Glitch Text Generator

How it works

This tool does not use a font file. It replaces the characters you type with different Unicode characters that already look styled, so the style stays when you paste the text into another app. The conversion runs in your browser as you type.

For the Glitch style shown here:

1. After each letter, several combining marks (from U+0300 to U+036F) are stacked above and below it. They are picked by a fixed pseudo-random sequence, so the same text always gives the same result.
2. Anything the style has no version of (accented letters, other alphabets, most punctuation) is kept exactly as you typed it.

How the conversion works

The rule is a character-by-character lookup: output = prefix + map(c1) + separator + map(c2) + … + suffix, where map(c) returns the style's character for c, or c itself if there is none. Here is the real lookup for a few characters, with each output character's official Unicode code point and name:

Worked example: Fancy Text becomes F̦ͣâ̟n͊ͅc̟̓y̑ͅ T̟̽e̅ͅx̣ͩt̰̅. You can check any character against the official charts linked below.

Sources

• The Unicode Standard (latest version) (Unicode Consortium): The character set every style is built from: code points, names and properties.
• Unicode Character Code Charts (Unicode Consortium): Official charts used to look up and check every character we output.
• UTR #25: Unicode Support for Mathematics (Unicode Consortium): Explains the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (bold, italic, script, fraktur, double-struck, monospace) and why some letters live in the Letterlike Symbols block.
• Unicode chart: Combining Diacritical Marks (Unicode Consortium): the official chart for the characters this tool outputs.

All references for every tool are listed on our sources page.

Accuracy and limitations

• Compatibility rating: amber (works in most apps; some older phones may show boxes). The rating is our assessment based on how widely the Unicode blocks used are supported, not a guarantee for every device.
• Combining marks are positioned by the viewer's font, so lines and marks can sit slightly differently between apps, and some games and username fields remove them.
• Accented letters and letters from other alphabets are not converted.
• Search engines, in-app search and screen readers may not read styled characters as normal letters.
• The viewer's device draws the characters, so the exact look differs between Android, iPhone and computers.

When should you not use this tool?

• Legal names, official forms, IDs and documents. These need plain letters.
• Usernames, email addresses, passwords and links. These fields usually reject or mishandle special characters.
• Anything that must be found by search or read by a screen reader, such as your main keywords or important instructions.
• Long paragraphs. Styled text is harder to read than normal text.

Why trust this tool?

• Built and reviewed by Ale, who owns and maintains the site.
• Every output character comes from the official Unicode Standard. See our methodology.
• An automated test runs 4,158 conversions and checks that the browser and the server produce identical output for all 594 styles. Read how we test our tools.
• We follow a public editorial policy and log fixes on the corrections page.

Your privacy

Your text is processed in your browser. It is not sent to our server and we do not store it. Favourites, recently copied styles and your light or dark theme are saved only in your own browser (local storage). We use Google Analytics to count visits and which styles are copied, never the text itself. Read our privacy policy, including the security section.