InkStyle / Glitch

Glitch Text Generator

Distorted, broken-looking text made from stacked accent marks. Drag the sliders to go from a slight scratch to full static.

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Glitch lab: see the marks stack

Each letter below is followed by invisible “combining” characters. Drag a slider and watch how many real characters one word turns into.

s̛̫̘̘̣ͯ̔i̯͔̫̋̌̏̔͠g̜̯̯̜̿ͧͫ͘n̥̹̫̩̽ͨ͜ạ̰̟ͥ̓̐͝l̟̖̾̓͘ͅ l̴͓̱̰̐̏ͧͮo̠̘̦͓͛̈́ͮ͑͡s̨͔̠͑́ͧ̃t̯͉͔ͤ̌̊̋̀

10 visible letters → 86 characters

sU+0073◌ͯU+036F◌̔U+0314◌̛U+031B◌̫U+032B◌̘U+0318◌̘U+0318◌̣U+0323

How glitch text works

Unicode has “combining characters”: accents that attach to the letter before them instead of taking up their own space. Normally you get one (é = e + ◌́). Nothing in the standard stops you from stacking dozens, and text renderers dutifully pile them up and down the line. That overflow is the glitch.

Because each mark is a real character, a short word can become hundreds of characters long. Many apps cap name or bio length by characters, so heavy glitch text may get cut off.

Questions people ask

Is glitch text the same as Zalgo?

Yes, Zalgo text is the internet name for heavy glitch text made from stacked combining marks. Light glitch is the same technique with fewer marks.

Why does my glitch text get cut off?

Every combining mark counts as a character. A 10-letter word with 8 marks per letter is 90 characters, so bio and username limits are reached quickly.

Can glitch text break apps?

Well-built apps just render it messily. Some platforms strip combining marks or limit how many can stack; Discord and TikTok keep most of them.

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