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Zalgo Text Generator: Glitchy Creepy Text

This free Zalgo text generator piles random combining marks above, through and below each letter to create the glitchy, haunted look known as Zalgo text. Choose the intensity and which directions to use.

By Debmedia Technologies LLP · Kolkata, India · Updated

What Is It and When Do You Need It?

Zalgo text is a visual effect made of ordinary characters. Combining marks sit above, through or below the letter, and enough of them make the text look corrupted. It is used in horror memes, creative usernames and jokes.

Type your text, choose how strong the effect should be and copy the result.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Type your text.
  2. Choose the intensity and the directions.
  3. Press Generate.
  4. Copy the result. Press again for a different look.

How the Calculation Works

For each letter, the tool adds a random number of combining marks from three groups: marks that sit above (such as U+0300 to U+036F selections), marks through the letter and marks below. Mini adds one to two marks, medium two to five and maximum five to twelve per direction.

Worked Example

Hello with medium intensity might look like H̷e̶l̵l̸o̷, with marks stacked above and below. Every press gives a new random result.

Common Uses

  • Horror and creepy effects.
  • Usernames and bios.
  • Jokes and memes.
  • Testing how apps handle combining marks.

Tips and Common Mistakes

  • Use mini for a subtle glitch.
  • Heavy Zalgo can break layouts and be hard to read.
  • Avoid it for anything that needs to be accessible.

Next, you may need the fancy text generator, upside-down text generator, leetspeak converter, text repeater.

Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored or sent to any outside service.

Frequently Asked Questions

Text made unreadable-looking by stacking many Unicode combining marks on each letter, so that the marks spill above and below the line. It comes from an internet horror meme.
Unicode has combining characters that attach to the letter before them. Adding many of them at random produces the effect.
Yes, the marks can be stripped by removing combining characters. Many sites do this to keep the layout tidy.
It is plain text. Very heavy Zalgo can slow down some apps, so use the maximum level carefully.

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