Letters without a small Unicode version stay as they are.
Small text is ordinary writing turned into tiny Unicode letters — superscript like ˢᵐᵃˡˡ, subscript like ₛₘₐₗₗ, or small capitals like ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ. Type above to convert your own words, or copy from the 189 ready-made letters, words and symbols below. These are real characters, not a font setting, so they keep their size when pasted into an Instagram or TikTok bio, a caption or a WhatsApp message.
Last updated: 7 October 2026 · COOLMOJI Editorial Team · character names and blocks from the Unicode code charts
Superscript letters and numbers
Superscript letters sit above the line, like the small letters in 1ˢᵗ or the ᵀᴹ-style tags people add to names. Each one below is a separate character: tap to copy just that letter, or use the converter at the top for whole words.
Lowercase
Capitals, numbers and signs
Subscript letters and numbers
Subscripts sit below the line. The digits are complete, which is why they are the standard way to write chemical formulas in plain text, but only seventeen letters have a subscript form.
Small capital letters
Small capitals look like capitals shrunk to the height of lowercase letters: ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘꜱ. They read more easily than superscript at a glance, so they are the usual choice for a whole line of text in a bio.
Ready-made small words
Common words and tags already converted, for bios, captions and replies. The ordinals and formulas are the practical ones; the rest are aesthetic.
Small text names
Names are the most common use: a first name in small capitals or superscript with one emoji beside it. Copy one to see the style, then type your own name into the converter at the top.
Why some letters never shrink
Unicode did not design these characters as a font. Most of them were added for phonetic transcription — the International Phonetic Alphabet and the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet — so only the letters linguists needed got a small version. That leaves visible gaps:
| Style | Missing letters | Where the characters come from |
|---|---|---|
| Superscript lowercase | q (a superscript q, U+107A5, was only added in Unicode 14.0 in 2021 and few fonts have it) | Spacing Modifier Letters (ʰ ʲ ʳ ʷ ʸ ˡ ˢ ˣ), Phonetic Extensions (ᵃ ᵇ ᵈ ᵉ …), Phonetic Extensions Supplement (ᶜ ᶠ ᶻ), Superscripts and Subscripts (ⁱ ⁿ) |
| Superscript capitals | C, F, Q, S, X, Y, Z | Phonetic Extensions (ᴬ ᴮ ᴰ ᴱ …) and Latin Extended-C (ⱽ) |
| Subscript | b, c, d, f, g, q, w, y, z | Superscripts and Subscripts block (ₐ ₑ ₒ ₓ ₕ ₖ ₗ ₘ ₙ ₚ ₛ ₜ), Phonetic Extensions (ᵢ ᵣ ᵤ ᵥ), Latin Extended-C (ⱼ) |
| Small caps | x | Phonetic Extensions and IPA Extensions; ꜰ and ꜱ from Latin Extended-D; ꞯ (q) only since Unicode 11.0 (2018) |
The converter leaves those letters unchanged, which is why a word like “quiz” comes out partly small. The digits ¹ ² ³ are older still: they come from the Latin-1 character set of the 1980s, while ⁰ and ⁴–⁹ were added later, so on some fonts the first three look slightly different from the rest.
Small-letter kaomoji
Several kaomoji use superscript and modifier letters for eyes and blushes, which is what makes them look tiny and soft.
Where small text works, and where it causes trouble
- Works: Instagram and TikTok bios and display names, WhatsApp messages, captions, comments, Discord. Our bio emoji combos page has ready-made lines to pair with a small-text name.
- Does not work: usernames and handles, which accept only plain letters, numbers, dots and underscores.
- Search: a name written in small letters may not match when someone searches your plain name.
- Accessibility: screen readers may skip these characters or read them one letter at a time (“modifier letter small s”), so keep important words in normal text.
For other styled alphabets — bold, script, circled — the birthday combos page shows how the same Unicode blocks turn “happy birthday” into different styles, and the emoji vs kaomoji guide explains why these count as text rather than emoji. Frames to go around a small name are on the name frames page, and the whole library is on COOLMOJI.
FAQ
How do I make small text?
Type your words into the converter at the top of this page and tap a result to copy it. It swaps each letter for its Unicode superscript, subscript or small-capital version.
Why are some letters not small?
Unicode has no small version of them. Superscript q, subscript b, c, d and small-capital x are among the missing ones, because these characters were created for phonetic writing, not as a complete font.
Can I use small text in my Instagram name?
In your name and bio, yes. In your username, no — handles only accept plain letters, numbers, dots and underscores.
What is the small 2 called?
² is “superscript two” (U+00B2), used for squares such as m². The low version ₂ is “subscript two” (U+2082), used in formulas such as H₂O.
Is small text the same as a font?
No. A font changes how existing letters look; small text replaces them with different characters, which is why it survives copy and paste.
