Text Art Generator
Create text art using Unicode font styles, symbols, and decorative characters. From bold and cursive to gothic and glitch — type your text and explore dozens of art styles. Add symbols, emoji, and special characters to make your text truly stand out.
Block Letter Generator
Type a word to turn it into big block letters made of text — five lines tall, ready to copy.
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Cat and Animal Text Art
Cats are the most-searched animal in text art. One-line pieces paste cleanly into any chat; the multi-line ones line up best where text is shown in a fixed-width font.
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
/\_/\ ( o.o ) > ^ <
(\_/) ( •.•) / >♡
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
▼・ᴥ・▼
><(((º>
(•ө•)♡
Hearts and Love
Hearts for messages and captions, from a one-line hug to a block heart drawn with two characters.
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(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥
@}->--
➳ ♡
(｡♥‿♥｡)
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔノ♡
Objects, Music and Seasons
Small pictures for bios, gaming names and seasonal posts.
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♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♪
( ( ) ) ........ | |] \ / `----'
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⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆
( ˘▽˘)っ♨
Text Message Art
One-line reactions that fit in a text message or a comment.
♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡
┬┴┬┴┤(･_├┬┴┬┴
ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ⓣⓔⓧⓣ ⓐⓡⓣ
𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱 𝔞𝔯𝔱
ᴛᴇˣᴛ ᴀʀᴛ
ｔｅｘｔ ａｒｔ
ᛏᛖᛉᛏ ᚨᚱᛏ
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What Text Art Is
Text art is a picture made from characters — a cat from slashes and dots, a heart from blocks, a sword from lines. The classic form is ASCII art, built from the 95 printable characters of the ASCII standard of 1963. Some of the oldest known pieces were made around 1966 by Kenneth Knowlton and Leon Harmon at Bell Labs, and long before that, typists drew pictures on typewriters. Early printers used big ASCII banner pages to separate one person's print job from the next.
Today text art also uses Unicode, which adds thousands of shapes ASCII never had: the blocks in the heart above, the ᴥ nose on the bear, the ฅ paws on the cat. 'Text art' gets about 17,000 US searches a month, and 'cat text art' about 450 (Ahrefs, October 2026).
Why Text Art Sometimes Breaks When You Paste It
Multi-line pieces need every character to be the same width. Most chat apps use proportional fonts, where an i is narrower than a w, so a carefully lined-up picture can slide apart after you paste it. One-line pieces don't have this problem, which is why they are the safest choice for texts and comments.
Two fixes work well. On Discord, wrap the art in three backticks on each side to put it in a code block, which uses a fixed-width font. On WhatsApp, three backticks on each side switch the message to monospace too. The block heart and block letters on this page also hold their shape better than most, because they are built from just two characters of equal width.
Making Your Own Text Art
The block-letter generator above turns a word into big letters five lines tall — the same idea as those old printer banners. It is the quickest kind of text art to make yourself: type up to 12 letters or numbers, copy, and paste into a message, a Discord code block or a README.
For pictures, start small. Two or three lines with a clear outline — ears, eyes, a mouth — read better than a large, detailed piece. Copy one of the cats or the bunny above and change the face to make it your own.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is text art?▼
Pictures made from typed characters, like the cat /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ or the bear ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ. ASCII art is the classic kind, using only the 95 printable ASCII characters.
Why does my text art look broken after I paste it?▼
Multi-line art needs a fixed-width font. Chat apps usually use proportional fonts, which shift the lines. Use one-line art, or put the art in a code block (three backticks on Discord or WhatsApp).
How do I make big letters out of text?▼
Use the block-letter generator on this page: type a word and it builds five-line block letters you can copy and paste.
Is ASCII art the same as text art?▼
ASCII art is the original kind, limited to 95 printable ASCII characters. Text art is the wider term and can use any Unicode character, like blocks, hearts and accented letters.