Strikethrough "fancy text" isn't a separate letter set at all, it works by inserting a combining long stroke overlay (U+0336) after every regular letter, which your font draws as a line through it.
01 Strikethrough text generator
02 The Strikethrough alphabet
Every letter’s styled form. Tap copy to grab the whole set at once.
| Uppercase | A̶B̶C̶D̶E̶F̶G̶H̶I̶J̶K̶L̶M̶N̶O̶P̶Q̶R̶S̶T̶U̶V̶W̶X̶Y̶Z̶ | |
| Lowercase | a̶b̶c̶d̶e̶f̶g̶h̶i̶j̶k̶l̶m̶n̶o̶p̶q̶r̶s̶t̶u̶v̶w̶x̶y̶z̶ | |
| Numbers | 0̶1̶2̶3̶4̶5̶6̶7̶8̶9̶ |
03 How it works
The exact Unicode characters behind this style, copy-and-paste, not real formatting.
How it works
- Type h, then insert U+0336, then e, then U+0336, and so on, the combining mark stacks visually onto the character right before it.
- This is a genuinely different mechanism from bold/italic/script: no separate strikethrough alphabet exists in Unicode, just a mark that overlays whatever comes before it.
04 Troubleshooting & confusables
| Looks like it | But it's actually | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| A struck-through alphabet | A combining mark after every letter | Each character is doubled, so the text is twice as long as it looks. |
| Consistent everywhere | Drawn by the font, so it varies | Some fonts place the line badly or drop it entirely. Test on the target platform. |
| Safe in every input field | Some fields strip combining marks | It can silently lose the strike and leave plain text. Check before relying on it. |
05 FAQ
Why does strikethrough sometimes look broken or misaligned?
The line is a combining mark, U+0336, that the font has to draw across whatever letter precedes it. Positioning is left to the renderer, and not every font handles every letter cleanly.
How does this differ from the other styles?
The letters are not replaced at all. Each one keeps its normal code point and gains an extra invisible character behind it, which is why strikethrough works on accented letters and punctuation that the substitution styles cannot touch.
Why is my character count double what I expected?
Every visible letter is two characters, the letter plus the mark. Ten letters cost twenty against a length limit, so a bio limit can be reached at half the text you expected.
Why does the line vanish in some apps?
Some input fields normalise or strip combining marks on save. The letters survive and the strike does not, leaving plain text. Test the target field before relying on it.
Is this the same as a strikethrough button?
No. A button applies formatting that can be switched off. This alters the text itself, so it travels through plain-text fields but cannot be removed by unformatting.