Facebook: Bold and italics - how it works

In order to give messages a special expression, many Facebook users would like the feature to be able to write in bold or italics. In this practical tip, we explain how Facebook views this formatting.

Bold and italic on Facebook - is that possible?

• In short: There is currently no way to bold or italicize in the status, profile picture or an event.
• Until a few years ago, this was possible with the code with asterisks (** bold ** and * italic *), which is also known from other platforms.
• As a test, Facebook released the feature for events again, but then removed it for unknown reasons.
• However, it is possible that Facebook bold and italic will be reintroduced as soon as there is high demand or other design decisions are made.

We will show you in the next practical tip how you can make deleted friendships visible on Facebook.