How mirror text works
Leonardo da Vinci filled his notebooks with mirror writing that you read by holding the page up to a mirror. This tool gets the same effect with Unicode: it reverses your text and swaps each letter for a look-alike that is flipped left-to-right, such as ɘ, ꟼ or Я.
Symmetrical letters like o, x, A, H and M need no swap. The rest are borrowed from Cyrillic, Latin Extended and phonetic characters, so support is patchier than for upside-down text.
Styles on this page
- Mirror — Look-alikes from Cyrillic, Canadian syllabics and more. Hit-and-miss
- Upside down — Borrowed look-alikes, written in reverse. Works on most devices
Curious why these letters are not a real font? See how Unicode styles work, step by step.
Questions
Is Я a real mirrored R?
Я is the Cyrillic letter “ya”. It happens to look like a backwards R, which makes it the best available stand-in.
Can I mirror text in a Word document instead?
Yes — Word and Google Docs can flip a text box as an image. This generator is for places that only accept plain characters, like social bios.
Why are some letters not mirrored?
Letters such as “g” and “k” have no good reversed look-alike in widely installed fonts, so the tool uses the closest safe option instead of a box.