p̵d̵a̵t̵e̵
Slashed
C̸h̸a̸n̸n̸e̸l̸ u̸p̸d̸a̸t̸e̸
Tilde Strike
C̴h̴a̴n̴n̴e̴l̴ u̴p̴d̴a̴t̴e̴
Bold Strikethrough
𝐂̶𝐡̶𝐚̶𝐧̶𝐧̶𝐞̶𝐥̶ 𝐮̶𝐩̶𝐝̶𝐚̶𝐭̶𝐞̶
Italic Strikethrough
𝐶̶ℎ̶𝑎̶𝑛̶𝑛̶𝑒̶𝑙̶ 𝑢̶𝑝̶𝑑̶𝑎̶𝑡̶𝑒̶
Script Strikethrough
𝒞̶𝒽̶𝒶̶𝓃̶𝓃̶ℯ̶𝓁̶ 𝓊̶𝓅̶𝒹̶𝒶̶𝓉̶ℯ̶
Monospace Strikethrough
𝙲̶𝚑̶𝚊̶𝚗̶𝚗̶𝚎̶𝚕̶ 𝚞̶𝚙̶𝚍̶𝚊̶𝚝̶𝚎̶
Strike and Slash
C̶̸h̶̸a̶̸n̶̸n̶̸e̶̸l̶̸ u̶̸p̶̸d̶̸a̶̸t̶̸e̶̸
Heavy Strikethrough
𝗖̶𝗵̶𝗮̶𝗻̶𝗻̶𝗲̶𝗹̶ 𝘂̶𝗽̶𝗱̶𝗮̶𝘁̶𝗲̶
Underline and Overline Text
15 stylesMore UnderlineLines and dots below or above every letter.
Underline
C̲h̲a̲n̲n̲e̲l̲ u̲p̲d̲a̲t̲e̲
Double Underline
C̳h̳a̳n̳n̳e̳l̳ u̳p̳d̳a̳t̳e̳
Overline
C̅h̅a̅n̅n̅e̅l̅ u̅p̅d̅a̅t̅e̅
Dotted Below
C̣ḥạṇṇẹḷ ụp̣ḍạṭẹ
Tilde Below
C̰h̰a̰n̰n̰ḛl̰ ṵp̰d̰a̰t̰ḛ
Bold Underline
𝐂̲𝐡̲𝐚̲𝐧̲𝐧̲𝐞̲𝐥̲ 𝐮̲𝐩̲𝐝̲𝐚̲𝐭̲𝐞̲
Italic Underline
𝐶̲ℎ̲𝑎̲𝑛̲𝑛̲𝑒̲𝑙̲ 𝑢̲𝑝̲𝑑̲𝑎̲𝑡̲𝑒̲
Soft Underline
C̱ẖa̱ṉṉe̱ḻ u̱p̱ḏa̱ṯe̱
Double Overline
C̿h̿a̿n̿n̿e̿l̿ u̿p̿d̿a̿t̿e̿
Double Dots Below
C̤h̤a̤n̤n̤e̤l̤ ṳp̤d̤a̤t̤e̤
Ring Below
C̥h̥ḁn̥n̥e̥l̥ u̥p̥d̥ḁt̥e̥
Dot Above
Ċḣȧṅṅėl̇ u̇ṗḋȧṫė
Monospace Underline
𝙲̲𝚑̲𝚊̲𝚗̲𝚗̲𝚎̲𝚕̲ 𝚞̲𝚙̲𝚍̲𝚊̲𝚝̲𝚎̲
Sans Bold Underline
𝗖̲𝗵̲𝗮̲𝗻̲𝗻̲𝗲̲𝗹̲ 𝘂̲𝗽̲𝗱̲𝗮̲𝘁̲𝗲̲
Bold Double Underline
𝐂̳𝐡̳𝐚̳𝐧̳𝐧̳𝐞̳𝐥̳ 𝐮̳𝐩̳𝐝̳𝐚̳𝐭̳𝐞̳
Glitch and Zalgo Text
6 stylesMore GlitchBroken, creepy text with stacked marks above and below.
