Squiggle Text Generator

Three kinds of squiggle

Upper squiggles & hooks uses letters with a hook on top or a curl at the end, such as ɦ, ɠ, ƈ and ɱ, plus vowels carrying a small hook above: “Hello” becomes Ɦẻľľỏ. Lower squiggles & hooks uses letters with a hook trailing below, like ᶏ, ᶒ and ᶅ, and changes lowercase letters only: Hᶒᶅᶅꝍ. Alternating squiggles switches between the two on every letter: Ɦᶒľᶅỏ.

Most of these characters come from the phonetic alphabets linguists use to write down exact sounds, so they are proper letters rather than drawings. A few, like ꞔ and ꞕ, are rarer characters that not every font includes, so older devices may show them as empty boxes.

A note for Vietnamese text

Fun fact: the hooked vowels in the upper style (ả, ẻ, ỉ, ỏ, ủ, ỷ) are everyday Vietnamese letters, where the little hook is the hỏi tone mark. In English text they read as decoration, but a Vietnamese reader will see a real tone.

With Vietnamese input the effect is stronger: the hook lands on top of the tone you typed, so “Có móc” turns into Ƈỏ́ ɱỏ́ƈ with two marks stacked, which can read as a different word. If you write in Vietnamese, the lower style is the safer pick, because its hooks hang below the letter and leave your tones alone: “Hồng Nhung” becomes Hꝍ̂̀ᶇᶃ Nꞕᶙᶇᶃ.

Keep it light

Squiggles are easy to read in short bursts and tiring in long sentences. As with any styled text, screen readers and search tools may treat them as unfamiliar characters, so use them for a name or a tagline. Looking for other playful letters? Try cursive text or the mixed styles on the ransom note page.

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