Artyom Shimanski – Blog https://shimanski.dev/blog/ Notes on building SaaS products, browser extensions, and games from a developer with 15+ years in software engineering who now ships his own products. en Copyright 2026 Artyom Shimanski Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://shimanski.dev/icon-512.png Artyom Shimanski – Blog https://shimanski.dev/blog/ How LinkedIn Text Formatting Really Works (It's Not a Font) https://shimanski.dev/blog/how-linkedin-text-formatting-works/ https://shimanski.dev/blog/how-linkedin-text-formatting-works/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Artyom Shimanski Engineering LinkedIn has no bold button. Every formatter swaps your letters for Unicode look-alikes. How the trick works, its real trade-offs, and how to use it well. Every “LinkedIn font” you've ever seen is the same trick wearing a different hat: Unicode characters that merely look bold or italic. After building a formatter myself, here is exactly how the trick works, what it costs you in accessibility and search, and the formatting rules I actually follow.

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