Glitch text symbols

Every one of the 112 combining marks this generator draws from, rendered on a real letter so you can see what each one does before you use it.

Glitch text is not a font. It is ordinary letters with these characters stacked behind them. Each mark has zero width and attaches to whatever came before it, which is how one letter ends up wearing thirty accents. If you want the mechanism explained properly, start with how glitch text works. If you just want to build something, the tables below have the code points.

The six single marks worth knowing

These are the ones that stay readable. One per letter gives you a clean effect that fits inside a bio and rarely gets filtered, which is why they have their own section in the generator.

Marks that sit above the letter

These give zalgo its height. Most come from the Combining Diacritical Marks block, and the small superscript letters near the end come from the U+0363 to U+036F range.

50 marks

Preview	Code point	HTML entity	Stacked ×3
o̍	U+030D	̍	o̍̍̍
o̎	U+030E	̎	o̎̎̎
ō	U+0304	̄	ō̄̄
o̅	U+0305	̅	o̅̅̅
o̿	U+033F	̿	o̿̿̿
ȏ	U+0311	̑	ȏ̑̑
ŏ	U+0306	̆	ŏ̆̆
o̐	U+0310	̐	o̐̐̐
o͒	U+0352	͒	o͒͒͒
o͗	U+0357	͗	o͗͗͗
o͑	U+0351	͑	o͑͑͑
ȯ	U+0307	̇	ȯ̇̇
ö	U+0308	̈	ö̈̈
o̊	U+030A	̊	o̊̊̊
o͂	U+0342	͂	o͂͂͂
o̓	U+0343	̓	o̓̓̓
ö́	U+0344	̈́	ö́̈́̈́
o͊	U+034A	͊	o͊͊͊
o͋	U+034B	͋	o͋͋͋
o͌	U+034C	͌	o͌͌͌
õ	U+0303	̃	õ̃̃
ô	U+0302	̂	ô̂̂
ǒ	U+030C	̌	ǒ̌̌
o͐	U+0350	͐	o͐͐͐
ò	U+0300	̀	ò̀̀
ó	U+0301	́	ó́́
ő	U+030B	̋	ő̋̋
ȍ	U+030F	̏	ȍ̏̏
o̒	U+0312	̒	o̒̒̒
o̓	U+0313	̓	o̓̓̓
o̔	U+0314	̔	o̔̔̔
o̽	U+033D	̽	o̽̽̽
ỏ	U+0309	̉	ỏ̉̉
oͣ	U+0363	ͣ	oͣͣͣ
oͤ	U+0364	ͤ	oͤͤͤ
oͥ	U+0365	ͥ	oͥͥͥ
oͦ	U+0366	ͦ	oͦͦͦ
oͧ	U+0367	ͧ	oͧͧͧ
oͨ	U+0368	ͨ	oͨͨͨ
oͩ	U+0369	ͩ	oͩͩͩ
oͪ	U+036A	ͪ	oͪͪͪ
oͫ	U+036B	ͫ	oͫͫͫ
oͬ	U+036C	ͬ	oͬͬͬ
oͭ	U+036D	ͭ	oͭͭͭ
oͮ	U+036E	ͮ	oͮͮͮ
oͯ	U+036F	ͯ	oͯͯͯ
o̾	U+033E	̾	o̾̾̾
o͛	U+035B	͛	o͛͛͛
o͆	U+0346	͆	o͆͆͆
o̚	U+031A	̚	o̚̚̚

Marks that cut through the letter

Overlays, tie bars and the Cyrillic enclosing mark. These break the letter shape rather than decorating it, which is what separates cursed text from zalgo.

22 marks

Preview	Code point	HTML entity	Stacked ×3
o̕	U+0315	̕	o̕̕̕
ơ	U+031B	̛	ơ̛̛
ò	U+0340	̀	ò̀̀
ó	U+0341	́	ó́́
o͘	U+0358	͘	o͘͘͘
o̡	U+0321	̡	o̡̡̡
o̢	U+0322	̢	o̢̢̢
o̧	U+0327	̧	o̧̧̧
ǫ	U+0328	̨	ǫ̨̨
o̴	U+0334	̴	o̴̴̴
o̵	U+0335	̵	o̵̵̵
o̶	U+0336	̶	o̶̶̶
o͜	U+035C	͜	o͜͜͜
o͝	U+035D	͝	o͝͝͝
o͞	U+035E	͞	o͞͞͞
o͟	U+035F	͟	o͟͟͟
o͠	U+0360	͠	o͠͠͠
o͢	U+0362	͢	o͢͢͢
o̸	U+0338	̸	o̸̸̸
o̷	U+0337	̷	o̷̷̷
o͡	U+0361	͡	o͡͡͡
o҉	U+0489	҉	o҉҉҉

Marks that hang below the letter

The dripping half of the effect. Rings, dots, lines and arrows that attach under the baseline.

