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10 sketchy text formatting tips for Twitter and Facebook

By Chris Lake April 4th 2014 12:05

Ever wanted to use bold or italics in a tweet? Or a strikethrough, in a Facebook update? Or to use a special character of some kind? Well here’s your chance…

It’s Friday, so I thought I’d cobble together a throwaway post based around the different text styles you can use on Twitter. Click on an image to go to the appropriate text rendering tool.

Apologies if this leads to a spate of nonsensical, illegible tweets.

Unicode… so much to answer for.

Strikethrough

Flip

Underline

Tiny text

Small caps

Bubble

Spaced out

Bold / italic

Wavy

Unicode character table

*Warning: overuse may result in a loss of followers.

11 of the best things we found on the internet this week according to a very ambiguous set of parameters

Unfortunately we can’t let you know too much about the complicated algorithm used to create this list. You’ll just have to fight over the subtle, ever-changing nuances yourselves.

Just know that it works and if you play by our rules your gift is entertainment. If you’re bad… oh alright, you can still have the entertainment. I’m not a complete monster.

Here is the round-up.

Blog Advertising

Native advertising: who should be creating it?

What exactly is native advertising? Why are brands so keen on it, and does it present a new revenue opportunity for content marketing agencies?

Media companies and agencies have been producing content-style adverts for brands for years now, both on and offline.

So why then is there such a buzz around native advertising, and what does its surge in popularity mean for content marketing agencies?

Blog Mobile

Zeebox rebrands as Beamly, launches new second screen app: review

Zeebox launched two years ago as a fairly simple program guide with many second screen integrated features.

Ben Davis covered the app in his article Zeebox: insanely powerful advertising but will it catch on? At the time of writing in October 2013, it was found that 53% of adults interact with another form of media while watching television and of that number, 25% were chatting online about the shows they were watching.

With 6m downloads of the app, Zeebox were well on the way to capitalise on this second-screen trend.

As of this week, Zeebox has been rebranded as Beamly and a new app has been launched. The theory behind the rebrand is to expand upon the initial conceit of an app that added enjoyment to the programme you were watching at that particular moment, by expanding the experience throughout the day, away from the television.

Blog Social

Why is Ford’s social media strategy so good?

How does a 110 year old car manufacturer, the fifth largest in the world, remain relevant, engaging and remotely approachable in the digital age?

It seems like a fiction, but the venerable American corporation does some excellent work on many different social media channels, tailoring its output and connecting to each channel’s audience with the right content and tone of voice.

I’m writing this as someone who doesn’t have a particular interest in cars, either from a practical or aesthetic point of view.

However, as someone with a definite interest in great content, over the past few months Ford has definitely piqued my curiosity. Particularly when it comes to social video.

Blog Financing

18% of companies invest in CX tech ‘based on who shouts loudest’

According to research by Sitecore, for every $1 organisations spend on improving the customer experience, they see a return of $3.1.

Meanwhile, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) suggests brands that create personalised experiences are seeing revenues increase two to three times faster than those that don’t.

Blog Ecommerce

Is Malaysia’s annual #MYCybersale worth it for merchants?

Malaysia held its 5th annual ‘Cybersale’ in September. So, what are the takeaways for companies who could participate in the future?

Blog Data and Analytics

Four industries set for a machine learning transformation in 2019

Machine learning made a big splash in 2018, and companies are expected to continue or increase their investments in this technology in the coming year. IDC forecasts that machine learning and AI spending will increase from $12 billion in 2017 to $57.6 billion by 2021. Data science platforms that support machine learning are predicted to grow at a 13% CAGR through 2021.

Blog Influencer marketing

A multi-million dollar lawsuit is a wake-up call for influencer marketing

A multi-million dollar class action lawsuit filed against a company accused of financial fraud has ensnared two celebrity influencers and should be a wake-up call for the booming influencer marketing industry.

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