Font Style Names and Types
Every text style on this site, with its name, an example, the Unicode block it comes from and the letters it lacks.
Font style names describe the look of the letters: bold, italic, cursive (also called script), gothic (fraktur or blackletter), outline (double-struck), monospace, bubble (circled), square, small caps and wide. In design apps these are families of real fonts; here they are Unicode character sets that copy and paste.
All styles
| Style | Example | Kind | Unicode source and notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold (serif) | 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Italic | 𝐹𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols. Gaps: h uses U+210E ℎ (Letterlike Symbols) |
| Bold italic | 𝑭𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Cursive (script) | ℱℴ𝓃𝓉 𝒮𝓉𝓎𝓁ℯ | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols. Gaps: B E F H I L M R e g o come from Letterlike Symbols |
| Bold cursive | 𝓕𝓸𝓷𝓽 𝓢𝓽𝔂𝓵𝓮 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Gothic (fraktur) | 𝔉𝔬𝔫𝔱 𝔖𝔱𝔶𝔩𝔢 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols. Gaps: C H I R Z come from Letterlike Symbols |
| Bold gothic | 𝕱𝖔𝖓𝖙 𝕾𝖙𝖞𝖑𝖊 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Outline (double-struck) | 𝔽𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕥𝕪𝕝𝕖 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols. Gaps: C H N P Q R Z come from Letterlike Symbols |
| Sans-serif | 𝖥𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝖲𝗍𝗒𝗅𝖾 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Bold (sans-serif) | 𝗙𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Italic (sans-serif) | 𝘍𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Bold italic (sans-serif) | 𝙁𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Monospace | 𝙵𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 | Alphabet | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| Wide (vaporwave) | Ｆｏｎｔ Ｓｔｙｌｅ | Alphabet | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| Bubble (circled) | Ⓕⓞⓝⓣ Ⓢⓣⓨⓛⓔ | Alphabet | Enclosed Alphanumerics. Gaps: 0 is ⓪ U+24EA |
| Black bubble | 🅕🅞🅝🅣 🅢🅣🅨🅛🅔 | Alphabet | Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement. Gaps: capitals only: lowercase is shown as capitals |
| Square | 🄵🄾🄽🅃 🅂🅃🅈🄻🄴 | Alphabet | Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement. Gaps: capitals only: lowercase is shown as capitals |
| Black square | 🅵🅾🅽🆃 🆂🆃🆈🅻🅴 | Alphabet | Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement. Gaps: capitals only: lowercase is shown as capitals |
| Parenthesized | 🄕⒪⒩⒯ 🄢⒯⒴⒧⒠ | Alphabet | Enclosed Alphanumerics. Gaps: no 0 |
| Small caps | Fᴏɴᴛ Sᴛʏʟᴇ | Alphabet | Phonetic Extensions / Latin Extended-D. Gaps: x stays as x; q is ǫ (approximation) |
| Superscript (tiny) | ᶠᵒⁿᵗ ˢᵗʸˡᵉ | Alphabet | Spacing Modifier Letters / Superscripts. Gaps: q exists only as U+107A5 (poor font support), kept as q; capitals use the same small forms |
| Subscript | Fₒₙₜ Sₜyₗₑ | Alphabet | Subscripts and Superscripts. Gaps: no b c d f g q w y z in Unicode; those letters stay as they are |
| Flag letters | 🇫 🇴 🇳 🇹 🇸 🇹 🇾 🇱 🇪 | Alphabet | Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement (regional indicators). Gaps: capitals only; letters are separated by a space so pairs do not turn into country flags |
