I created this video to show how to add bold and italic formatting to posts on X (formerly Twitter), using simple text tools to help your tweets stand out.

Twitter doesn’t support rich formatting natively, but you can still create eye-catching bold or italic text using Unicode generators. In this tutorial, I walk through:

  1. Visiting a Unicode text converter like YayText
  2. Typing your tweet content
  3. Converting it into bold, italic, or script formats
  4. Copying and pasting directly into X
  5. Previewing how it looks on mobile vs desktop

I also offer tips on where this works best — headers, quotes, or emphasizing a CTA. It’s subtle but makes a big difference in a feed full of plain text.

Have you tried stylizing your tweets, or stuck with basic formatting?