Slack Font Generator

Slack uses Lato for messages and most of the app. Everyone in a workspace sees messages in that typeface, and there is no option to send a message in a different one.

Not the typeface. Slack's formatting toolbar gives you bold, italic, strikethrough, code, quotes and lists, and you can type *bold*, _italic_ and ~strikethrough~ directly. For other looks, such as small caps or script, paste Unicode text from this page.

In messages, your status, your display name and channel topics. Use it lightly in names: teammates need to find and @mention you, and styled letters are not matched by Slack search.

Mostly. Bold, italic and monospace styles render on nearly every device. Rarer styles such as squared letters may show as boxes on some computers, so test with a teammate before using them in an announcement.

Less than normal text. Screen readers read styled letters as separate symbols, so keep important announcements in plain text and use Slack's own bold for emphasis.