Text Art to Copy and Paste
Text art is a picture made only of keyboard characters and symbols, so it pastes like any text. Search or browse the pictures below, then copy one. Pieces on one line work almost anywhere; pictures on several lines need a monospaced font to line up.
How to use text art
Find a picture by searching for what it shows, such as cat, heart or cake, or pick a category. Choose One line to see only pieces that fit in a bio or a name. Press Copy, then paste it where you want it. For pictures marked Monospaced, Copy as code block wraps the picture in three backticks for apps that support Markdown code blocks.
One line or several lines
| Kind |
Where it works |
What to watch |
| One line, such as ><> ><> |
Bios, display names, captions, chats and comments |
Symbols can look a little different on each device. |
| Several lines, marked Monospaced |
Code blocks, notes and code editors, plain text files, terminals |
Lines up only in a monospaced font. In other places the lines drift apart, and some apps remove the extra spaces. |
Pictures on several lines here use only plain keyboard characters, because symbols can be wider or narrower than letters in a monospaced font, which would bend the lines. They are kept narrow so they fit a phone screen inside a code block.
For a word or a name drawn in big letters, use the big text generator. For lines and boxes between sections of a post, use the text divider maker. Faces such as (โโฟโ) are in the kaomoji section of the symbols page.
Frequently asked questions
Why does a picture look crooked after I paste it?
Pictures on several lines line up only in a monospaced font, where every character has the same width. Most bios, captions and chat messages use other fonts. If the app supports Markdown code blocks, use Copy as code block, which adds the three backticks that switch to a monospaced font.
Which pieces work in a bio or a display name?
The one-line pieces. They do not depend on spacing, so they read the same in any font, although symbols can look a little different on each device. Check the length limit of the field you paste into.
Who drew these, and can I use them?
FontBlaze drew every piece on this page for the site; none is copied from another collection. They are here for you to copy into your own posts, messages and notes.
Will a screen reader read the picture?
It reads the characters one by one, such as slash, underscore and bracket, which means little to a listener. Each picture here has a short name for screen readers. Where you post one, add a few words that say what it shows.