What slash text looks like
Slash text puts a diagonal stroke through every character: S̸l̸a̸s̸h̸. The result looks cut, crossed out or broken, depending on the words you choose. People use it for edgy usernames, song titles, “not allowed” jokes and aesthetic captions where plain strikethrough feels too tidy.
You cannot get this effect from a font setting in Instagram, TikTok, Discord or X. It has to be built from special characters, which is what this generator does.
How to use it
- Type into the Your text box. Press Clear to start over.
- Three slash styles show at the top in large type. They change as you type.
- Press Copy beside the one you like.
- Paste it into your profile, caption or message.
- Further down, More styles lists your text in every other style the site offers, from bold to upside down, each with a Copy button.
How it works
Unicode includes characters called combining marks. A combining mark has no width. It draws over the character in front of it. Accents work this way, and so do the slashes here.
The generator adds one of two slash marks after each character:
| Style | Mark | Code point |
|---|---|---|
| Slashed | combining long solidus overlay | U+0338 |
| Short Slash | combining short solidus overlay | U+0337 |
| Slashed (words only) | long solidus overlay, spaces left alone | U+0338 |
“Solidus” is the formal name for the forward slash. The long overlay is the same mark Unicode uses to build symbols such as “not equal” from an equals sign, which is why the slash runs nearly the full height of the letter. The short overlay is roughly half that size and sits in the middle.
The first two styles also put a slash on spaces, so you see a small stroke floating between words. The words-only style skips spaces, which keeps gaps clean.
Examples
All outputs below came from this generator:
| Input | Style | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Slash | Slashed | S̸l̸a̸s̸h̸ |
| Slash | Short Slash | S̷l̷a̷s̷h̷ |
| no way | Slashed | n̸o̸ ̸w̸a̸y̸ |
| no way | Short Slash | n̷o̷ ̷w̷a̷y̷ |
| no way | Slashed (words only) | n̸o̸ w̸a̸y̸ |
Where slash text works
Because the slashes are ordinary Unicode characters, they paste into most text fields:
- Instagram and TikTok bios, captions and comments
- Discord messages, nicknames and status
- X posts and display names
- YouTube comments and community posts
- Game chats and profile names that accept Unicode
Some sites clean up names before saving them and strip combining marks. If your slashes disappear after you save a username, the site has removed them. Messages and bios are less likely to be filtered than usernames.
Tips
- Use it on one or two words. A single slashed word in an otherwise normal bio stands out. A full paragraph is hard to read.
- Try the short slash for small screens. On phones, the long slash can crowd narrow letters such as i and l.
- Pair it with a theme. Slashed text suits glitch, horror, punk and “error” aesthetics. For a stronger corrupted look, try the glitch text converter.
- Check it where it will be seen. Paste into the real app and look at it on a phone before you commit to it.
Limits
The look depends on the reader’s font. Most current systems draw the slashes correctly, but the angle and length vary between fonts. On a few older devices, the marks can appear beside the letter rather than across it, or as empty boxes.
Screen readers are not built for this. Some read every slash mark, some skip them. Search also has trouble: a search for “way” will often not match w̸a̸y̸, because the marks sit between the letters. Do not slash your real name in places where people need to find you.
Each slashed character counts as two, the letter plus the mark. In a field with a short limit, you will fit about half as many letters.
Related tools
For a flat line through the middle of the text, use the strikethrough text generator. For a line underneath, the underline text generator has single, double, wavy and dotted versions. To turn slashed text back into normal letters, paste it into the Unicode to text converter.