How to Bold Text on LinkedIn

Updated 2026-06-13

The short answer: LinkedIn has no bold button, so you paste bold Unicode characters instead. Type your text below, click a style, copy it, and paste it into LinkedIn. It works in posts, comments, your headline, your About section and messages — on both desktop and the mobile app.

Formatted text uses Unicode characters. Screen readers may read them awkwardly and LinkedIn can't search them — use formatting for emphasis on a few key words, and keep important keywords in plain text.

Step by step

1. Type or paste your text into the box above.
2. Select the words you want bold (or leave nothing selected to bold everything).
3. Click Bold — your text becomes 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱.
4. Click Copy, then paste into the LinkedIn field you’re editing.

Where you can use bold text

• Posts and comments — to emphasise a key phrase.
• Headline — but keep searchable keywords in plain text (see character limits).
• About section — for subheadings, used sparingly.
• Messages — to highlight one important line.

A word of caution

Bold Unicode is not real bold — it’s a separate set of characters. That means LinkedIn search can’t find bolded keywords, and screen readers may read them oddly. Use it for emphasis on a few words, never for whole paragraphs.

Want every style at once? Try the Font Generator. Just need bold? Use the Bold Text Generator.