Facebook has no font setting, which is why people go looking for a font changer. There is nothing to change. These styles are Unicode characters that already look styled, so pasting them into a post is the whole method. Posts, comments and the bio on your profile all accept them and keep them.

Your profile name is the restricted field. Facebook asks that the name on your profile is the name you go by, and it rejects unusual characters in it. Attempts to save a styled name are usually refused, and a name that does get through can be flagged later. Everything that holds content is unrestricted, so the bio, posts, comments and Page descriptions are where styling belongs. A Page name has more latitude than a personal profile name, but the same rule of thumb applies: keep the identity plain and style the content.

The safe styles on Facebook are bold, sans bold, italic, cursive, bold cursive, gothic, outline, bubble, small caps and vaporwave. Avoid strikethrough, underline, overline, slashed and glitch. Those rely on combining marks, and Facebook renders them unevenly between the web version and the mobile app, so a struck through line can come out looking like a rendering fault rather than a choice.

Safest styles here

Bold 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 Italic 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡 Bold italic 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 Sans bold 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 Sans serif 𝖲𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 Monospace 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 Cursive 𝒮𝒶𝓂𝓅𝓁ℯ 𝓉ℯ𝓍𝓉 Bold cursive 𝓢𝓪𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓮𝔁𝓽

Think twice about

Strikethrough S̶a̶m̶p̶l̶e̶ t̶e̶x̶t̶ Underline S̲a̲m̲p̲l̲e̲ t̲e̲x̲t̲ Overline S̅a̅m̅p̅l̅e̅ t̅e̅x̅t̅ Slashed S̸a̸m̸p̸l̸e̸ t̸e̸x̸t̸ Glitch S͖͓̫͓͓̀̀̐a̢̛͇̞̙͛̃̑m̨͈͈̠͍͗͗̍p͔̥̜̥͌̏̐͆l̛̪͉̜̽̄̾̕e͍̱͓̋͐͌͆ͅ t͈͓͖̀̉̏́ͅe͕̺̖̭̔̋͆͆x͕͍̦̰̪͗̐̿t̢͙͇͎̳̿̑͊ Cursed S̖̀a͉̐m̫̀p͓͐l̜͛ȇ̙ t̞̎ẽ̢x͙͗t̩̍

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to what people ask us most

How do I change the font on Facebook?

You paste different characters. Facebook has no font option, so a font changer works by giving you Unicode letters that already look bold, cursive or gothic. Copy the style you want and paste it into a post, a comment or your bio.

Why will Facebook not accept a styled profile name?

Facebook expects the name on a profile to be the name you actually use, and it rejects unusual characters in that field. Style your bio and your posts instead, where there is no such restriction.

Does this work on a Facebook Page?

Yes, for the description, posts and comments. Page names allow more than personal profile names do, but a name made entirely of styled characters is still a poor idea, because nobody can search for it.

Can people search for my styled text?

Not if the style replaces letters, which most of them do. A styled word is made of different characters from the plain word, so search will not match it. Keep anything you want found in ordinary letters.