How to Make Big Text in Discord

To make big text in a message, start a new line with a hash and a space: # Big is the largest header, ## Medium is smaller, and ### Small is smaller still. Add -# before a line for subtext (smaller and greyer). The space after the hash is required, and it only works at the start of a line. This is built-in markdown — free, no Nitro, desktop, web, and mobile. Headers only work inside messages, though: a username, display name, or channel renders at a fixed size and can't be enlarged, so to make a name stand out you paste a Unicode font instead.

Discord's markdown added true headers. Put the marker at the very start of a line, always followed by a space:

• # Heading → the biggest header (H1)
• ## Heading → medium header (H2)
• ### Heading → smaller header (H3)
• -# Subtext → smaller, greyer subtext

Because a header takes a whole line, you can stack a big title over small print — a # header on one line and a -# caption on the next gives a clean title-and-description layout for announcements. A few gotchas: the space after the hash is mandatory (#Heading stays plain text), headers only work at line start (not mid-sentence), and they render identically on desktop, web, and mobile with no Nitro. Bold and other inline styles still work inside a header line.

People often search for "big text" because they want a name that pops — a display name, a channel, a server title. Headers can't do that: markdown is message-only, and Discord renders every name and channel at a fixed size, so there's no way to make the letters literally bigger. What you can do is make them look distinct with a Unicode font:

• Bold characters — 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 — heavier than the default
• Fancy and outlined styles that catch the eye in a member list
• These are real characters, so they paste into any plain-text field — username, nickname, channel, status

They're the same point size as normal text, but the extra weight and unusual shapes make a name stand out far more than plain letters — and, unlike headers, they work in the exact fields where markdown does nothing. No Nitro required; it's just text you copy and paste.

Related: for the full set of Discord markdown (bold, underline, colored text, spoilers, lists) see Discord text formatting explained. Also handy: how to make bold text in Discord and how to underline in Discord. Wondering if you have to pay? See do you need Nitro for Discord fonts. To build a standout name, use the Discord Fonts generator.