Mathematical Italic · U+1D43B
The lowercase h here is the legacy Planck-constant character (U+210E) — Unicode's one real gap in an otherwise complete italic set.
Italic Text Generator
Italic Unicode text uses the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, in serif and sans-serif, regular and bold. It's real characters, so it survives paste into places that strip formatting.
Coverage measures this generator's mappings, not device rendering or destination-app acceptance.
Italic
16/19 characters supported (84%)𝑆𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝐽𝑜𝑠é 42
3 character(s) kept as original text (not supported by this style).
Details
- Letters
- A-Z, a-z (full; lowercase h uses U+210E)
- Digits
- Not supported
Unicode has no dedicated math-italic digit glyphs, so digits are preserved unchanged rather than approximated.
Bold Italic
16/19 characters supported (84%)𝑺𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝑱𝒐𝒔é 42
3 character(s) kept as original text (not supported by this style).
Details
- Letters
- A-Z, a-z (full)
- Digits
- Not supported
Unicode has no dedicated bold-italic digit glyphs, so digits are preserved unchanged.
Sans-Serif Italic
16/19 characters supported (84%)𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘑𝘰𝘴é 42
3 character(s) kept as original text (not supported by this style).
Details
- Letters
- A-Z, a-z (full)
- Digits
- Not supported
Unicode has no dedicated sans-serif italic digit glyphs, so digits are preserved unchanged.
Sans-Serif Bold Italic
16/19 characters supported (84%)𝙎𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙅𝙤𝙨é 42
3 character(s) kept as original text (not supported by this style).
Details
- Letters
- A-Z, a-z (full)
- Digits
- Not supported
Unicode has no dedicated sans-serif bold italic digit glyphs, so digits are preserved unchanged.
What the characters actually are
How to use it
- Type your text.
- Compare serif italic, sans italic and their bold-italic variants.
- Copy the version you want.
Limitations and compatibility
- One quirk worth knowing: lowercase italic 'h' doesn't have its own Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols slot — Unicode instead points to the older Planck-constant character (ℎ), which looks identical. Every other letter, upper and lower case, has its own dedicated slot.
- None of the four italic variants have dedicated Unicode digits, so numbers are left as plain text rather than approximated.
- Punctuation is left unchanged; only Latin letters A-Z/a-z are converted.
Questions
Does italic Unicode text behave like my app's native italics?
No — native italics is a formatting instruction the app applies and can strip on paste elsewhere. These are literal characters that look the same wherever the receiving app's font covers this Unicode block.
Should I use serif or sans italic?
Purely a visual preference — both cover the same letters with the same limitations. Serif italic has traditional, book-style serifs; sans italic is a cleaner, more modern slanted look.
Can I combine italic with bold?
Yes — the bold-italic variants are their own separate Unicode range, not italic and bold stacked together, so they're a single, clean style rather than a combination trick.