Fancy text generator to copy and paste
Type your text once and see it in 50 Unicode styles at the same time. Press Copy on the one you like and paste it anywhere that accepts plain text.
Styled text is made of decorative Unicode characters. Screen readers may read it letter by letter or skip it.
- Bold SerifKept as-is: 0
- Italic SerifKept as-is: 0
- Bold Italic SerifKept as-is: 0
- ScriptKept as-is: 0
- Bold ScriptKept as-is: 0
- FrakturKept as-is: 0
- Double-StruckKept as-is: 0
- Bold FrakturKept as-is: 0
- Sans-SerifKept as-is: 0
- Bold SansKept as-is: 0
- Italic SansKept as-is: 0
- Bold Italic SansKept as-is: 0
No styles match your search.
How to use it
- Type or paste your text into the box. Every style updates as you type.
- Narrow the list with the category chips, or search for a style by name, such as "script" or "circled".
- Press Copy next to the style you want. The button confirms when the text is on your clipboard.
- Paste it into your profile, post, message or game name, then check how it looks there.
- Tap the star on styles you use often. They are saved in this browser and appear under Favorites.
Where to use it
- Profile names and bios on social apps that offer no text formatting
- Gamer tags, clan names and server names
- Headings and emphasis in plain-text places such as comments, chats and notes
- Trying several looks for a short phrase before choosing one
How fancy text works
Unicode is the standard every modern device uses to store text. Besides ordinary letters, it contains several sets of letter-like characters that were added for mathematics, phonetics and compatibility with older systems: bold and script alphabets, circled and squared letters, small capitals, superscripts and more. FontWhirl swaps each letter you type for its counterpart in one of these sets. A few styles work differently: the line styles add a combining mark after each character, the frames wrap your text in decorative symbols, and upside down text reverses the order of the letters as well.
The result is text, not formatting and not a font file. That is why it survives copy and paste into apps that have no bold or italic button, and why the other person sees it without installing anything.
What to check before you paste
- Coverage. Most styles cover only the basic letters A to Z. Numbers exist in some styles (bold, double-struck, monospace, sans-serif, circled) and not in others, such as italic and script.
- Display. Your text is drawn with whatever fonts the reader’s device has, so the same styled text can look a little different on Android, iPhone and Windows.
- Search and accessibility. Search features and screen readers usually do not treat these characters as normal letters. A name written in script may not appear when someone searches for it, and a screen reader may read it as a list of symbols. Keep important information in plain text.
- Platform rules. Some username fields only accept basic letters, numbers and a few symbols, and will reject styled characters.
Need a real typeface instead?
If you need a heading for a thumbnail, poster or slide, or the platform removes Unicode styles, use the font image generator. It draws your text in a real typeface and saves it as a PNG image.
Frequently asked questions
Are these real fonts?
No. They are Unicode characters that happen to look like styled letters, for example the mathematical bold 𝐀 instead of a normal A. Because they are characters rather than a font file, the style travels with the text when you paste it.
Why do some letters show as empty boxes?
The device or app displaying the text has no font that contains that character. Current phones and computers handle the common styles well; older systems, some smart TVs and some games may not.
What does "Kept as-is" mean on a style?
Not every style has a version of every letter or number. When a character has no match, FontWhirl leaves it unchanged instead of swapping in a different-looking symbol, and the counter tells you how many characters were left as they were.
Do accented letters work?
Partly. For most styles, an accented letter is built from the styled base letter plus the original accent, so é becomes a styled e with an accent mark on top. Some fonts place that accent slightly off-center.
Is the text I type sent anywhere?
No. All styles are generated by your browser on your device, and the text is not uploaded. Only your favorite styles are remembered, in this browser's local storage.