How to make a beautiful font on the keyboard of the Xiaomi phone: the secrets of text design

Have you ever envied users who post text with unusual fonts, accents, or even animations on social media — right from their phone? It turns out that Xiaomi's keyboard hides a lot of possibilities for creative message design that 90 percent of owners don't even know about, and it's not just standard bold and italics, but also decorative characters, hidden combinations, and even changing the style of the typeface through system settings.

In this article, we’ll take a look at all the working methods, from basic text for bold type to advanced tricks with Unicode characters and third-party keyboards, and learn how to make text visually stand out without installing additional applications (yes, this is possible even on a standardized version). MIUI-Keyboard!), which characters are supported in different messengers, and why some effects only work in Telegram or Telegram VK. And also – how to get it back, if the experiments with fonts went wrong.

1. Standard methods: bold, italic and crossed-out text

To start with, the simplest of them are the built-in formatting tools that work in most instant messengers, which don’t require any additional apps to be installed and work right out of the box on any Xiaomi keyboard, including Gboard (if you use it).

The basic principle is that you wrap text in special characters, which are converted into formatting after you send a message.

• 🔹 Wrap the words in double stars - hello → hello
• 🔹 Use single stars or lower accents – hello or hello_ → hello
• 🔹 ~~Strike-out.~~: double-tild — ~~hello~~ → ~~hello~~
• 🔹 `Monowidthy`: quotation marks — `hello` → hello

One important thing is that these symbols only work in messengers that support markup. SMS or some chats (like WhatsApp for Android) the text will be displayed with stars:

• 📌 Telegram (all versions)
• 📌 VK Messenger (starting with version 2022)
• 📌 Discord
• 📌 Slack

If you use formatting a lot, you can create text templates in the clipboard, for example, keep notes on these blanks:

In bold text: [insert here]
Italic: [insert here]


~~Strike-out.~~: [put it in]

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In Telegram, you can select text and choose formatting in the context menu – this is faster than entering characters manually.

2. Hidden Unicode characters: how to insert unusual characters

Few people know, but Unicode has hundreds of decorative characters that can be inserted directly from the Xiaomi keyboard, which look like regular letters, but have a different style – for example, Gothic, handwritten or double-contour.

To find them:

1. Open any keyboard (MIUI Gboard).
2. Press the button?123 (digits and symbols).
3. Then tap on =< (extra-symbols).
4. Scroll down to the section "Smileys and symbols" → "Symbols".

You'll find it there.

• 🔠 Mathematical symbols: ℵ (alef), ∞ (infinite), ∑ (sum)
• 🔠 Letters with accents: à, é, ü, ñ
• 🔠 Decorative letters: ℬ (B in double circuit), ℭ (C with a tail), ℌ (H Gothic)
• 🔠 Arrows and ornaments: ➜, ❄, ☯

Example of the use of decorative letters:

𝓒 𝓟 𝓡 𝓘 𝓥 𝓔 𝓣 → C P R I V E T (handwritten style)


ᴀ ᴇ ᴘ ʟ ᴇ → a e p l e (miniature letters)

Open the keyboard in character mode|Find the section "Smileys and symbols"|Select “Symbols"|Scroll down to the right category-->

Limitation: Not all messengers display these characters correctly, like on WhatsApp they can look like squares, and on Instagram they can look like standard letters. VK.

3. Change of system font in MIUI: radicalization

If you have few decorative symbols and want to change the font throughout the system (including the keyboard), MIUI There's a built-in type change feature that will affect how all apps display text, but it doesn't affect formatting in messengers.

Instructions for MIUI 12/13/14:

1. Go to Settings → Screen → Font.
2. Choose one of the suggested styles: Mi Sans (standard), Roboto, SF Pro (like on iPhone) or handwritten versions.
3. Click "Apply" and wait for the interface to restart (can take up to 30 seconds).

Here’s what popular fonts look like in comparison:

⚠️ Note: after changing the font, some applications (such as banking) may display the text incorrectly.

