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Transform Your Text Messages with Bold, Italics, and Unique Characters

June 20, 2024

Transform Your Text Messages with Bold, Italics, and Unique Characters

2 min read

Did you know you can emphasize your messages with bold and italized text? It's surprisingly simple and visually boosts the effectiveness of your messages.

Rich Text Formatting with Prompt.io

With Prompt.io, you can now directly format your text messages within the Broadcast editor. When drafting your message, simply highlight the text you wish to format and choose to bold, italicize, or add bold italics in the editor options. The editor also includes the option to add images, videos, links, and emojis.

Adding these stylistic touches to your messages can make them stand out and convey your message more effectively. Try it out and see the difference in your engagement rates!

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Other Ways to Format Texts

Using Unicode for Text Formatting

This special text formatting uses Unicode encoding, a system that allows for special characters recognized by phones. Unicode is the same technology that powers emojis. By incorporating Unicode characters, you can add flair to your messages.

NOTE: Keep in mind this can reduce your segment lengths, potentially increasing costs. We highly recommend sending yourself a test message to ensure everything displays correctly on your phone before broadcasting widely.

Using Special Characters

You can use platforms like LingoJam to generate character encoding. Here’s how:

  1. Visit LingoJam.
  2. Input your text into the generator.
  3. Copy the formatted text you want.
  4. Paste it into your message composition box.

These special encodings can be used in conversations, broadcasts, the library, and essentially any part of the system where you compose messages. 

NOTE: We highly recommend sending yourself a test message to ensure everything displays correctly on your phone before broadcasting widely.

If you want to learn more about text message options and formatting, reach out to one of our texting experts at Prompt.io.

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