A small caps generator swaps each letter for a Unicode “small capital” such as ᴀ, ʙ or ᴄ, so your text looks like ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘꜱ wherever you paste it — an Instagram bio, a TikTok display name, a Discord nickname. The box above also makes ᵗⁱⁿʸ superscript and ₛₘₐₗₗ-style text; copy any row with one tap.
It is the same engine as the FontFancy fancy text generator, opened on the small and tiny styles. What most small caps pages leave out is that Unicode never finished this alphabet: one letter is missing, one arrived decades late, and the “tiny text” alphabets have bigger gaps still. This page shows exactly which characters you are copying.
Small caps, superscript or subscript?
“Small text” means three different Unicode sets, and they look and behave differently. Small caps sit on the line at lowercase height, superscript floats above it, and subscript hangs below — and only superscript covers every letter people type.
| Small caps | Superscript | Subscript | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Looks like | ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘꜱ | ᵗⁱⁿʸ ᵗᵉˣᵗ | ₛₘₐₗₗ |
| Sits | On the line | Above the line | Below the line |
| Letters a–z available | 25 true small capitals (no X) | 25, plus a late q | 17 only |
| Digits | None — digits stay normal | ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹ | ₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉ |
| Search that uses NFKC reads it as | ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ (unchanged) | tiny (plain letters) | small (plain letters) |
| Best for | Display names, headings in a bio | Footnote-style asides, “tiny text” jokes | Chemistry-style labels, short tags |
The search row matters more than it looks. Superscript and subscript letters carry a compatibility mapping back to ordinary letters, so a search system that normalises text will find them. Small capitals have no such mapping: ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ stays ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ, which means a name written entirely in small caps may not come up when someone types it plainly.
The small capital alphabet, letter by letter
These are the characters the generator above uses for each letter, with the Unicode code point and the block it comes from. Small caps is not one block: it is borrowed from IPA Extensions and Phonetic Extensions, which were created for phonetic transcription, plus two letters from Latin Extended-D.
| Letter | Small cap | Code point | Unicode block | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ᴀ | U+1D00 | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| B | ʙ | U+0299 | IPA Extensions | True small capital |
| C | ᴄ | U+1D04 | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| D | ᴅ | U+1D05 | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| E | ᴇ | U+1D07 | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| F | ꜰ | U+A730 | Latin Extended-D | True small capital |
| G | ɢ | U+0262 | IPA Extensions | True small capital |
| H | ʜ | U+029C | IPA Extensions | True small capital |
| I | ɪ | U+026A | IPA Extensions | True small capital |
| J | ᴊ | U+1D0A | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| K | ᴋ | U+1D0B | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| L | ʟ | U+029F | IPA Extensions | True small capital |
| M | ᴍ | U+1D0D | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| N | ɴ | U+0274 | IPA Extensions | True small capital |
| O | ᴏ | U+1D0F | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| P | ᴘ | U+1D18 | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| Q | ǫ | U+01EB | Latin Extended-B | Look-alike: o with a hook (a real small capital Q exists, see below) |
| R | ʀ | U+0280 | IPA Extensions | True small capital |
| S | ꜱ | U+A731 | Latin Extended-D | True small capital |
| T | ᴛ | U+1D1B | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| U | ᴜ | U+1D1C | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| V | ᴠ | U+1D20 | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| W | ᴡ | U+1D21 | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
| X | x | U+0078 | Basic Latin | No small capital X exists — plain lowercase x |
| Y | ʏ | U+028F | IPA Extensions | True small capital |
| Z | ᴢ | U+1D22 | Phonetic Extensions | True small capital |
Copy single small capitals (25)
Tap a tile to copy one letter. The last tile is the true small capital Q, ꞯ, which many phones still cannot display — test it before you rely on it.
The letters Unicode left out
Three letters explain nearly every “why does my small caps name look wrong?” question.
X has no small capital
There is no small capital X anywhere in Unicode, so every small caps generator falls back to an ordinary lowercase x. It happens to look close enough because a lowercase x already has the right shape and height.
Q arrived in 2018 — and fonts still lag
A true small capital Q, U+A7AF ꞯ, was only added in Unicode 11.0. Because many device fonts do not include it yet, generators — including ours — use U+01EB ǫ, an o with an ogonek hook, which renders almost everywhere. If your audience uses up-to-date phones, you can copy ꞯ from the grid above instead.
