The aesthetic looks
| Look | Example | How it is made |
|---|---|---|
| Vaporwave | ｖａｐｏｒｗａｖｅ | Full-width letters, made for typing next to Chinese, Japanese and Korean text |
| Spaced out | s p a c e d | A space after every letter |
| Soft | ꜱᴏꜰᴛ ☾ | Small caps with a moon or flowers |
| Sparkly | ✧˚· 𝓼𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓵𝓮 ·˚✧ | Cursive between sparkle symbols |
For more frames like ⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆ or ꒰ ꒱, open the Aesthetic group on the symbols page, or use Decorate above to put one around every style.
Where aesthetic text looks best
Short words work best: a name, a mood, a title for a playlist or a highlight. Long sentences in wide letters become hard to read and use up character limits fast, because each wide letter takes the space of two.
How these aesthetic fonts are made
Aesthetic fonts: what Unicode block each style is built from, and which letters stay plain.
| Style | Example | Built from | Letters left plain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide (vaporwave) | ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms, the letters used next to Chinese, Japanese and Korean | none |
| Vaporwave with Japanese | ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ 【ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ】 | Full-width letters followed by 【ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ】 | none |
| Soft | ˚·:*:·˚★,˚·:*:·˚☆ 𝖺𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗍𝗂𝖼 ☆˚·:*:·˚,★˚·:*:·˚ | Sans-serif letters between strings of stars and dots | none |
| Starry | a⋆e⋆s⋆t⋆h⋆e⋆t⋆i⋆c | Your letters with ⋆ between them | none |
| Dotted | a·e·s·t·h·e·t·i·c | Your letters with a middle dot (·) between them | none |
| Spaced out | a e s t h e t i c | Your letters with a space after each one | none |
| Cursive with sparkles | ✧·˚ 𝒶ℯ𝓈𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓉𝒾𝒸 ˚·✧ | Mathematical Script letters, with sparkles | none |
| Small caps with sparkles | ✧·˚ ᴀᴇꜱᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ˚·✧ | Small capital letters from the phonetic alphabets, with sparkles | none |
Questions
What is aesthetic text?
A soft, stylish look made from Unicode characters: wide vaporwave letters, small caps, cursive and decorations such as stars, sparkles and flowers.
How do I type in vaporwave letters?
Type your text here and copy the Wide (vaporwave) style. Each letter becomes its full-width version: ｌｉｋｅ ｔｈｉｓ.
Do aesthetic fonts work on TikTok and Instagram?
Yes, they paste as text into bios, names and captions. A few symbols may show as boxes on older phones.