While perhaps obvious to some, there are a couple commands you can use to add simple font formatting to the messages you send via Facebook chat. While there’s nothing fancy just yet, I suspect the platform will slowly evolve to contain other formatting options as time goes on.

Here’s what I’ve got so far:

• For bold text, enclose words in asterisks. (e.g. *this will become bold text*)
• For underlined text, enclose words with underscores (e.g. _this text will be come underlined_)

I’ll be sure to update this post as more options become available. In the meantime, enjoy using your new found knowledge!