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Steam Fonts

Steam profile names are reportedly limited in bytes, which fits only about 8 styled letters.

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Steam profile name (persona name): up to 32 characters (commonly reported, not confirmed).
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𝓝𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓞𝔀𝓵
Steam · Profile name (persona name)
night shift gamer ☾ lo-fi + coffee
  • Cursive
    𝒩𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉 𝒪𝓌𝓁
  • Bold Cursive
    𝓝𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓞𝔀𝓵
  • Bold
    𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐎𝐰𝐥
  • Italic
    𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑂𝑤𝑙
  • Bold Italic
    𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑶𝒘𝒍
  • Gothic
    𝔑𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔒𝔴𝔩
  • Bold Gothic
    𝕹𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝕺𝖜𝖑
  • Double-Struck
    ℕ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕆𝕨𝕝
  • Bubble
    Ⓝⓘⓖⓗⓣ Ⓞⓦⓛ
  • Small Caps
    Nɪɢʜᴛ Oᴡʟ
  • Advertisement
  • Tiny SuperscriptMay show as boxes
    ᴺⁱᵍʰᵗ ᴼʷˡ
  • Aesthetic Wide
    Night Owl
  • Sparkles
    ✨ Night Owl ✨
  • Kawaii
    ⋆。°✩ Night Owl ✩°。⋆
  • WingsMay show as boxes
    ꧁ Night Owl ꧂
  • Upside DownMay show as boxes
    lʍO ʇɥƃᴉN
  • Glitch Light
    N̏i̤̍gh͗t̜ O̝ͧw͖l̘
  • Strikethrough
    N̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶O̶w̶l̶
  • Sans
    𝖭𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖮𝗐𝗅
  • Sans Bold
    𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝘄𝗹
  • Sans Italic
    𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘖𝘸𝘭
  • Sans Bold Italic
    𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙊𝙬𝙡
  • Monospace
    𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙾𝚠𝚕
  • Filled BubbleMay show as boxes
    🅝🅘🅖🅗🅣 🅞🅦🅛
  • SquaresMay show as boxes
    🄽🄸🄶🄷🅃 🄾🅆🄻
  • Filled SquaresMay show as boxes
    🅽🅸🅶🅷🆃 🅾🆆🅻
  • ParenthesizedMay show as boxes
    🄝⒤⒢⒣⒯ 🄞⒲⒧
  • MirroredMay show as boxes
    lwO ƚʜϱiИ
  • Slash Through
    N̸i̸g̸h̸t̸ ̸O̸w̸l̸
  • Underline
    N̲i̲g̲h̲t̲ ̲O̲w̲l̲
  • Double Underline
    N̳i̳g̳h̳t̳ ̳O̳w̳l̳
  • GlitchToo long · 37/32
    N͚͙̏̓i̺̍ͧ̌g̟̀͂ͅh͈͗̇t̩̩͂̅ O͕ͧ̓w͔̺̞͋l̯ͭ
  • Zalgo HeavyMay show as boxesToo long · 85/32
    N̯͓̪̘̏̓͋ͯͮ̎i̺͉̞̍ͧ̌̈͌̓̃ͅg͈͖̳̙͔̀͂̑͗̉h̬͈͖͓͗̇̂ͤ͆̊ͅt̰͚̲̮͂̅̒̏̐ O͕͙̟ͧ̓̆ͫ̾̐w͇̱̠͋ͬͪ͋l̬̱̘͕̗ͭ̃̿͒
  • Asian StyleMay show as boxes
    几丨Ꮆ卄ㄒ ㄖ山ㄥ
  • CurrencyMay show as boxes
    ₦ł₲Ⱨ₮ Ø₩Ⱡ
  • Leet
    n19h7 0wl
  • aLtErNaTiNg
    nIgHt OwL
  • Stars
    ★彡 Night Owl 彡★
  • Hearts
    ♡ Night Owl ♡
  • Flowers
    ✿ Night Owl ✿
  • Moon
    ☾ Night Owl ☽
  • Brackets
    【Night Owl】

How to change your Steam profile name

  1. Plan for the byte limit

    Community reports give a 32 byte limit on the profile name, unconfirmed by any Steam page we read. Styled letters take 4 bytes each, so about 8 fit. Our counter counts characters, so it can show a name as fitting when Steam would cut it.

  2. Edit your profile

    Open your Steam profile and edit it. The profile name is separate from the account (login) name.

  3. Paste and view

    Paste the copied text, save, and read the saved name to see whether any letters were cut.

What works on Steam

Community reports say the profile name limit is 32 bytes in UTF-8. Cyrillic letters cost 2 bytes, CJK characters cost 3, and the styled letters from the mathematical alphanumeric block cost 4. Plain ASCII letters cost 1 byte each, so Leet and aLtErNaTiNg names can use the full length. None of this is confirmed by an official page.

No official help page we read states the length either. The profile name is separate from the account (login) name, which is reported to be fixed at creation and ASCII only. The profile summary (About) is commonly reported at 4000 characters, and we found no official page for it.

Steam is reported to accept Unicode in the profile name, which is also a community report. A fancy name can work if it is short. Longer styled names may be cut mid-name, so check the saved result.

Steam character limits

Fancy text on Steam: Accepted. The profile name is separate from the account (login) name, which is fixed at creation and ASCII only (community, unverified); profile name accepts Unicode but the byte limit cuts fancy names short (community, unverified). help.steampowered.com pages read did not state either rule.

FieldLimitSource
Profile name (persona name)No official help page read states the limit. Steam's own error says 2 to 32 characters per community posts, but the effective limit is reported as 32 bytes.32 charactersUnverified
Profile summary (About)Commonly reported figure; no official page found.4000 charactersUnverified

Community reports say the profile name limit is measured in bytes (32 bytes, UTF-8), not characters: Cyrillic costs 2 bytes, CJK 3, and astral fancy letters like mathematical alphanumerics 4, so only about 8 of those fit. Not confirmed by an official page.

Questions

What is the Steam profile name limit?

No official page we read states it. Community posts say Steam shows 2 to 32 characters, and the effective limit is reported as 32 bytes. Both are unconfirmed.

How many fancy letters fit in a Steam name?

About 8 if the 32 byte report is correct, because styled letters take 4 bytes each. A 9 letter styled name could be cut even though our counter shows no “too long” mark.

Is the Steam account name the same as the profile name?

No. The account (login) name is reported to be fixed at creation and ASCII only. The profile name is the one you can restyle.

Why did Steam cut my styled name?

The likely cause is the byte limit. Each styled letter takes more bytes than a plain one, so the name reaches the limit sooner than the letter count suggests.

How long can my Steam profile summary be?

4000 characters is commonly reported, and we found no official page. Whether that limit counts bytes is unknown, so check a long styled summary after saving.