Upside down text generator
Turn your text upside down. Each letter is swapped for a flipped look-alike and the order is reversed, so it reads correctly when the screen is turned around.
Styled text is made of decorative Unicode characters. Screen readers may read it letter by letter or skip it.
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How to use it
- Type your text. Lowercase letters flip best.
- Look at the result and the "Kept as-is" count to see if any characters could not be flipped.
- Press Copy.
- Paste it into your message, comment or post. If you write several lines, each line is flipped on its own.
Where to use it
- Jokes and surprise messages that make the reader turn their phone
- Captions about a day, a plan or a room that went upside down
- Eye-catching comments and replies
- Playful display names
How upside down text works
Plain text has no “rotate” setting. Upside down text is a visual trick built from look-alike characters: an upside down a is really the phonetic symbol ɐ, an upside down capital A is the logic symbol ∀, and so on. Reversing the order of the characters completes the illusion, because the last letter now comes first, just as it would if you turned the page around.
This also explains its limits. A letter can only be flipped if Unicode happens to contain a character with the right shape. Most lowercase letters have one; several capitals and two digits do not. These are Unicode characters, not a font file, and they are not real rotated text.
Before you send it
- Test it on the device your reader will use, especially if the text has capitals or numbers.
- Do not use flipped text for names people need to search for. Search engines and in-app search see a string of symbols, not words.
- Screen readers read the individual symbols, so the message is not accessible. Add a plain version if it matters.
Frequently asked questions
How is the text flipped?
Each letter is replaced by a Unicode character that looks like it has been turned over, such as ɐ for a and ǝ for e, and the order of the letters is reversed. Letters that already look the same upside down, such as o, s, x and z, stay as they are.
Which letters cannot be flipped?
Unicode has no flipped look-alike for the capitals B, D, K, Q and R, or for the digits 4 and 7. They stay as normal characters in the reversed text, and the tool counts them. Typing those words in lowercase usually solves it.
What happens to accents?
The base letter is flipped but the accent is not, so é becomes ǝ with the accent still on top. Accents therefore appear on the wrong side when the screen is turned around.
Can I flip text in Word or Google Docs instead?
Yes, and for documents that is the better way. Put the text in a text box or drawing and rotate it 180 degrees. This tool is for apps where you can only paste plain text.
Does upside down text work in every app?
Most modern apps show it correctly. The look-alike characters come from several Unicode blocks, so a few, such as ᘔ for 2 or ⅄ for Y, may appear as boxes on older devices.