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Typewriter Text Generator

Turn your text into classic monospace typewriter-style Unicode characters that you can copy and paste.

What this tool does

Turn your text into classic monospace typewriter-style Unicode characters that you can copy and paste. You fill in these fields: Text. It shows monospace text, characters changed, and characters left as typed.

Inputs

  • Text: Longer text, up to 5000 characters. Any character the style has no form for is kept as typed.

How to use

  1. Type the text.
  2. Read the result: monospace text, characters changed, and characters left as typed. It appears once every required field has a valid value.
  3. Use the copy button to copy the text.

Worked examples

Example 1. Inputs:

  • Text: "a-b"

Results:

  • Characters changed: 2
  • Characters left as typed: 1

How this is worked out: Monospace small a is U+1D68A and b is U+1D68B. The hyphen has no monospace form and is kept: 2 changed, 1 kept of 3 characters.

Example 2. Inputs:

  • Text: "Q7"

Results:

  • Characters changed: 2
  • Characters left as typed: 0

How this is worked out: Monospace capitals and digits: monospace A is U+1D670 so Q is A+16 = U+1D680; monospace digit 0 is U+1D7F6 so 7 is U+1D7FD. Both changed, none kept.

Example 3. Inputs:

  • Text: "Hi 5!"

Results:

  • Characters changed: 3
  • Characters left as typed: 2

How this is worked out: Mathematical monospace: A is U+1D670, a is U+1D68A, 0 is U+1D7F6. H = A + 7 = U+1D677; i = a + 8 = U+1D692; 5 = U+1D7F6 + 5 = U+1D7FB. The space and ! have no styled form. 3 converted, 2 kept.

Example 4. Inputs:

  • Text: "Zoe"

Results:

  • Characters changed: 3
  • Characters left as typed: 0

How this is worked out: Z = A + 25 = U+1D670 + 0x19 = U+1D689; o = a + 14 = U+1D68A + 0xE = U+1D698; e = a + 4 = U+1D68E. All 3 characters converted.

Where this comes from

Restyle text with look-alike Unicode letters. Each character the chosen style has a Unicode form for is replaced by that form. Every other character is kept as typed. Two counts are returned: characters changed and characters kept. Source: The Unicode Standard code charts: Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (U+1D400 block), Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (U+FF00 block), Enclosed Alphanumerics (U+2460 block), and the small capital letters of the IPA Extensions, Phonetic Extensions and Latin Extended-D blocks.

Limitations

  • Only characters the style has a Unicode form for are changed. Everything else, including accented letters, other alphabets and emoji, is kept as typed.
  • The two counts are of Unicode characters, so an emoji built from several joined characters, or a letter typed with a separate accent mark, counts as more than one.
  • Some apps, fonts and screen readers do not handle these characters well, so avoid them for anything that must be accessible or searchable.
  • Text longer than 5,000 characters is not accepted.

FAQs

Q: Are these real fonts?
A: No. Each styled character is a separate Unicode character that looks like a styled letter, so the look stays when you copy and paste the text. No formatting is attached to it.
Q: Why did some characters stay as typed?
A: A style has a styled form for only some characters. Any character it has none for, such as an accented letter, an emoji or a line break, is copied as typed. The two counts show how many characters were changed and how many were kept.
Q: Are line breaks kept?
A: Yes. A line break is copied exactly as you typed it and counts as a character left as typed.
Q: Will it display everywhere?
A: Most current phones and computers show these characters. Some apps and older fonts show empty boxes instead, and a font may draw them differently from another.
Q: Will screen readers and search understand it?
A: Often not. Screen readers may read the styled characters out one symbol at a time, and search engines may not match them to the plain words, so avoid them for anything people need to hear or find.
Q: Can I turn the styled text back into plain text?
A: Not with this tool. Each styled character is a different Unicode character from the plain one, so you would need to type the plain text again.
Q: Which characters does the monospace style change?
A: The unaccented letters A to Z and a to z and the digits 0 to 9, which take a form that looks like typewriter lettering. Accented letters, punctuation, spaces and emoji are kept as typed.

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