Font guides and tips

Updated October 2026

These guides answer the questions people ask us most: how to get a different font on Instagram, how to style a WhatsApp name, what works in games, and what to do when fancy text turns into boxes. Every guide uses real screenshots, so you know what to expect before you paste anything.

Prefer to browse by topic? Jump to Fonts, Gaming, Social Media, WhatsApp or Symbols.

Gaming

Best Fonts and Symbols for Gaming NamesMake a stylish name for Free Fire, PUBG Mobile or Mobile Legends, and learn why games reject some names.

Instagram

How to Change the Font on Your Instagram BioInstagram has no font setting, but you can still get a cursive, bold or small caps bio. Step by step, with screenshots.

WhatsApp

Fancy Text for WhatsApp: Bold, Italic and Cool FontsWhatsApp's built-in formatting plus copy and paste fonts, with real screenshots of styled names.Bold Name on WhatsAppWhat a bold profile name looks like, with a real screenshot.Bold Italic Name on WhatsAppA slanted, heavier name style, and when it looks best.Cursive Name on WhatsAppScript and bold script names, plus how to copy single cursive letters.Gothic Name on WhatsAppA dramatic blackletter name, and how to keep it readable.

How fancy text works

What Are Unicode Fonts and How Does Fancy Text Work?Why fancy letters keep their look when you paste them, and where they can go wrong.Why Do Fonts Show Empty Boxes and How to Fix ItWhat those little squares are, with a real example, and the quick fixes that work.

AI guides

How to Use AI: A Simple Guide for BeginnersUse ChatGPT, Gemini AI, Claude AI and Copilot for free, plus Claude pricing, AI image generators, AI humanizers and copy-ready prompts.

Free tools

Ready to make something? Start with the font generator, add decorations with cool symbols, or try a specific style: cursive, bold, italic, small text, bubble and upside down or glitch and strikethrough. There's also a password generator for strong, random passwords.

Open the font generator