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Changing the system font does not affect formatting in messengers - for bold / italics, you still need characters * or **.

4. Third-party keyboards with advanced capabilities

If the built-in tools MIUI Not enough, you can install alternative keyboards that support non-standard fonts and effects.-3 solution:

• 📱 Gboard (Google): Supports gestures, voice input and built-in stickers with text. To enable formatting, hold your finger on the text and select "Format".
• 📱 SwiftKey (Microsoft): offers themes with modified fonts and emoji prediction. You can choose the key style (transparent, color, gradient) in the settings).
• 📱 FancyKey: specializes in decorative fonts and animation effects. There's a free version with basic styles.

How to install and configure Gboard:

1. Download the app from Google Play.
2. Go to Settings → System → Language and input → Virtual keyboard.
3. Activate Gboard and set it with the default keyboard.
4. In Gboard settings, select Themes → Fonts and experiment with options.

⚠️ Note: Some keyboards (e.g. FancyKey) require access to your messages to run predictive text.

The advantage of third-party keyboards is cross-platform, for example, if you type in Gboard effects on Xiaomi, it will retain formatting when sent from an iPhone or computer.

5. Tricks with text generators: non-standard fonts

If you need really unusual fonts (for example, tattoo hieroglyphs, 3D-You can use online generators to convert your text into Unicode characters, which you can then copy and paste into a message.

Popular generators:

• 🌐 LingoJam: 30+ styles, from "bubble" to "Gothic".
• 🌐 FSymbols: Supports animated characters and emoji text.
• 🌐 Upside-down Text: Turns text upside down (e.g., "Hello" or "Hello" → "ʇɛvirp").

Example of generator operation:

Source: HELLO


Bubble style: ㄱㄴㅇㅂㅅㄷ




Style "Square": 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖙




Style "Tiny": ᵖʳᶦᵛᵉᵗ

How it works:

1. Enter the text on the generator site.
2. Choose your style.
3. Copy the result.
4. Put it in a message on your phone.

⚠️ Note: these fonts may not appear in some messengers (especially WhatsApp for Android.

6. Animated effects and stickers with text

If static fonts get bored, you can add movement to messages using animated stickers or GIF-Here's how to do it on Xiaomi:

Method 1: Stickers with text in Telegram

• 🎨 Open a chat on Telegram.
• 🎨 Click on the sticker icon (smiley face in the square).
• 🎨 Select a sticker pack with text (for example, "@TextAnim" or "@BigText").
• 🎨 Write your text – it will appear in the form of animation.

Method 2: GIF-keyboard

• 🎥 Install the Gboard keyboard.
• 🎥 In the input field, click on the icon GIF (near-emoji).
• 🎥 Enter text - the system will offer animation options.

Method 3: Creating your own animations

For advanced users: you can create GIF You can use text in apps like Canva or CapCut, and then you can send it as a sticker:

1. Make a design with text in Canva.
2. Export how GIF (animationly).
3. In Telegram, click "Add a sticker" → "Create a new pack" → Download yours. GIF.

Example of animated text:

✨ Hello. ✨(text flashes or appears smoothly)

7. How to get it all back: resetting font settings

If the experiments with fonts didn’t go according to plan – the text became unreadable, the characters displayed curved, or you just want to return the standard look, here’s how to reset the settings:

For system type MIUI:

1. Go to Settings → Screen → Font.
2. Select Mi Sans (standard).
3. Confirm the changes and wait for the application.

For third-party keyboards:

• 🔄 In Gboard: Settings → Topics → font → By default.
• 🔄 In SwiftKey: Settings → Registration → Reset your style.

If the symbols are displayed as squares:

• 🔧 Update the messenger app to the latest version.
• 🔧 Reboot your phone (sometimes helps reset the font cache).
• 🔧 Check if the messenger supports Unicode 13+ (It is very important for WhatsApp on old Android).

⚠️ Note: if some characters in banking applications (e.g. SberBank Online) are missing after changing the font, this may be due to security policy.

FAQ: Frequent questions about fonts on Xiaomi