Cursive Text Generator

Script and cursive letters, regular and bold. Tap a style to copy.

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These are Unicode symbols, not fonts. Some apps and older phones show them as boxes, and screen readers may read them letter by letter or skip them, so keep names, important details and hashtags in plain text. Why, and what to do instead.

What cursive text is

The cursive letters here come from the "script" alphabets in Unicode's Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block (U+1D49C onward), made so mathematicians could write a script ℒ or 𝒜 in plain text. There are two: regular script (𝒶𝒷𝒸) and bold script (𝓪𝓫𝓬). The letters are joined only visually; each one is a separate character.

Why some cursive letters look different

Eleven script letters (ℬ ℰ ℱ ℋ ℐ ℒ ℳ ℛ ℯ ℊ ℴ) were already in Unicode's older Letterlike Symbols block, so the math block skips them and points back to the old ones. That's why, in some fonts, those letters look a little different from their neighbours in regular cursive. Bold cursive has no gaps, so it looks more even. If an exact match matters, pick bold cursive.

Where it works

Both alphabets are in current iOS, Android, Windows and macOS fonts, so cursive is one of the safest styles for bios, display names and captions. Numbers have no cursive version and stay plain. Screen readers may read each letter as "mathematical script…", so don't write anything important only in cursive. See the accessibility guide.

Frequently asked questions

How do I write in cursive on Instagram or TikTok?

Type your text above, tap a cursive style to copy it, and paste it into your bio, name or caption.

Is this a real cursive font?

No, it is Unicode text: a set of script letters built into your device. That is why it can be pasted where fonts cannot be changed.

Are there cursive numbers?

No. Unicode has no script digits, so numbers stay in their normal form.

Which cursive style works on the most devices?

Both are widely supported. Bold cursive is more even because all 52 letters come from one block.

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