Tools for writing in bold on Facebook

If you are a regular user of social networks, surely more than once you have asked yourself how to write bold on facebook. And that will surely have been after verifying that it is a good system for your text or message to stand out above the rest. That is, it has greater visibility and reach.

You can use bold text in status updates, in wall posts, in comments on different posts, in Facebook chat (Messenger) and even in the text of your user profile.

Related article:

How to enter my Facebook without password

However, no matter how hard you search, you will not find within the Facebook text options the option to write in bold (bold text in English). It is likely that you think that you do not know where to look, or that the option is hidden somewhere. Don't break your head: the popular social network created by Mark Zuckerberg does not offer this tool by default.

The only way to write bold on Facebook is by using an external service. That is, a text format converter. Here's how some of the best work:

Text format converters

Text format converters are today almost the only system we have for inserting formatted text. Not only bold, but also italic and others. They will serve us for Facebook, but also for Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and other social networks. It is also true that the quality of its readability may vary depending on the device. Some styles for example are not visible on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

YayText

This practical tool offers us different text styles based on unicode symbols to choose from. It is one of the best options when it comes to answering the question of how to write in bold on Facebook. To achieve this, we will follow the following steps:

1. We will access this link within the website of YayText.
2. In the box that appears (where it says "Your Text") we will enter the text of the comment or publication that we want to write on Facebook.
3. Below the text box will appear all the available functions and options. Among them, we will select the one corresponding to «bold» (there are usually several) to apply on the text of the box.
4. Then you just have to click on the "Copy" button next to the example you like the most. By doing so, it will be saved to the clipboard, ready to "paste" into Facebook.

fsymbols

This second tool is even better than YayText, as it offers many more functionalities. Of course, it will solve the question of how to write in bold on Facebook, but we will also find in it many other solutions related to the texts we use.

Basically, with the help of fsymbols We can transform all our texts and make complex professional or academic writings, commercial texts or simply funny messages, according to our needs. This tool also allows you to use symbols and signs, underlines, strikethroughs, italics ... And bold, of course. We explain how to use it step by step:

1. First of all, we enter the website of fsymbols.
2. Once there we click on the tab "Generators" and, in the new screen that opens, select "Bold" (bold font).
3. In the text box we paste the writing that we want to convert and choose the type of bold that we want to apply.
4. Finally, when we have the text ready, we will copy it (with the potion "copy"). The bold text will be saved on our clipboard to be pasted later on Facebook.

Use bold in Facebook Messenger

As you already know, Facebook also has its own instant messaging function, the popular Facebook Messenger. Thanks to this chat, users of the social network can chat with the people on their friends list.

In this chat it is not possible to use HTML tags to make text italic or bold online, but there are a few tricks. One of them is the use of the asterisk symbol (*) before and after each word to make it appear in bold. How do you do it? Very easy:

1. First of all, we will enter our Facebook account with our email and password. Once inside, we will start a chat session with one of our friends.
2. Then we will write the word or message in question using the asterisk (*) before the first letter and just after the last.
3. Finally, we will click on «Send» and the text enclosed between the two asterisks will appear in bold. Using the image above as an example, the asterisks (invisible after pressing "Submit") are located between the words "in bold" (* in bold *).

It should be noted that this simple trick is only valid when writing on Facebook Messenger. On the other hand, we will not be able to use it in the wall posts or in the comments. For that, we will have to use the text format converters discussed in the previous section.

Why use bold on Facebook?

When we consider how to write in bold on Facebook (and the same goes for italics) things go much further than a simple aesthetic question. There are several reasons to do so. Next, and as a conclusion, we summarize the three main ones:

• Get the attention of our audience. In social networks, whether we use them for commercial or work purposes or for personal purposes, it is important to stand out and differentiate ourselves. The same message written in bold will clearly achieve a greater impact.
• Highlight or emphasize a specific opinion or comment. In this sense, the use of bold must be dosed and used only to highlight some messages. It is not advisable to abuse this resource.
• Improve search engine rankings. It is true that, within an SEO strategy, the use of bold is more significant in blog texts and web pages, but its importance in social networks should not be underestimated either.