# Mastodon Post Formatter

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A Mastodon post formatter cleans spacing, keeps line breaks, and adds Unicode bold or italic that Mastodon's plain-text composer has no styling for. Format your toot once and paste it into any instance.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I bold text in a Mastodon toot?

Mastodon's composer is plain text with no bold button, so the formatter substitutes Unicode bold characters that show up styled across instances.

### Will Unicode formatting federate correctly?

Yes. Because it is plain Unicode rather than markup, styled text appears the same on whatever instance or app receives the federated post.

Source: https://www.repping.ai/tools/mastodon-post-formatter