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Small text generator

Generate tiny text — small caps, superscript and subscript — for bios, footnotes and usernames, with one-tap copy for every variant.

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  • Free, no account
Your text
Every style below updates as you type. Each one is real Unicode, so it pastes into any app that accepts text — no images, no fonts to install.
46 styles
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  • ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴛᴇxᴛ

    Small caps

  • ˢᵐᵃˡˡ ᵗᵉˣᵗ

    Superscript (tiny)

  • ₛₘₐₗₗ ₜₑₓₜ

    Subscript

Fonts

  • 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭

    Bold · Mathematical Bold — the one that works in Instagram bios and LinkedIn headlines

  • 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡

    Italic

  • 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕

    Bold italic

  • 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍

    Sans-serif

  • 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁

    Sans-serif bold

  • 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵

    Sans-serif italic

  • 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩

    Sans-serif bold italic

  • 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝

    Monospace

  • 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉ℯ𝓍𝓉

    Script (cursive)

  • 𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓮𝔁𝓽

    Bold script

  • 𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱

    Fraktur (old English)

  • 𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙

    Bold fraktur

  • 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕖𝕩𝕥

    Double-struck (outline)

  • ｓｍａｌｌ　ｔｅｘｔ

    Fullwidth (aesthetic) · The vaporwave look — CJK-width Latin letters

Boxed

  • ⓢⓜⓐⓛⓛ ⓣⓔⓧⓣ

    Circled (bubble)

  • 🅢🅜🅐🅛🅛 🅣🅔🅧🅣

    Circled filled

  • 🅂🄼🄰🄻🄻 🅃🄴🅇🅃

    Squared

  • 🆂🅼🅰🅻🅻 🆃🅴🆇🆃

    Squared filled

  • ⒮⒨⒜⒧⒧ ⒯⒠⒳⒯

    Parenthesised

  • 🇸🇲🇦🇱🇱 🇹🇪🇽🇹

    Regional indicator · Renders as flag-style letter tiles on most phones

Small & shifted

  • ʇxǝʇ llɐɯs

    Upside down · Flipped characters, then the whole string reversed

  • txet llams

    Reversed

  • s m a l l t e x t

    S p a c e d

Lines & marks

  • s̶m̶a̶l̶l̶ t̶e̶x̶t̶

    Strikethrough · Combining long stroke overlay, U+0336

  • s̵m̵a̵l̵l̵ t̵e̵x̵t̵

    Short strikethrough

  • s̲m̲a̲l̲l̲ t̲e̲x̲t̲

    Underline

  • s̳m̳a̳l̳l̳ t̳e̳x̳t̳

    Double underline

  • s̅m̅a̅l̅l̅ t̅e̅x̅t̅

    Overline

  • s̸m̸a̸l̸l̸ t̸e̸x̸t̸

    Slashed

  • s̰m̰a̰l̰l̰ t̰ḛx̰t̰

    Wavy underline

  • s̖̀m̡̉ǎ̛l̘̆l̘̅ t̠̎e̞̎x̠̆t̡̋

    Cursed — light

  • s̡̖̜̀̉̋m̡̞̞̉̆̃ǎ̛̜̙̌̇l̘̘̖̆̆̈l̡̘̅̂̉̚ t̡̠̖̎̌̎e̡̞̜̎̇̍x̠̟̗̆̏̄t̡̙̗̋̅̃

    Cursed — medium

  • s̡̛̖̜̞̘̀̉̋̏̀̍m̡̛̞̞̗̖̉̆̃̍̇̈ǎ̡̛̜̙̝̞̌̇̋̇̃l̘̘̖̟̗̆̆̈̎̎̏̚l̡̘̜̞̅̂̉̅̄̆̚̚ t̡̛̠̖̟̟̎̌̎̅̆̍e̡̛̞̜̖̞̎̇̍̅̈̆x̠̟̗̖̘̘̆̏̄̂̊́t̡̙̗̙̟̖̋̅̃̌̊̀

    Cursed — heavy · Enough combining marks to bleed into the lines above and below

Decorated

  • ✧･ﾟ: small text :･ﾟ✧

    Sparkles

  • ★彡 small text 彡★

    Shooting stars

  • ♡ small text ♡

    Hearts

  • ❀ small text ❀

    Flowers

  • 『small text』

    Corner brackets

  • 【small text】

    Lenticular brackets

  • ༺ small text ༻

    Scroll

  • ˜”*°•.˜”*°• small text •°*”˜.•°*”˜

    Wave

  • ➶➶➶ small text ➷➷➷

    Arrows

  • .•°¤*(¯`★´¯)*¤° small text °¤*(¯´★`¯)*¤°•.

