ʇ Upside Down Text Generator

Type normally and get flipped text you can paste anywhere. Try a rotated or flipped-only version.

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How flipped text works without a special font

Nothing actually gets rotated when you use an upside down text generator. It swaps each letter for a different character that happens to look like that letter turned over. An "a" becomes ɐ, "e" becomes ǝ, "t" becomes ʇ and "h" becomes ɥ. Most of these come from the International Phonetic Alphabet, which linguists use to write sounds, so they are on every modern phone.

The default style also reverses the order of the letters. That way, if someone actually turns their phone around, the message reads left to right: "hello" comes out as ollǝɥ.

Flip text: rotated vs flipped only

You get two versions of upside down letters:

Reversed Text and Reversed Word Order are there too, for when you want backwards text without flipping the letters.

Upside down letters that don't flip cleanly

Lowercase letters flip almost perfectly. Capitals are harder, because Unicode never had a full set of rotated capitals. Some get a close match (A becomes ∀, E becomes Ǝ), but a few borrow from other alphabets or use the nearest lowercase shape:

LetterFlippedSource
a / Aɐ / ∀Phonetic letter / math "for all" sign
e / Eǝ / ƎPhonetic letters
GפHebrew letter pe
BqLowercase stand-in
? and !¿ and ¡Spanish punctuation
3 and 7Ɛ and ㄥLatin and Bopomofo letters

For the cleanest result, type in lowercase. Letters that look the same either way (o, s, x, z, H, I, N, O, S, X, Z) stay unchanged.

Ways people use upside down text

Want a left to right reflection instead of a flip? Use the mirror text generator. Rounder, playful styles live on the bubble text generator, and the fancy text generator shows every style at once.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does upside down text work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. The flipped characters are standard Unicode letters, mostly from the phonetic alphabet, and both iOS and Android have fonts for them.
Why do some capital letters look wrong?
Unicode has no full set of rotated capitals, so letters like B and G borrow the closest shape from another alphabet. Typing in lowercase gives a cleaner flip.
What's the difference between upside down and mirror text?
Upside down text rotates letters top to bottom. Mirror text flips them left to right, like a reflection. The mirror text generator handles the second one.
Can I flip numbers and punctuation?
Yes. Digits, question marks, exclamation marks, brackets, commas and periods all have flipped versions here.

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