| Upside down | ǝlʎʇS ʇuoℲ | Alphabet | various (IPA, Latin Extended). Gaps: approximate shapes; text is also reversed |
| Squiggle (Thai-style) | F๏ภՇ SՇץɭɛ | Lookalike letters | Letters borrowed from Thai, Hebrew and other scripts that look similar; not real letters of your text |
| Greek mix | Fσит Sтуℓє | Lookalike letters | Greek and Cyrillic letters with similar shapes |
| Blocky (syllabics) | ᖴOᑎT ᔕTYᒪᗴ | Lookalike letters | Canadian Aboriginal syllabics with similar shapes |
| Currency | ₣Ø₦₮ ₴₮ɎⱠɆ | Lookalike letters | Currency signs and barred letters with similar shapes |
| Curly | Fօռȶ Sȶʏʟɛ | Lookalike letters | Latin Extended and IPA letters with curls |
| Ancient (Vai) | Fꄲꋊ꓄ S꓄ꌦ꒒ꏂ | Lookalike letters | Vai script syllables with similar shapes |
| Carved (Cherokee) | ᎰᎾᏁᎢ ᏕᎢᎩᏞᎬ | Lookalike letters | Cherokee letters with similar shapes |
| Rounded | Fօղէ SէվӀҿ | Lookalike letters | Latin and Greek letters with rounded shapes |
| Strikethrough | F̶o̶n̶t̶ S̶t̶y̶l̶e̶ | Effect | U+0336 after each grapheme cluster |
| Underline | F̲o̲n̲t̲ S̲t̲y̲l̲e̲ | Effect | U+0332 after each grapheme cluster |
| Double underline | F̳o̳n̳t̳ S̳t̳y̳l̳e̳ | Effect | U+0333 |
| Overline | F̅o̅n̅t̅ S̅t̅y̅l̅e̅ | Effect | U+0305 |
| Slashed | F̸o̸n̸t̸ S̸t̸y̸l̸e̸ | Effect | U+0338 |
| Dotted | F̤o̤n̤t̤ S̤t̤y̤l̤e̤ | Effect | U+0324 (diaeresis below) |
| Glitch (light) | Ḟ̬ō̱n̜̋t̗̓ S̗̄t̘̂ȳ̞l̙̈ė̱ | Effect | random combining marks above and below each grapheme; some apps limit them |
| Glitch (heavy) | Ḟ̱̤̜̓̄o̗̘̘̓́̄n̙̞̱̄̇̈t̠̞̰̋͂̋ Ṡ̱̙̩̓̑t̗̱̰̊̂̆ȳ̠̗̝͂̓l̤̥̤̀̀̀ě̗̗̟̀̀ | Effect | random combining marks above and below each grapheme; some apps limit them |
| S p a c e d | F o n t S t y l e | Effect | a space between grapheme clusters |
| Hearts between | F♥o♥n♥t♥ ♥S♥t♥y♥l♥e | Effect | ♥ between grapheme clusters |
| Stars between | F★o★n★t★ ★S★t★y★l★e | Effect | ★ between grapheme clusters |
| Dots between | F·o·n·t· ·S·t·y·l·e | Effect | · between grapheme clusters |
| Bullets between | F•o•n•t• •S•t•y•l•e | Effect | • between grapheme clusters |
| Flowers between | F✿o✿n✿t✿ ✿S✿t✿y✿l✿e | Effect | ✿ between grapheme clusters |
| Lightning between | F⚡o⚡n⚡t⚡ ⚡S⚡t⚡y⚡l⚡e | Effect | ⚡ between grapheme clusters |
| Waves between | F~o~n~t~ ~S~t~y~l~e | Effect | ~ between grapheme clusters |
| Crowns between | F♛o♛n♛t♛ ♛S♛t♛y♛l♛e | Effect | ♛ between grapheme clusters |
49 styles: 24 alphabets, 8 lookalike sets and 17 effects. Symbol frames are separate and listed on the symbols page.
Font types in typography
Typographers group real fonts into a few types. Serif fonts have small strokes at the ends of letters (Times New Roman). Sans-serif fonts do not (Arial). Script fonts imitate handwriting. Monospace fonts give every letter the same width (Courier). Display fonts are made for large headings. The Unicode styles above borrow these looks.
Questions
What is the name of the cursive font style?
In Unicode it is called Mathematical Script. Design apps sell many cursive fonts under their own names.
What is the gothic font style called?
Fraktur, a type of blackletter. Unicode has it as Mathematical Fraktur, in regular and bold.