Italic Text Generator: Slanted Letters You Can Paste

The letters lean to the right and feel lighter than bold, closer to a printed aside than a shout. They come from the same Unicode families as the other styles on this site, so a paste carries the slant with it. Common homes for it are Instagram comments, note apps and short lines above a longer post where the text is already set in capitals.

Where people use it

• Set a quiet aside or a book or film title inside a caption that has no formatting tools.
• Add a signature line under a photo where capitals would look stiff.
• Mark a note to self at the top of a to-do list or a shared doc.
• Soften one phrase in a comment thread instead of writing the whole reply in capitals.

Frequently asked

Is the slant a font style or separate characters?

Separate characters. Each slanted letter already exists in Unicode with the lean built in, so the style travels with the text when you copy it.

Where does italic text break?

Very small sizes and unusual character sets can drop or flatten the slant. If a letter looks wrong after pasting, shorten the run and try a plainer style.

Why do some apps show my italic text in a plain look?

That app or device may not have a glyph for those code points, so it falls back to the closest shape it has. The characters are still there, just drawn differently.

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