40 marks

Preview	Code point	HTML entity	Stacked ×3
o̖	U+0316	̖	o̖̖̖
o̗	U+0317	̗	o̗̗̗
o̘	U+0318	̘	o̘̘̘
o̙	U+0319	̙	o̙̙̙
o̜	U+031C	̜	o̜̜̜
o̝	U+031D	̝	o̝̝̝
o̞	U+031E	̞	o̞̞̞
o̟	U+031F	̟	o̟̟̟
o̠	U+0320	̠	o̠̠̠
o̤	U+0324	̤	o̤̤̤
o̥	U+0325	̥	o̥̥̥
o̦	U+0326	̦	o̦̦̦
o̩	U+0329	̩	o̩̩̩
o̪	U+032A	̪	o̪̪̪
o̫	U+032B	̫	o̫̫̫
o̬	U+032C	̬	o̬̬̬
o̭	U+032D	̭	o̭̭̭
o̮	U+032E	̮	o̮̮̮
o̯	U+032F	̯	o̯̯̯
o̰	U+0330	̰	o̰̰̰
o̱	U+0331	̱	o̱̱̱
o̲	U+0332	̲	o̲̲̲
o̳	U+0333	̳	o̳̳̳
o̹	U+0339	̹	o̹̹̹
o̺	U+033A	̺	o̺̺̺
o̻	U+033B	̻	o̻̻̻
o̼	U+033C	̼	o̼̼̼
oͅ	U+0345	ͅ	oͅͅͅ
o͇	U+0347	͇	o͇͇͇
o͈	U+0348	͈	o͈͈͈
o͉	U+0349	͉	o͉͉͉
o͍	U+034D	͍	o͍͍͍
o͎	U+034E	͎	o͎͎͎
o͓	U+0353	͓	o͓͓͓
o͔	U+0354	͔	o͔͔͔
o͕	U+0355	͕	o͕͕͕
o͖	U+0356	͖	o͖͖͖
o͙	U+0359	͙	o͙͙͙
o͚	U+035A	͚	o͚͚͚
ọ	U+0323	̣	ọ̣̣

Which Unicode blocks these come from

Two places, and that is the whole list. 111 of the 112 marks come from Combining Diacritical Marks, the block running from U+0300 to U+036F. That block holds 112 characters, so this tool uses all of it except one: U+034F, the combining grapheme joiner, which draws nothing at all and would only inflate your character count.

The remaining mark is U+0489, the Cyrillic millions sign. It comes from a different block and behaves differently, wrapping around a letter instead of sitting over it.

One subtlety inside the main block is worth knowing. The marks between U+035C and U+0362 are double diacritics: each one spans two base characters rather than one, which is why they sometimes draw a bridge between neighboring letters instead of decorating a single one.

The authoritative names and charts are published by the Unicode Consortium in the Combining Diacritical Marks code chart. We have deliberately not reprinted the official names here, because a table of 110 hand-copied names is a table with mistakes in it.

Using these in your own code

The pattern is simple: iterate the input, append marks after each base character, join. The one thing that catches people is iteration. Splitting a JavaScript string with split('') cuts emoji in half, because they occupy two UTF-16 units. Use Intl.Segmenter with grapheme granularity, or at minimum Array.from(), so surrogate pairs stay together.

Two more habits that prevent bad output: skip whitespace, since a mark on a space renders as a floating accent, and skip emoji, since marks after a pictograph break rendering on several platforms. This generator does both.

Questions about the marks

What is a combining character?

A Unicode character that has no width of its own and attaches to the character before it. Type the letter a followed by U+0301 and you get an accented a. Glitch text is the same mechanism, just repeated far past its intended use.

Which Unicode blocks do these marks come from?

Two places only. 111 of them come from Combining Diacritical Marks, the block running from U+0300 to U+036F, which is every character in that block except the invisible grapheme joiner at U+034F. The odd one out is U+0489, the Cyrillic millions sign, which encloses a letter rather than sitting over it.

Can I paste a single mark on its own?

You can copy it, but on its own it has nothing to attach to, and most apps will draw it on a dotted circle placeholder or drop it. Marks only make sense following a base character.

Keep reading

• Glitch text generator Stack these marks automatically with a slider instead of by hand.
• How glitch text works The Unicode mechanism, from combining marks to normalization.
• Zalgo text generator The above-and-below preset, at full strength.
• When marks disappear Filters, normalization and font gaps, and how to work around each.

Mark tables generated directly from the tool source on 2026-09-08.