F and S come from a different block
ꜰ (U+A730) and ꜱ (U+A731) were added in Unicode 5.1, later than the phonetic small capitals around them. On some fonts they are drawn slightly heavier or wider than their neighbours, which is why “ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘꜱ” can look uneven on one phone and perfect on another.
Tiny text: superscript and subscript sets
Superscript is the “tiny text” most people mean. It covers all 26 letters in practice, but the set is a patchwork: the superscript q in most generators is actually U+146B ᑫ, a Canadian Syllabics character, because the real modifier letter small q (U+107A5) was only added in Unicode 14.0. Subscript is much thinner — Unicode has subscript forms for just 17 Latin letters: a, e, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v and x.
Superscript letters, digits and signs (41)
Subscript letters, digits and signs (32)
Because subscript skips letters such as b, c and d, a subscript word usually contains a few normal-sized letters. Pick words that only use the 17 available letters — ₛₘₐₗₗ, ₙₐₚ, ₜₕₑ ᵥₒₓ — or switch to superscript for anything longer.
Small caps names and bio lines
Small caps reads as calm and tidy, which is why it shows up in minimalist profiles, study accounts and small shops. Unlike bold or script, it does not shout — so it works for a whole bio line, not just a name.
Names in small caps and tiny text (24)
Each label shows the name and the set used. Type your own name into the generator at the top and pick Small caps or Superscript to match a pattern you like.
Bio lines to copy (16)
Found in the wild (2)
Quiet symbols that suit small letters (45)
Heavy crowns and thick frames swamp small capitals. These light marks keep the same understated weight.
Soft kaomoji (20)
Pale emoji accents (14)
White, cloud and pastel emoji keep the low-key feel. They are colour emoji, so they look slightly different on each phone brand.
If you want the opposite effect — letters that are heavier rather than smaller — the bold text generator covers every bold alphabet, and italic text sits between the two for quotes and captions. For putting small caps into a profile, our Instagram fonts guide covers the bio character limit, and the aesthetic text generator pairs small letters with wide spacing.
CSS small caps vs copy-and-paste small caps
On a website, real small caps come from the font, not from special characters. The CSS property font-variant-caps: small-caps (or the older font-variant: small-caps) tells the browser to draw ordinary letters as small capitals, so the underlying text stays plain, searchable and readable by screen readers.
| CSS small caps | Unicode small caps (this page) | |
|---|---|---|
| What changes | Only the drawing of normal letters | The characters themselves |
| Works in a bio or username | No — apps ignore your CSS | Yes, in fields that accept Unicode |
| Search and screen readers | Read as normal words | May not match or read naturally |
| All 26 letters | Yes, if the font supports it | No true X; Q depends on the font |
| Use it for | Your own web pages and documents | Social profiles, chats and game names |
So: building a web page, use CSS. Pasting into an app you do not control, use the characters. Other scripts cannot be converted either way, for the reason explained in the Unicode source table on our homepage — and if you want text that is flipped rather than shrunk, see upside-down text.
Questions about small caps and tiny text
How do I type small caps on my phone?
Phone keyboards have no small caps key. Type your text into the small caps generator on this page, tap the Small caps row to copy it, and paste it into your app. The result is made of Unicode small capital characters, so it keeps its look after pasting.
Why does the letter q look different in small caps?
Most generators use ǫ (U+01EB), an o with a small hook, because the true small capital Q (U+A7AF) was only added in Unicode 11.0 and many fonts still lack it. You can copy the true ꞯ from the letter grid if your readers use recent devices.
Is there a small caps x?
No. Unicode has no small capital X, so every small caps generator uses a normal lowercase x, which already has the right height and shape.
What is the difference between small caps and tiny text?
Small caps are capital-shaped letters at lowercase height, sitting on the line. Tiny text usually means superscript letters that float above the line. Superscript covers the whole alphabet in practice; small caps is missing a true X.
Will people find my small caps name in search?
Not always. Small capital letters have no mapping back to ordinary letters, so search that normalises text still sees them as different characters. Keep a plain spelling in your @username if people need to find you by typing your name.
Checked on 14 September 2026: every code point, block and “added in” version above was verified against the Unicode Character Database 17.0 (UnicodeData.txt and DerivedAge.txt).