Mini Glitch
C̻͑h̺̐á̟n͇̽ṅ̦e̤͌l͍̎ u͖̓p͔̅ḓ͊a̖̋t̲͒ȇ̜
Medium Glitch
C̴̘̗͑͌h̸͍͔̐̒á̴̞͇̇n̸͕̳̽͒ṅ̴̼̭̽e̸̗̥͌̋l̴͉̝̎̀ u̴̥̣̓̎p̸̺̙̅̃d̴̬͖͊͋a̸̞͉̋̑t̴͕̺͒̆ȇ̸̤̯͑
Heavy Glitch
C̛̛̙̟̰͕͑͌̂̓h̵̷͙̜̖̱̐̒͗̑á̷̛̭̗͕̝̇͌̏n̶̥͙̬͇̽͒̿̍͘ṅ̛̞͔̩̩̽̓̌̕e̵̶̗͍͎̩͌̋̏̊l̷̯͇͇͖̎̀̋̇̕ ự̳̝̞̓̎̂̃͘p̵̵̼̰̗͈̅̃͗́d̷̲͎̲̪͊͋͌̀͘a̴̭͈̮̪̋̑̿͗͘t̸̛͕͙͚͒̆̓͑ͅȇ̵̴͈̺͓̳͑̏͌
The number of marks per letter is capped so the text does not swallow the lines around it.
Cursed Above
C͑͌̂h̐̒͗á̇͌n̽͒̿ṅ̽̓e͌̋̏l̎̀̋ u̓̎̂p̅̃͗d͊͋͌a̋̑̿t͒̆̓ȇ͑̏
Cursed Below
C̰̻̘h̳̺̲ạ̟̘n͕͇͙n͚̦̮e̻̤͙l̩͍͓ u̘͖͓p͇͔̪d͍̭̤a̮̖͈t̝̲̤e͍̜͈
Bold Glitch
𝐂̘̘͑͌𝐡̲͍̐̒𝐚̘̞́̇𝐧͙͕̽͒𝐧̮̼̇̽𝐞͙̗͌̋𝐥͓͉̎̀ 𝐮͓̥̓̎𝐩̪̺̅̃𝐝̤̬͊͋𝐚͈̞̋̑𝐭̤͕͒̆𝐞͈̤̑͑
Small Caps and Tiny Text
6 stylesMore Small & TinySmall capitals, superscript and subscript letters.
Tiny (Superscript)
ᶜʰᵃⁿⁿᵉˡ ᵘᵖᵈᵃᵗᵉ
The letter q has no superscript character, so it stays as it is.
Subscript
Cₕₐₙₙₑₗ ᵤₚdₐₜₑ
Only some letters have a subscript form. The rest stay as normal letters.
Small Caps Hearts
♡ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ♡
Small Caps Underline
ᴄ̲ʜ̲ᴀ̲ɴ̲ɴ̲ᴇ̲ʟ̲ ᴜ̲ᴘ̲ᴅ̲ᴀ̲ᴛ̲ᴇ̲
Tiny Underline
ᶜ̲ʰ̲ᵃ̲ⁿ̲ⁿ̲ᵉ̲ˡ̲ ᵘ̲ᵖ̲ᵈ̲ᵃ̲ᵗ̲ᵉ̲
Tiny Sparkles
✧ ᶜʰᵃⁿⁿᵉˡ ᵘᵖᵈᵃᵗᵉ ✧
Fancy text is made of special characters, not real fonts. Screen readers may read it badly, so keep it for decoration. Your text never leaves your browser, and the size slider changes the preview only.
How to Use the Fancy Fonts for Telegram in 3 Steps
Check the built-in formatting first
For plain bold, italic, underline or strikethrough, select your text in Telegram and use its formatting menu. Fancy fonts are for looks the menu does not have.
Type your text and pick a style
Enter your message and see it in the chat bubble. Monospace and Small Caps are tidy for channel updates, while Bold Script and Fraktur suit titles.
