Small Text Generator
Type a word or a line and get it back as ᵗⁱⁿʸ raised letters, sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘs and lowered ₘᵢₙᵢ letters, side by side. They are Unicode characters, so they paste as plain text into a bio, a caption or a message. For exponents, chemical formulas and footnote numbers, use the Superscript & Subscript Generator instead. Free, no sign-up.
Results
Superscript (ᵗⁱⁿʸ)
Type above to see output…
Raised q, C, F, Q and S only entered Unicode in versions 14 and 17 and most fonts lack them, so they stay full size unless you tick the option above. There is no raised capital X, Y or Z at all.
Small caps (ᴀʙᴄ)
Type above to see output…
No small-cap X exists (a regular x is kept). Small-cap Q is drawn as the lookalike ǫ, which nearly every font has; tick the option above for the true small-cap ꞯ (Unicode 11), which some fonts lack.
Subscript (ₐₑₓ)
Type above to see output…
Subscript only exists for digits and the letters a, e, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, x — everything else stays full size.
How to Use the Small Text Generator
- Type or paste your words. Three versions appear below as you type.
- Choose the look. Small caps (ᴀʙᴄ) are the closest to a full alphabet and read best; raised letters (ᵃᵇᶜ) give the "tiny text" look; lowered letters (ₐₑₓ) cover only some letters.
- Read the note under each result. It lists the letters that have no small form and so stay full size.
- Copy the one you want and paste it into the app. Look at it where it will appear before you post.
The Three Styles
| Style | Sample | What converts | What stays full size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny raised letters | ᵗⁱⁿʸ ᵗᵉˣᵗ | a–z except q; capitals A B D E G H I J K L M N O P R T U V W; digits 0–9. With the newest-letters option on: q (𐞥) and capitals C F Q S (ꟲ ꟳ ꟴ ) as well | q, capitals C F Q S (unless that option is on), capitals X Y Z, punctuation |
| Small caps | ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘꜱ | All letters except x; q is the lookalike ǫ, or the true ꞯ with the newest-letters option on; capitals and lowercase give the same result | x, digits, punctuation |
| Lowered letters | ₘᵢₙᵢ ₗₑₜₜₑᵣₛ | a e h i j k l m n o p r s t u v x, capital or lowercase; digits 0–9 | b c d f g q w y z, capital or lowercase; punctuation |
For example, "Small Text Quiz Box 2026" becomes Sᵐᵃˡˡ ᵀᵉˣᵗ Qᵘⁱᶻ ᴮᵒˣ ²⁰²⁶ as raised letters — the S and Q stay full size — and ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴛᴇxᴛ ǫᴜɪᴢ ʙᴏx 2026 in small caps, where the x stays an ordinary x. As lowered letters it is ₛₘₐₗₗ ₜₑₓₜ Qᵤᵢz Bₒₓ ₂₀₂₆, with Q and z left plain because no subscript exists for them. Mixed-size results like these look uneven. Small caps cover the most letters, so they usually look the cleanest.
Why Small Caps Are Not Quite Small Capitals
Unicode never added a "small caps" style the way it did bold or italic. The characters ᴀ ʙ ᴄ ᴅ ᴇ and the rest were encoded for linguistics, mainly in Phonetic Extensions (U+1D00–U+1D7F) and IPA Extensions, where each is a separate phonetic letter that happens to look like a small capital. Two are missing from that set. There is no small-capital x at all, so the tool leaves a plain x. For q, this tool uses ǫ by default, which is really an o with an ogonek — a lookalike, but one that nearly every font has. The true small-capital Q, ꞯ (U+A7AF, LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL Q), was added in Unicode 11 in 2018. Recent Apple fonts draw it, but font support is still patchy elsewhere, so it is behind the "Use the newest Unicode letters" option. Tick it, then check the result on a few devices if the letter matters.
Because they are phonetic letters, some fonts draw them at slightly different heights, and every letter becomes a small capital: the tool does not keep a larger first letter as typographic small caps do. If you need "Hᴇʟʟᴏ", copy the result and type the capital H over the first letter yourself.
Which Tool Do You Need?
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| Tiny text or small caps for words, names and captions | This page |
| Exponents like x², chemical formulas like H₂O, footnote numbers, signs + − = ( ) | Superscript & Subscript Generator |
| True small caps in a document | Your editor's own formatting (Format → Font → Small caps in Word, or font-variant: small-caps in CSS) |
| Big, heavy or slanted letters | Bold Text Generator |
| Text turned upside down | Upside Down Text Generator |
A note on accessibility
A screen reader may read these characters by name ("modifier letter small t", "latin letter small capital a"), spell each word out, or skip it, and a search for the plain word will not find it. They also may not survive a spell-checker, a translation tool or a copy into a form. Use small text for decoration — a short tag line, a username display — never for instructions, prices, dates or anything the reader has to understand.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I make tiny text on Instagram, TikTok or Discord?
- Type your words above, copy the raised-letter or small caps line and paste it into your bio, caption or message. These sites do not offer a font size setting for bios or comments, but they keep Unicode characters unchanged.
- What is the difference between small text and superscript?
- Raised "tiny text" letters are the same Unicode characters used for superscript, so on this page they are a decoration for whole words. For exponents, footnote markers and chemical formulas, where digits and signs matter, use the Superscript & Subscript Generator, which also converts + − = ( ).
- Why do some letters stay normal size?
- Unicode does not have a small version of every letter. In the raised style q and the capitals C, F, Q, S, X, Y and Z are left out, subscript covers only some letters, and there is no small-capital x. Later versions of Unicode did add a raised q (U+107A5) and raised capitals C, F and Q (U+A7F2–U+A7F4) in Unicode 14, and a raised capital S (U+A7F1) in Unicode 17. Font support is still thin: the Apple system fonts we checked do not draw them yet. So they are off by default and appear only when you tick "Use the newest Unicode letters". There is still no raised capital X, Y or Z. Unicode 18 (September 2026) also adds lowered w, y and z (U+209D–U+209F), which are too new for current fonts, so this tool does not use them. Letters without a usable form are left unchanged rather than replaced by a wrong lookalike; the one exception is q in small caps, which uses ǫ.
- Are small caps the same as lowercase letters made small?
- No. Small caps are capital letterforms drawn at lowercase height. The ones here are phonetic letters that look like them, so both capitals and lowercase letters you type come out as the same small capital.
- Can I use small text in a username?
- Rarely. Most services limit usernames to ASCII letters, digits and a few symbols. Display names, bios and comments are more permissive.
- Why do I see boxes instead of letters?
- The device's fonts do not include that character. Subscript h, k–t, the newest-letters option and the phonetic small capitals are the usual culprits on older systems. Untick the newest-letters option, replace the letters with plain ones, or send an image.