Secret Trick to Format Messages Text Font in WhatsApp

If you use the popular Instant Messenger (chat) app “WhatsApp” in your mobile phone, this article will definitely please you. Today in this article, I’m going to share a hidden secret trick which will allow you to format your message text font in WhatsApp. You’ll be able to type in bold, italic, strikethrough and monospace font in your WhatsApp messages. It’ll make your messages special and unique in WhatsApp chats. It’s the best way to grab attention in group chats.

Following screenshot shows the formatted message text in WhatsApp:

Actually an AskVG reader asked me about this trick. He received some messages from his friend which were having formatted text like bold, italic, etc. He asked his friend about it but he refused to tell the secret. So he asked me about the method. When I told him the secret trick, I decided to create this article so that all WhatsApp users can take benefit of it.

I’m sure some of you might know about this trick already but there might be many WhatsApp users who don’t know about this secret feature of WhatsApp.

If you also want to format your messages text in WhatsApp to impress your friends and relatives, following steps will help you:

There are 2 methods to format message text in WhatsApp:

• Manual method
• Automatic method

Let’s discuss about them one by one:

1. Manual Way to Format Messages Text in WhatsApp

Advanced users will love to use this method to format their messages text. Whenever you want to format a selected part or whole message in WhatsApp, do as following:

• To make the text Bold, insert an asterisk (*) before and after the desired text. Example: *This text is bold*
• To make the text Italic, insert an underscore (_) before and after the desired text. Example: _This text is italic_
• To make the text Strikethrough, insert a tilde (~) before and after the desired text. Example: ~This text is strikethrough~
• To make the text Monospace, insert 3 backticks (“`) before and after the desired text. Example: “`This text is monospace“`

As soon as you put the above mentioned characters on both sides of your message text, your message text will be formatted immediately.

PS: You can also combine the formatting options. For example, you can make your message text both Bold and Italic using both * and _ together before and after your message text. Example: *_This text is bold and italic_*

2. Automatic Way to Format Messages Text in WhatsApp

Very few WhatsApp users know about this method. WhatsApp also provides direct options to format messages text without using any special characters as mentioned above.

When you type your message, select whole or desired part of your message which you want to format by tap and hold on the text and WhatsApp will show a pop-up toolbar containing cut, copy, etc options. Click on 3-dots (More) icon present at the end of the toolbar and a context menu will appear on screen. You’ll find options to Bold, Italic, Strikethrough and Monospace the text directly in the menu.

As you can see in the above screenshot, all formatting options are given in the menu.

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