Glitch Text Generator
Type something and watch it corrupt. This tool stacks Unicode combining marks onto your letters to create glitchy, dripping zalgo text, also called cursed text. Copy the result and paste it into Discord, TikTok comments, or anywhere else that renders Unicode.
Every style below rewrites as you type. Tap Copy to take one.
How it works
- 01 Type the text you want to corrupt.
- 02 Choose mild for readable glitch or heavy for full zalgo drip.
- 03 Copy the cursed result and paste it where you want chaos.
What zalgo text actually is
Unlike most stylized text, glitch text is not a substitute alphabet. It is your original letters buried under combining diacritical marks: the accents, tildes, and hooks Unicode provides for building characters like é or ñ. Normally a letter carries one mark. Zalgo stacks dozens, above, below, and through each letter, until the text overflows its line and looks corrupted. The name comes from a 2000s internet horror meme, and "cursed text" is the same thing by another name.
Mild or heavy
The mild setting adds a few marks per letter, enough to look unstable while staying mostly readable. Heavy piles them on until the text drips far outside its line. Heavy zalgo is fun in a Discord message; it is also the version most likely to get flagged, since some platforms treat extreme mark-stacking as spam. Start mild.
Where it works, and where it gets cut
Discord, Reddit, and most comment sections render zalgo faithfully. TikTok and Instagram allow it in comments and captions but clip the overflow, so the drip effect flattens. Twitch and some games filter combining marks outright because zalgo was historically used to disrupt chats. Username fields almost universally reject it. The strikethrough and slashthrough styles here use the same combining-mark mechanism at minimum intensity, one line through each letter, and the flipped styles remap letters to lookalike glyphs; more of those live in the upside down text generator.
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Questions
Does glitch text work on Discord?
Yes, Discord renders zalgo fully, drip and all, in messages and most server nicknames. Some servers run bots that delete heavy zalgo as spam, so check the room before flooding it.
Why does cursed text work across different apps?
Because it is standard Unicode: ordinary letters plus combining diacritical marks, the same mechanism that puts the accent on é. Any app with a Unicode text renderer will display it, no fonts or plugins involved.
What is the difference between glitch text, zalgo, and cursed text?
Nothing, they are three names for the same effect: letters overloaded with stacked combining marks. "Zalgo" is the original meme name, "cursed" and "glitch" came later.
Why did my zalgo text get removed or filtered?
Heavy mark-stacking can overlap other lines and disrupt chats, so some platforms and moderation bots strip or block it. Twitch and several games filter combining marks entirely. The mild setting passes more filters.
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