How to Make Discord Colored Text (2026 Guide)
Discord has no color picker. Use code-block tags like diff, fix, and yaml to send colored text on desktop and mobile, plus the traps that make the colors fail.
Short guides on cute fonts, kawaii text, and copy-paste Unicode styles for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Discord, and anywhere else a default typeface feels flat.
Discord has no color picker. Use code-block tags like diff, fix, and yaml to send colored text on desktop and mobile, plus the traps that make the colors fail.
Type ~~text~~ to strikethrough in Discord on desktop and mobile. No shortcut or toolbar — here is the syntax, why it fails, and how to combine it.
A full Discord markdown cheat sheet: bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, spoiler, code, quotes, and lists, plus mix rules and a fix list when the markers stay visible.
Learn how to bold text in Discord with markdown (**text**) for chat, plus a unicode copy-paste for display names, servers, and channels.
Put Discord fonts in your display name, server nickname, channels, and roles with a copy-and-paste method—no Nitro, and @mentions still use your username.
Style your YouTube channel name, video titles, comments, and community posts with copy-paste Unicode fonts—plus why the @handle cannot use fancy letters.
Style your TikTok bio, display name, captions, and comments with copy-paste Unicode fonts—plus what to know about the 80-character bio limit.
Want a cuter Instagram name or bio and do not want to install a font? Here is the copy-paste method that works on iPhone and Android.