Adding emphasis to text messages can really help convey meaning.

From using italics to show sarcasm, to bolding text to emphasize a specific word.

Typographical styling can be useful to see to it that text is interpreted how it was meant.

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So, what styles can you use in WhatsApp and how do you use them?

For example: *This text will be bold.

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Put an asterisk on either end of a block of text you want to be bold.

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Monospace is normally used for displaying code or for quotes.

The only exception is monospacing, which cannot be combined with any other styling.

If you started with bold then italics, you gotta close with italics and then bold.

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