What This Tool Does
The Mastodon Text Formatter creates bold, italic, and styled text for your Mastodon toots. It supports both Unicode styling and markdown output, giving you flexibility depending on your Mastodon client and instance.
Some Mastodon clients and instances support HTML or markdown formatting natively, while others display only plain text. This tool provides both options so your formatted content works across the Fediverse.
How to Use This Tool
- Type or paste your toot text into the input field.
- Toggle between Unicode Style and Markdown modes.
- Select a formatting style from the toolbar.
- Preview the formatted text in the output panel.
- Copy and paste into your Mastodon client.
Why Text Formatting Matters
Mastodon's decentralized nature means formatting support varies by instance and client. Having multiple output options ensures your content looks good everywhere.
- Bold and italic text helps key points stand out in chronological timelines.
- Code blocks (monospace) are popular for technical discussions on Mastodon.
- Some Mastodon instances support HTML rendering, making markdown output effective.
- Unicode styling provides a reliable fallback across all instances and clients.
- Well-formatted toots improve readability, especially in long threads.