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Aesthetic Symbols

Tap a symbol to copy it. Aesthetic text is built from small borrowed characters, and each one below shows its true name so you know what it really is.

By Maya Chen, lettering designer and type educator · Checked by Jordan Hale · · How we review content

Sparkles and stars

Small star-like marks that give a soft glow. All are text characters, not emoji.

Dots, rings and tiny marks

Tiny characters used as filler between larger shapes. Many were designed for other purposes.

Wings and brackets

Letters from other scripts that look like soft wings or curls around a word.

Ready-made frames

Multi-character strings. Labels are plain descriptions, not Unicode names. Replace the middle with your text.

29 symbols on this page. Names are the official Unicode character names; "emoji" marks characters that often appear as colour pictures on phones.

What “aesthetic” means in Unicode terms

Aesthetic text is a look, not a character set. There is no Aesthetic block in Unicode. The look is assembled from small characters that were designed for other jobs, such as a ring above a letter, a subscript plus, a hyphenation point, or a punctuation mark from another script, and arranged so that together they suggest sparkle, softness and space. This is why the same style appears under many names: kawaii, soft girl, dreamy, cloud and coquette bios all lean on the same pieces.

Knowing the real names helps because it tells you which characters will survive in which places. A character that is a plain symbol travels well. One that is a letter or digit from a rarer script depends on the reader’s fonts.

The building blocks

Sparkles and stars. ✧ (WHITE FOUR POINTED STAR), ✦ (BLACK FOUR POINTED STAR), ⋆ (STAR OPERATOR) and ✩ (STRESS OUTLINED WHITE STAR) are the glow. They are common in fonts and the safest part of any frame. For more, see the sparkle symbols page.

Dots and rings. ˚ is RING ABOVE (U+02DA), a spacing accent that looks like a tiny degree sign. ₊ is SUBSCRIPT PLUS SIGN and ⁺ is its superscript twin. ‧ is HYPHENATION POINT. ｡ is a halfwidth ideographic full stop and ﾟ is a halfwidth katakana mark, both from the Japanese compatibility range. They are tiny, so they work as a trail around a larger symbol.

Wings, brackets and curls. ꒰ and ꒱ come from the Yi Radicals block. ა is a Georgian letter, ໒ a Lao digit and ୨ ୧ are Oriya digits two and one. They were never meant as ornaments, but their curved shapes suit the job. Because each belongs to a script, a device that lacks that script’s font may show a box. In practice, current iPhones, Android phones and Windows 10 and 11 have good coverage, while older devices and some embedded browsers may not.

Reading a frame

Take ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚. From the outside in: ˚ ₊ ‧ is a fading trail of dots, ꒰ and ꒱ are the curled wings, ა and ໒ are the feather tips, and ☆ is the centre. Mirrored, it has left and right halves that pair visually. The pattern is that each side mirrors the other, and the centre carries the main mark. Once you see that, you can build your own with any set of small shapes.

The ready-made frames in the last group are multi-character items. The label is a plain description of what the string looks like, not a Unicode name, because there is no official name for a string. Replace the middle star with your own word or symbol.

Text and emoji presentation

Most characters on this page are plain text and keep the colour of the surrounding words. The exceptions are star-like ones such as ★ and ☆ in some fonts, and anything from the emoji set such as ☁ or ☾, which phones can draw as coloured pictures. When a frame mixes both, the text parts follow your font colour and the emoji parts come out in colour, which can look uneven. If you want a uniform look, choose symbols that have no emoji form, such as ✧ ✦ ⋆ and ˚. The invisible selector U+FE0E asks for the text form of a symbol that has both, and U+FE0F asks for emoji, but apps may ignore both.

Where aesthetic symbols are used

  • Instagram, TikTok and Tumblr bios. Common, but each platform sets its own rules about what it renders and can change them without notice. See the Instagram fonts and TikTok fonts pages for what we have documented.
  • Display names. Some platforms restrict symbols in names or flag odd characters, so test before you commit.
  • Captions and notes. Safe almost anywhere that accepts Unicode, though line-breaking can split a frame in two.
  • Images. In the lettering image maker, you control the font, so rare symbols are less of a risk.

How to type them

  1. Copy and paste. The most practical method; use the buttons above.
  2. Word on Windows. Type the code point and press Alt+X: 2727 for ✧, 2726 for ✦, 02DA for ˚.
  3. Mac. Control, Command and Space opens the Character Viewer, where you can search by name.
  4. Phones. Set a text replacement such as “sprk” that expands to a favourite frame. It works on iOS in Settings, General, Keyboard, and on Android through your keyboard app.
  5. Alt codes. None of these has one.

Accessibility

This is the weakest area of aesthetic text. Screen readers announce each character by name, so a frame like ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ is read as a series of separate names, including a Yi radical and a Lao digit. Heard in full, it can take several seconds. Put the frame outside what you need people to hear, keep it to one short strip at the end of a line, and never use it in place of words. The fancy text accessibility guide goes further, and the text decorator lets you try a decoration and see how long it is.

For cute faces and hearts, see cute symbols and heart symbols. For lines to separate sections, see divider symbols.

Frequently asked questions

What does the symbol ꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ actually contain?
It is built from characters borrowed from other writing systems. ꒰ and ꒱ are Yi radicals, ა is a Georgian letter, and ໒ is a Lao digit. They look like curved wings, but they are real characters from other scripts, not decorations. Some devices may therefore draw them in an unexpected font.
Do aesthetic symbols work in Instagram bios?
Many do, because they are ordinary Unicode characters, but Instagram has not published a list of allowed characters and can change what it renders. Characters from rarer scripts such as ꒰ may display as boxes on older phones. Check your bio on a second device. See our Instagram fonts page.
Why do some of these show as boxes on my friend's phone?
A box means the device has no font containing that character. Everyday symbols like ✧ and ⋆ are widely covered, while Yi, Lao and Georgian characters need script fonts that older phones may lack. Our boxes guide explains what you can do.
Are aesthetic symbols accessible to screen readers?
They are read out by name, which can be long and confusing. A frame such as ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ may be read as a string of unrelated names including a Yi radical and a Lao digit. Keep them short and keep the important words outside the decoration.
How do I type these symbols?
There are no Alt codes for them. Copy from this page, or in Word on Windows type the code point and press Alt+X, for example 2727 for ✧. On a Mac, use the Character Viewer. A text-replacement shortcut on your phone can expand a short code into a whole frame.

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