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Text Glitch Generator

Apply digital glitch effects to your text.

CYBERPUNK

80px
2s
5px
#ff003c
#00eaff

<h1 class="glitch" data-text="CYBERPUNK">CYBERPUNK</h1>

/* Place this in your CSS */
.glitch {
  position: relative;
  font-size: 80px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #fff;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}

.glitch::before,
.glitch::after {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #000; /* Matches background color to hide main text behind slices */
}

.glitch::before {
  left: 5px;
  text-shadow: -2.5px 0 #ff003c;
  animation: glitch-anim-1 2s infinite linear alternate-reverse;
}

.glitch::after {
  left: -5px;
  text-shadow: -2.5px 0 #00eaff;
  animation: glitch-anim-2 1.5s infinite linear alternate-reverse;
}

@keyframes glitch-anim-1 {
  0% { clip-path: inset(20% 0 80% 0); }
  20% { clip-path: inset(60% 0 10% 0); }
  40% { clip-path: inset(40% 0 50% 0); }
  60% { clip-path: inset(80% 0 5% 0); }
  80% { clip-path: inset(10% 0 70% 0); }
  100% { clip-path: inset(30% 0 20% 0); }
}

@keyframes glitch-anim-2 {
  0% { clip-path: inset(10% 0 60% 0); }
  20% { clip-path: inset(30% 0 20% 0); }
  40% { clip-path: inset(70% 0 10% 0); }
  60% { clip-path: inset(20% 0 50% 0); }
  80% { clip-path: inset(60% 0 20% 0); }
  100% { clip-path: inset(5% 0 80% 0); }
}
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Creating Glitch and Zalgo Text Effects

Overview

A text glitch generator turns normal words into distorted, corrupted-looking text — the 'Zalgo' style with characters spilling above and below, or scrambled glitchy variants. It's a fun, eye-catching effect for usernames, social posts, or a horror or cyberpunk aesthetic. This tool builds the glitch text in your browser by layering special Unicode marks, and you can copy the result to paste anywhere that accepts text.

How to Use (Step by Step)

  1. 1

    Type your text

    Enter the word or phrase you want to glitch.

  2. 2

    Set the intensity

    Adjust how heavy the effect is, from a subtle shimmer to a fully corrupted mess.

  3. 3

    Copy and paste

    Copy the glitch text and paste it into your bio, post, or chat.

How It Works

The generator stacks combining Unicode characters — diacritical marks that attach above, below, and through normal letters — onto your text to create the dripping, corrupted look. You control how intense the effect is (how many marks pile on). Because the result is still Unicode text, not an image, you can copy and paste it into most apps and sites. It's all assembled locally in your browser.

When to Use This

Making a striking username or handle that stands out. Adding a horror, glitch, or cyberpunk vibe to a social post. Creating creepy or chaotic text for a game, story, or meme. Grabbing attention in a chat or comment. Designing a distorted title or logo text. Just experimenting with how far you can corrupt readable text.

Frequently Asked Questions

Glitch (Zalgo) text relies on many stacked combining marks. Some apps, fonts, or platforms limit how these render, clip them, or strip them for safety, so the effect can look different or reduced depending on where it's pasted.

Important Notes

Glitch text is hard to read and can be stripped, clipped, or blocked by many platforms and forms. Keep it decorative and short, and don't use it where the text needs to be legible, searchable, or typed back.

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