Zalgo text is ordinary text buried under stacked Unicode combining marks, accents that pile up above, through and below each letter. This Zalgo text generator adds them for you: depending on the intensity you pick, every letter carries 3 to 60 extra marks, so the word turns into creepy glitch text you can copy.
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Zalgo Intensity
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Type in the box, choose a preset or move the Up, Mid and Down sliders, then press Copy Output. Below the tool you will find 42 ready-made Zalgo examples, 60 glitch and creepy symbols to pair with them, and the exact places where Zalgo text gets rejected.
Last updated: 7 October 2026 · SoShareIT Fancy Text editorial team
How the Zalgo intensity sliders work
Each slider sets how many marks go on every letter: Up stacks accents above, Mid strikes through the middle, Down hangs them underneath. With the Chaotic effect switched on, the tool adds exactly that many marks; switch it off and each mark only has a 50% chance, so the result is roughly half as tall.
| Preset | Up · Mid · Down | Code points per letter | “zalgo” (5 letters) becomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini Zalgo | 1 · 1 · 1 | 4 | 20 characters |
| Normal Zalgo | 5 · 5 · 5 | 16 | 80 characters |
| Maxi Zalgo | 10 · 10 · 10 | 31 | 155 characters |
| Crazy Zalgo | 20 · 20 · 20 | 61 | 305 characters |
These counts come straight from the generator’s own rules (Chaotic effect on, spaces left plain), and they matter more than how the text looks: almost every name field and bio counts the invisible marks as characters. The marks themselves come from the Combining Diacritical Marks block (U+0300–U+036F), plus one Cyrillic mark, U+0489.
Zalgo text examples to copy
Tap any example to copy it. They were generated with the same mark sets as the tool above, at three strengths, so you can see how fast the height grows. If you want the cleaner end of the range, Zalgo sits next to bold, cursive and Old English among our fancy text styles.
Mini Zalgo (1 · 1 · 1): fits most bios
Light glitch text (2 · 1 · 2)
Normal Zalgo (5 · 5 · 5): short words only
Glitch and creepy symbols to pair with Zalgo text
Zalgo works best with a frame. These skulls, crosses, warning signs and broken-signal decorations are ordinary Unicode characters too, so they paste wherever the Zalgo itself is accepted. They are shown exactly as copied; a few may appear as empty boxes on an older phone.
Where Zalgo text breaks: Discord, Instagram and CODM
Zalgo text fails in two ways: a field rejects combining marks outright, or the marks push the text over a character limit. The table pairs each platform’s published rule with the counts from the presets above. “Fits” is calculated, not guessed; the last column says honestly whether we have pasted it on a live account.
| Platform and field | Published rule | What that means for Zalgo | Live paste test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discord username | 2–32 characters; lowercase letters, numbers, underscore and period only | Rejected at any intensity: combining marks are not allowed | Rule from Discord’s help center; not pasted |
| Discord display name | 1–32 characters; special characters allowed | Mini Zalgo fits 8 letters; Normal fits only 2 | Not yet tested on a live account |
| Instagram username | Letters, numbers, periods and underscores | Rejected: no combining marks | Not yet tested on a live account |
| Instagram bio | 150 characters | Mini Zalgo fits about 37 letters; Normal about 9 | Not yet tested on a live account |
| Call of Duty: Mobile name | Short name field; published guides disagree on the exact limit (14–16 characters) and the game filters some symbols | Even Mini Zalgo leaves room for only 3 or 4 letters | Not yet tested in game |
Rules reviewed 7 October 2026. Platforms change their filters without notice, so paste into the real field before you rely on it. Discord, Instagram and Call of Duty: Mobile are trademarks of their owners (Call of Duty is published by Activision); SoShareIT Fancy Text is an independent site with no connection to them.
Why Zalgo text overlaps lines and confuses screen readers
Combining marks have no width of their own; each one is drawn on top of the letter before it. When a letter carries 15 or 30 of them, the stack rises into the line above and drops into the line below, which is the glitch effect people want, and also why some apps clip or block it.
Screen readers handle Zalgo text poorly because they read the characters, not the picture: a single styled letter can be announced as a string of accent names. Keep Zalgo for decoration, not for anything a reader needs to understand. The same trade-off applies to every style on this site, and the guide to 10 fancy text styles and the Unicode blocks behind them explains which blocks are most likely to survive.
Zalgo text FAQ
Is Zalgo text safe to paste?
Yes. Zalgo text is ordinary Unicode: letters plus combining accent marks, with no code inside. Very heavy Zalgo can slow down an old phone or spill over the lines above and below it, which is why some chat apps and forums trim it or ask moderators to remove it.
Can I use Zalgo text on Discord?
In messages and in your display name, yes, within the 32-character display name limit, and every mark counts. Not in your username: Discord usernames accept only lowercase letters, numbers, underscores and periods, so the marks are rejected.
Why does my Zalgo text look different after I paste it?
The marks are drawn by the font on the reader’s device, not by us. Each app positions stacked accents differently, and some apps clip anything that rises above or below the line, so the same text can look tall in one place and flat in another.
How do I remove Zalgo text?
Delete the combining marks and keep the base letters. Many text editors can do this with a find-and-replace on the Combining Diacritical Marks range (U+0300 to U+036F); retyping the plain word is quicker for short text.
Want something readable instead? The SoShareIT Fancy Text generator turns the same words into bold, cursive, bubble or small caps in one tap.