Magic Dust text generator

Scatters magic dust symbols between words. The same input always gives the same layout.

What is Magic Dust text and will it work in my app?

Magic Dust text is ordinary text converted to a transformation, so it works anywhere plain text is accepted without installing a font. Support level: works in most apps. Expect this to work almost everywhere. The characters used here are common, so only very old devices or stripped-down apps will have trouble. If an app draws empty boxes, that app is missing the characters this style uses, so the style itself is fine but that app cannot display it.

How Magic Dust text works

The order of your characters is changed rather than their shapes.

The text is deliberately unreadable to anyone but you. That is the point of this style, and it is why it works best as a playful addition rather than real content.

It works by changing character order, using the magic operation, so the original word is not spelled the way it appears.

Category: Decorated. Tagged as magic, star, flair.

Magic Dust examples

Real output from this style. Copy any line to use it exactly as shown.

Where Magic Dust text works

Expect this to work almost everywhere. The characters used here are common, so only very old devices or stripped-down apps will have trouble.

The apps people paste styled text into most often behave like this:

If you need a result that cannot break, pair this style with a plain-text fallback. Some apps let you paste an alternative that appears only when styled text is not rendered, which is worth doing for a profile name other people have to read.

When to use Magic Dust

This style suits a highlight caption, a birthday greeting and a celebratory announcement. It is built from Unicode characters rather than a font, so the result stays selectable and searchable in most apps, and it will not change shape when someone else views it.

It will not work for anything that needs to be read reliably, such as a support message, an address or a link. Styled text is for display, where a reader is looking at it rather than searching through it.

For something more legible, try Bold, Old English, Cursive Script.

Questions

How do I use Magic Dust?

Type your text, copy the result and paste it where you want it. No font install is needed because the result is made of Unicode characters.

Where does Magic Dust work?

Works in most apps. If an app shows empty boxes, its font lacks those characters.

Is my text saved anywhere?

No. The text is styled in your browser and is not sent to or stored on our server.

Why does Magic Dust text look like boxes in some apps?

The style uses Unicode characters rather than a font, so an app shows them correctly only if the device has a glyph for each one. Missing characters fall back to an empty box.

Can I use Magic Dust text commercially?

Yes. The characters come from the Unicode standard rather than from a licensed typeface, and the generated text is yours to use on any platform.

What is the difference between Magic Dust text and a font?

A font changes the shape of ordinary letters, so the text stays readable and searchable but needs the font installed. Magic Dust text replaces each letter with a different Unicode character, so it works anywhere plain text is accepted without installing anything.