Make text slanted with Unicode italic characters. Four weights are included: italic, bold italic, and two sans-serif variants.
Style: Italic · letters with no Unicode form stay unchanged
How this works
Italic text uses the Mathematical Italic block (U+1D434โU+1D467) and its sans-serif companions. Two details are worth knowing: the small h comes from U+210E, the Planck constant symbol, because that slot is reserved, every italic generator shows the same โ, and the sans-serif italic blocks have no digits, so numbers stay upright. The characters are legitimately different codepoints, not a formatting flag.
Examples
Input
Output
italic text (Italic)
๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ก
hello world (Italic)
โ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐
Note (Bold italic)
๐ต๐๐๐
Where to use it
Useful for emphasis in a plain-text field that has no italics button, for book and film titles in a caption, for gentle emphasis in a line of text, and for stylised logos and headings. For documents you control, the editor's italic button is better: it keeps the text searchable and editable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the italic h look different?
Because U+1D455 was not assigned to the italic block, the lowercase italic h is drawn with the โ from the Letterlike Symbols block. The result reads correctly as an h, just with a slightly different stroke that has become the standard look for Unicode italic.
What is the difference between bold, bold italic and slanted sans?
Bold italic is a heavier slanted serif-style set with digits included. The sans variants are slanted versions of the sans-serif math alphabet, so they look cleaner and have no digits. Pick by how the text will sit next to your other text, serif styles pair with serif, sans with sans.
Is Unicode italic text accessible?
Partly. Screen readers handle these blocks inconsistently: some read the letters normally, others skip or misread them, and search ignores them entirely. Use italics for visual emphasis, and keep meaning-carrying words in plain text.
Can I use italic text in a username?
Some services allow it, many reject anything outside ASCII for handles and display names. Where it is allowed it looks striking, but the name becomes hard to mention or search, so think twice for a brand handle.