Can I paste this into a bio, display name or game?

Copy a row and test it in the destination’s draft field. Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Discord, WhatsApp and games have their own accepted-character, length and display rules, which may change. This tool prepares Unicode text; it does not integrate with those services or guarantee that a handle is accepted.

What happens to accents and non-Latin scripts?

Most styles map ASCII A–Z, a–z and selected digits. Precomposed é stays é in Bold; a decomposed e plus an accent styles the e and keeps its mark. Non-Latin letters usually pass through. Underline and strikethrough can add a mark to a whole grapheme, but there is no native bold or cursive alphabet for every language.

Will search and screen readers treat this like ordinary text?

Styled Unicode letters are different characters. Search, normalization, spell-checking and screen-reader pronunciation vary by app. Keep a plain version nearby when the wording needs to be read or found reliably.

Italic Text Generator

Convert ASCII letters to mathematical italic Unicode characters, then copy the Italic row. This page opens the Cursive filter with Italic first; script and bold script remain below. Digits stay as typed.

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3 styles in Cursive. Choose All styles for the other 14.

What each style is made of, and where it survives. These are characters, not a font file. Copy a row and check how the destination displays and accepts it. Three kinds:

Real letters: Unicode letters, display and acceptance depend on the app. Bold, Italic, Bold italic, Script, Bold script, Gothic, Outline, Sans bold, Monospace, Bubble, Square, Wide.Lookalikes: lookalike characters, a few letters have no form. Small caps, Small text, Upside down.Combining marks: combining marks, some apps strip them. Strikethrough, Underline.

Accuracy. Bold, italic, script, gothic, outline, monospace and bubble styles are real Unicode letters rather than font formatting; small caps, small text and upside-down use lookalike characters, and strikethrough and underline add combining marks. Display, acceptance, search and screen-reader pronunciation depend on the destination. Letters with no styled form are left as typed; most styles map only ASCII letters and selected digits.

The italic alphabet

Italic is a slanted character alphabet, not native italic formatting or a font file. It has a mapped ASCII lowercase h in Letterlike Symbols.

Style	Capitals	Lowercase	Digits
Italic	𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐺𝐻𝐼𝐽𝐾𝐿𝑀𝑁𝑂𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆𝑇𝑈𝑉𝑊𝑋𝑌𝑍	𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑔ℎ𝑖𝑗𝑘𝑙𝑚𝑛𝑜𝑝𝑞𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑣𝑤𝑥𝑦𝑧	0123456789

Common questions

What does this style change?: Italic is a slanted character alphabet, not native italic formatting or a font file. It has a mapped ASCII lowercase h in Letterlike Symbols.
Can I paste this into a bio, display name or game?: Copy a row and test it in the destination’s draft field. Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Discord, WhatsApp and games have their own accepted-character, length and display rules, which may change. This tool prepares Unicode text; it does not integrate with those services or guarantee that a handle is accepted.
What happens to accents and non-Latin scripts?: Most styles map ASCII A–Z, a–z and selected digits. Precomposed é stays é in Bold; a decomposed e plus an accent styles the e and keeps its mark. Non-Latin letters usually pass through. Underline and strikethrough can add a mark to a whole grapheme, but there is no native bold or cursive alphabet for every language.
Will search and screen readers treat this like ordinary text?: Styled Unicode letters are different characters. Search, normalization, spell-checking and screen-reader pronunciation vary by app. Keep a plain version nearby when the wording needs to be read or found reliably.

Bold, italic, script, gothic, outline, monospace and bubble styles are real Unicode letters rather than font formatting; small caps, small text and upside-down use lookalike characters, and strikethrough and underline add combining marks. Display, acceptance, search and screen-reader pronunciation depend on the destination. Letters with no styled form are left as typed; most styles map only ASCII letters and selected digits.