How to style text in italics Telegram: all methods

I have already created an article with all possible formatting methods in Telegram. But in this one, we’ll merely look at how to make the text italic.

1. Context menu

Windows

1. Select the text you want to add formatting to.
2. Click it with the right mouse button.
3. In the opened menu select “Formatting”.
4. Press “Italic”.

Android

1. Select the text you want to add formatting to.
2. Press three dots at the right top corner.
3. Instead of the usual menu, you’ll see the formatting options menu.
4. Press “Italic”.

iOS

1. Select the text you want to add formatting to.
2. Click “Format” or “BIU” in the opened context menu (if you don’t see it press ▶ on the right).
3. Press “Italic” (you can scroll through all formatting options by pressing ◀ ▶ on the sides)

MacOS

1. Select the text you want to add formatting to.
2. Right-click it.
3. Select “Transformations” in the opened menu.
4. Press “Italic”.

Telegram Web

Select the text you want to add formatting to and you’ll see all the options immediately. The “I” icon is just what you need:

2. Shortcuts

Windows: Ctrl + I
MacOS: ⌘ + I

3. Markdown

Simply add double underscores (“__”) before and after the text you want to italicize:

__italic text__

And then send it.

4. Piliapp.com

Text formatted by this tool will look 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 from the standard italic text.

Go to https://www.piliapp.com/cool-text/bold-italic/ and enter the text you wish to italicize. Then select the “Bold” font and look for the styles under the result area:

It has multiple italic options, including bold-italic.

After you’ve made your choice, simply copy the result to the clipboard and paste it into Telegram.

Here’s a comparison of the default italic text followed by the ones I created using that tool:

I hope I’ve surprised you with some innovative ways to do this type of formatting.