Upside Down Text Generator
Type anything and it comes out flipped, letters and punctuation turned over and the order reversed, so it reads correctly when someone turns their phone around. Tap the row to copy it.
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Upside down, backwards or mirror text?
These three get mixed up, so it helps to see them side by side. Upside down text turns every letter over and reverses the order: "Upside down?!" becomes ¡¿uʍop ǝpᴉsdn. Turn your phone around and it reads normally again. That is what this upside down text generator makes.
Backwards text only reverses the order and keeps each letter the right way up, so "flip" becomes "pilf". Mirror text flips each letter left to right, the way it looks in a mirror. Neither one is upside down, and mirror text in particular needs rare characters that many phones show as boxes.
Flip text, flipped letters and upside down font all mean the same thing here. There is no font file involved: each letter is swapped for a real Unicode character that happens to look like it turned over, such as ɐ for a, ǝ for e and ʍ for w.
Which letters flip and which stay the same
Every letter from a to z has an upside down partner, but some of them are the same letter. o, s, x and z look identical when turned over, so they stay as they are. A few others swap with a neighbour: b becomes q, d becomes p, n becomes u, and the other way round.
Capital letters come out as flipped small letters, so "Hello" becomes ollǝɥ. Unicode has upside down forms for only some capitals, and the ones it has show as boxes on many phones, so using small letters keeps the result readable everywhere. Numbers stay as they are.
Punctuation turns over too. A question mark becomes ¿, an exclamation mark becomes ¡, a full stop moves up to ˙ and brackets swap sides. Accents are dropped, because a mark meant to sit on top of a letter would end up in the wrong place: José becomes ǝsoɾ.
Upside down text for posts, pranks and names
Upside down text is mostly for fun. People use it in comments to make friends turn their phones, in a caption about a day that went wrong, or for a message that is literally "turned around". A short flipped line under a normal one is easier to read than a whole flipped post.
It also works in names and bios, where it stands out in a list of plain names. Pick the app under Paste into and the row shows how long the flipped text is against that app's limit. Most flipped letters count as one character, so a flipped name is about as long as the plain one, unlike bold or script letters, which count double.
Flipped text does not have to be on its own. Copy the flipped word, paste it, then type plain text after it. For more ways to change how a word looks, cool fonts has gothic, outline and bubble letters, and the strikethrough text generator puts a line through each letter.
Will everyone see it the right way up?
Almost everyone will see the same flipped letters you do. The characters come from blocks that current iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows fonts include, so the row is tagged "most phones". The turned i (ᴉ) and a few others are the rarest, and an old phone may draw them in a slightly different shape.
Screen readers are the exception. They read the characters, not the shapes, so flipped text can be read out as a string of odd symbols or skipped. Keep anything people need to understand, like a date, a link or an instruction, in plain text.
Search is the other limit. A flipped word is made of different characters from the plain word, so it will not match when someone searches for it. That is fine for a joke, but keep your real name plain if you want people to find you.
Questions people ask
How do I type upside down on my phone?
Phone keyboards have no upside down letters, so type your text in the box above, tap the Upside Down row to copy it, and paste it where you want it.
Why are my capital letters small after flipping?
Only some capital letters have upside down forms in Unicode, and many phones show those as boxes. Small flipped letters show up almost everywhere, so capitals are flipped as small letters.
How do I flip the text back?
Keep a copy of the original text. The tool turns plain letters over, so pasting flipped text back into the box will not turn it the right way up again.
Can I use upside down text in a username?
Not in an @handle, which only takes plain letters, numbers and a few symbols. It works in display names, bios, posts and comments. For a creepier look, try the glitch text generator.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and nothing to install.