When you write a long email, you can point out specific details so the recipient doesn’t miss it. Gmail for the web and Gmail’s mobile apps have several formatting options for editing font styles. You can add a bold effect to meeting times or highlight numbers in emails. Here’s how you can format text in the Gmail web and mobile apps.
Gmail on the web comes with a rich text editor to help you customize the font style and appearance to your liking. The options are limited on the Gmail mobile app, but they’re still good enough for composing a long email on the go. Let us show you how to change the font style in Gmail on the web and the Gmail mobile app with no extra work.
Gmail on the web
The compose menu in Gmail on the Web offers several formatting tools to change the style and appearance of email text. These options are on par with a dedicated word processing software and include everything for the user to customize the text.
Step 1: Open Gmail on a web browser.
Go to Gmail
Step 2: Click the Compose button in the upper left corner.
Step 3: Add the recipient’s email address, email subject and start typing your message.
Step 4: Use the format bar below to change the appearance and style of the text.
Step 5: If the formatting options don’t appear for you, click the ‘A’ button at the bottom.
Here are the formatting options offered for Gmail on the web:
- Change text type and size
- Play with bold, italic and underline text effects
- Change text and background color (text highlighting)
- Change text alignment
- Quote
- Numbered and bulleted lists
- strikethrough
Change the default text style in Gmail on the web
Gmail uses the Sans Serif text style by default and keeps the size normal. The default settings may not be everyone’s cup of tea, and you may find yourself adjusting the text style and size for every email from the formatting options. Instead, you can go to Gmail settings and change the default text style.
Step 1: From the Gmail home page, tap the Settings icon in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Select and View all settings.
Step 3: Go to the General tab.
Step 4: Scroll down to the default text style.
Step 5: Change the font style, size and color to your liking.
Step 6: Scroll to the bottom and select the Save Changes button.
Later, whenever you try to compose an email in Gmail, a compose window will appear with the options you selected for the text style.
Back to Default Text Styles in Gmail on the web
If you want to go back to Gmail’s default text style, you can easily do that from Gmail settings. For consistency, we recommend using the default text style.
Step 1: Go to Gmail settings on the web (refer to the steps above).
Step 2: From the General tab, scroll down to the text style.
Step 3: Click the delete format icon as shown in the screenshot below.
Scroll down and click the Save Changes button.
Change text style in Gmail for Android
Although not shown first, Gmail for Android provides formatting options to adjust the text style. It can be useful when replying to an email or composing a new email. Follow the steps below to learn it.
Step 1: Open the Gmail app on Android.
Step 2: Click the Compose button in the bottom right corner.
Step 3: Compose your email and start typing your message.
Step 4: Select the text and click Format from the context menu when you want to highlight something.
Step 5: You can add bold, italic, underline effects, change font style and color.
Tap the cross in the bottom right corner to hide the format bar. There is no way to change the default text style in the Gmail for Android app.
Format text in the Gmail app for iPhone
Gmail’s text formatting options are limited in the official iPhone app compared to the Android app. You can only play with bold, italic, and underline effects. This is the way.
Step 1: Open Gmail app on iPhone.
Step 2: Compose email and enter message content.
Step 3: Tap and hold on the text that you want to format.
Step 4: Click the formatting option and choose bold, italic, or underline.
We’re not sure why Google doesn’t offer rich text formatting options (like Android’s) on iOS.
Create the perfect email in Gmail
Whether you’re writing a business letter, sending an invoice, or drafting a sales proposal, you need to use Gmail’s default text formatting options and highlight important details in emails. Don’t forget to implement an email signature to add a personal touch.
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