    Dotted frame

Why some styles look plain on some devices
These characters are substitutes drawn from the Unicode maths, enclosed-alphanumeric and phonetic blocks — not a font. If a device has no glyph for one of them you see a box or a plain letter instead. Bold, italic, script, monospace and fullwidth are the safest across iOS, Android, Windows and the major social apps. Screen readers will usually read mathematical letters out character by character, so avoid them for anything that matters, such as your actual name.

Three different kinds of small

StyleSampleSitsCoverage
Small capssᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘsOn the baselineAll letters except X
SuperscriptˢᵘᵖᵉʳˢᶜʳᶦᵖᵗRaisedAll letters except Q; all digits
SubscriptₛᵤbₛcᵣᵢₚₜLoweredOnly about half the alphabet; all digits

Small caps are the most usable of the three: miniature capitals that stay on the baseline, so a whole phrase still reads as text. Superscript is much smaller and raised, which suits a short marker but becomes hard to read past a couple of words. Subscript has the worst coverage by far, because Unicode only ever added the letters that appear in chemical and mathematical notation.

The gaps, and why they exist

These characters were never intended as a styling set. They were added for phonetics, mathematics and chemistry, so Unicode contains exactly the letters those fields needed and no more. There is no small-caps X, no superscript Q, and no subscript for most consonants. Where a character is missing it passes through at full size — visible in the preview, and the single most common complaint about every small-text generator including this one.

Reasonable uses

  • A quiet subtitle under a profile name or a channel description.
  • Footnote markers — superscript digits are complete, so ¹ ² ³ work perfectly.
  • Chemical formulae in plain text: H₂O, CO₂, C₆H₁₂O₆.
  • Maths in a bio: x², 10⁻⁹, n^th written as nᵗʰ.
  • Visual separation in a Discord or Twitch panel where no formatting exists.

Do not use it for disclaimers

Small text is a poor choice for anything a reader is entitled to see. It fails outright on devices without the glyphs, screen readers announce it unpredictably or skip it, and in several jurisdictions deliberately hard-to-read contract terms are unenforceable precisely because they are hard to read. If the content matters, set it in ordinary text.

Usernames and display names

Support is inconsistent. Discord and Twitch generally accept these characters in display names and channel panels. Twitter/X accepts them in the display name but not the handle. Instagram accepts them in the bio and the name field but has been known to reject them in the username. Many platforms restrict handles to ASCII outright. Test before you commit — several services impose a cooldown before you can change a name back.

Superscript versus a real exponent

In a document that supports formatting — Word, Google Docs, HTML — use the real superscript command. It scales with the font, it is announced correctly by assistive technology, and it copies cleanly into equation editors. Unicode superscript is for the places that offer nothing at all.

Questions

What is the difference between small caps and superscript?

Small caps are miniature capital letters that sit on the baseline, so they read as normal text. Superscript is raised and much smaller, intended for footnote markers and exponents.

Why are some letters not shrunk?

Unicode has no small-caps X, and no superscript Q. Those letters pass through at full size — an unavoidable gap, not a bug in the tool.

Can I use small text for a legal disclaimer?

Please do not. It fails on devices without the glyphs, it is read unpredictably by screen readers, and in several jurisdictions deliberately hard-to-read terms are unenforceable.

Does small text work in usernames?

Sometimes. Discord and Twitter/X accept it in display names; many platforms restrict handles to ASCII. Test before you rely on it, because a rejected name can lock you out of a rename cooldown.

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