Instagram fonts

Last checked November 1, 2026 by the TextEditor.com team

How to change the font in your Instagram bio

1. Type hereWrite your bio, name or caption in the box at the top. Press Enter where you want a new line.
2. Copy a styleTap a card. The preview shows how the style looks on a profile.
3. Paste on InstagramOpen your profile, tap Edit profile, then tap Bio or Name and paste. For a caption, paste it when you write the post.

Instagram has no font menu for bios, names or captions. The styles on this page are Unicode symbols that look like styled letters. They keep their look when you paste them, because the phone draws a different character, not a different font.

For more than 60 styles, try the font converter. For one style only, see bold text.

Instagram character limits, checked November 2026

We checked each limit on an official Meta page in November 2026. Instagram can change them at any time.

Fancy letters can fill your bio sooner than you expect. Most of them are stored as two pieces of computer text, called UTF-16 code units. Some apps count each piece. Our meter uses that strict count, so a bio that fits here fits anywhere.

Line breaks in your bio

To start a new line, press Enter in the box above, then copy. You can also type the bio in the Instagram app and press Return. A line break is a character too, so each one uses one of your 150. Spaces count too.

If Instagram removes an empty line between two parts of your text, turn on "Hold empty lines in place" above. It puts one invisible character, U+2800 BRAILLE PATTERN BLANK, on each empty line, so the line is no longer empty. Some screen readers announce that character, so use it only where you need it.

Why fancy hashtags do not work

A hashtag links your post to a tag page, like #coffee. Instagram's hashtag help page says numbers work in hashtags, but spaces and special characters like $ or % do not. You can use up to 5 hashtags on a post.

Fancy letters are special characters. #𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 is not #coffee with thick letters. It is a row of math symbols, so at best it makes a different tag that nobody follows. That is why the tool keeps your hashtags plain unless you turn that off.

Fancy letters in your name and in search

People find you by your name and your username. Your username can only use plain letters, numbers, periods and underscores, so fancy letters do not fit there. The name line takes them, but a fancy name is made of symbols. Someone who types your name in plain letters may not find you.

Some apps fold fancy letters back to plain ones before they search. Unicode has a rule for that, called NFKC. It turns math letters, bubbles and wide letters back into A to Z, but not small caps. Instagram does not say if its search does this. Plain letters work either way.

Fancy letters and screen readers

Blind and low vision people use screen readers, like VoiceOver on iPhone and TalkBack on Android. A screen reader may read each fancy letter by its Unicode name, or skip it. A whole fancy bio can turn into a long list of symbol names.

Use a style for a word or a short line, not for everything. Keep your name, prices, dates and contact details in plain letters.

Which styles show on iPhone and Android

A style shows only if the phone has a font with those characters. We list only styles from Unicode blocks that the built in fonts of current iPhones and Android phones cover. Very old phones may still show some letters as empty boxes. Copy the test line and paste it in a note on your phone to check.

Copy a test line with every style

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