Copy and paste into Telegram
Copy the style, open the chat or channel and paste it into the message box. Send a test to Saved Messages before you post it to a large group.
Fancy Fonts and Telegram Formatting
Telegram is one of the friendlier messengers for text. It lets you format bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, spoiler and monospace text from a menu, and long-form channels use those tools every day. The built-in options are the right answer when you need simple emphasis, because they are real formatting that Telegram can display cleanly.
Fancy fonts cover a different need. They create shapes the menu does not offer, such as script, blackletter and circled letters, by swapping each character for a lookalike from Unicode. Because the result is plain text, it can travel to places where Telegram's formatting does not, such as a bio, a name or another app.
When Styled Text Adds Something
- Channel titles and section headers. A script or small-caps heading gives a channel its own voice.
- Bios. You have 70 characters, and a styled opening word can carry a lot of personality.
- Copying between apps. A styled line pasted from Telegram into another app keeps its look, while formatting often does not.
- Moods the menu cannot make. Gothic for a game community, circled letters for a playful group.
When to Use the Built-in Menu
- When you need bold, italic or underline in a normal chat message.
- When the text must be searchable or readable by screen readers. Real formatting leaves the letters themselves untouched.
- When you are writing links, since styled characters cannot be clicked.
Practical Tips
Test styled text in Saved Messages before you post it to a group. Keep usernames in plain letters, because Telegram limits them to a-z, 0-9 and underscores. Channel and group names have no published character rule, so try a short styled word and see whether Telegram accepts it. Styles with rare characters can show boxes on an old phone, and Monospace and Small Caps are the safest of the less common choices.
If you also use other messengers, compare this page with Fancy Fonts for WhatsApp and Fancy Fonts for Discord, which each have their own formatting syntax. For a quick side-by-side, see our Chat Text Formatting Cheat Sheet. For the styles themselves, open the Cursive Font Generator or the Gothic Font Generator.
Where Fancy Text Works on Telegram
Telegram publishes a 70-character bio limit and strict rules for usernames, and it has its own formatting tools. It does not say which characters other fields accept, so test a short sample.
| Where | What the app says |
|---|---|
| Chat messages | Built-in formatting covers bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, spoiler and monospace |
| Bio | Up to 70 characters; no official rule on which characters are accepted |
| Username | Not allowed Only a-z, 0-9 and underscores, 5 to 32 characters |
Telegram Built-in Formatting
Select your text in a message and choose a formatting option from the menu. On desktop, these keyboard shortcuts also work. They can differ between app versions, so use the menu if one does not respond.
| Effect | How to type it |
|---|---|
| Bold | Ctrl/Cmd + B |
| Italic | Ctrl/Cmd + I |
| Underline | Ctrl/Cmd + U |
| Strikethrough | Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + X |
| Monospace | Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + M |
| Spoiler | Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P |
Fancy Fonts for Telegram FAQ
Why use fancy fonts if Telegram has formatting?
Telegram's formatting covers weight and a few effects. It cannot make cursive, gothic or bubble letters. Fancy fonts add those shapes, and they stay in place when the text is copied into another app.
How long can a Telegram bio be?
Telegram's FAQ gives 70 characters for a standard bio. The counter above follows that limit, and a decorated line can use it up quickly.
What can I use in a Telegram username?
Telegram's help says usernames use a-z, 0-9 and underscores and are not case sensitive. Usernames are 5 to 32 characters long, so styled letters do not belong in them.
Can I test styled text without annoying anyone?
Yes. Send it to your own Saved Messages chat first. It shows exactly how the text will look in a conversation, without notifying anyone.
Does a channel post keep styled text?
Styled text is ordinary text, so it normally survives in channel posts and forwarded messages. Readers still need a device that has fonts for the characters you chose.
Can I combine Telegram formatting with fancy fonts?
Usually yes. You can paste a styled word and then apply Telegram's own formatting to a nearby phrase. Avoid stacking both on the same words, since the result is harder to read.