Formatting text

There are several ways to format text in Superhuman! 🖊️

Desktop

You can format text on desktop like so:

  • Cmd or (Ctrl on Windows) +B/i/U for bold, italics, and underline
  • Cmd/Ctrl+O for colors
  • Cmd/Ctrl+K for hyperlinks
  • Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X for strikethrough
  • Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+7 for numbered lists
  • Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+8 for bulleted lists
  • Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+9 for quotes
  • Cmd/Ctrl+] to indent
  • Cmd/Ctrl+[ to outdent

Superhuman automatically makes a list if you type "*" (an asterisk) or "1." and then hit Space. Here's a gif showing some of these options in action:

Mobile

You can format text on Mobile like so: 

  1. While composing an email, tap here

  2. Double-tap on the text you’d like to format to highlight it. Then, tap this arrow on the right:


  1. Tap the B/i/U button to format text:

  1. You'll also see the options to add a hyperlink at the bottom when a word is highlighted:

FAQs

How do I change the font?

Superhuman doesn't have different font or typeface options at the moment. If that's something you're interested in seeing, hit Cmd+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows) → Feedback to let the team know!

How do I highlight text?

There isn't a feature for highlighting text yet, but let us know if that's something you're interested in seeing!