The guide
Slash Through Text Generator – Diagonal Cuts, Comb Lines and Full Slashes
A slash through text generator adds a combining slash mark after each letter, so “Slash” becomes S̷l̷a̷s̷h̷ and the cut stays in place when you paste it. The mark has no width of its own; it draws across the letter before it.
Slashes read differently from a straight strikethrough. A horizontal line says “deleted”, while a diagonal cut reads more like “not this”, which is why people use it for irony, like “I’m t̸i̸r̸e̸d̸ fine.”
Which cut gives which look?
| Style | Example | Mark used |
|---|---|---|
| Short Slash | S̷l̷a̷s̷h̷ | U+0337, a short diagonal |
| Long Slash | t̸e̸x̸t̸ | U+0338, a full-height diagonal |
| Fraction Cut | S⁄l⁄a⁄s⁄h | U+2044, a slash between letters |
| Comb Below | S̩l̩a̩s̩h̩ | U+0329, one tooth under each letter |
| Tilde Cut | S̴l̴a̴s̴h̴ | U+0334, a wavy line through the middle |
Want a flat line instead? The strikethrough generator covers straight, double and dashed strikes.
What most guides miss
Why doesn’t this tool have a backslash cut?
Because it breaks on too many screens. Unicode does have a backslash overlay (U+20E5) and a double slash overlay (U+20EB), but they belong to a block meant for symbols, not letters.
When we tested them in Chrome on a standard Linux build, every letter came out as an empty box. The short and long slashes rendered cleanly on the same machine, so the tool sticks to those, plus comb and tilde marks from the same well-supported block.
Shows as boxes on many devices
Letters with U+20E5 or U+20EB overlays
Renders almost everywhere
S̷l̷a̷s̷h̷ (U+0337) and t̸e̸x̸t̸ (U+0338)
Headlines
Can you use slashed text in a headline or title?
Yes, for one word. A LinkedIn headline like “Product designer, n̸o̸t̸ a wizard” gets a second look, but slash the whole line and nobody can read it in a search result.
Keep the words people search for unslashed. Search boxes treat S̷l̷a̷s̷h̷ as different characters from “Slash”, so a slashed job title or video keyword won’t match. YouTube titles cap at 100 characters, and every slashed letter uses two of them.
Length
How much longer does slashed text get?
Twice as long, at least. Each slashed letter is the letter plus one mark, so “Slash” is 10 characters, and Double Cut or Crossed Out use three per letter.
Covering the spaces adds one more character per gap. On X, the marks count as 1 each, so a slashed word costs twice its plain length but no more.
- Instagram bio (150): about 70 slashed letters.
- LinkedIn headline (220): plenty for one slashed word plus your real title.
- YouTube title (100): slash one word; a fully slashed title fits only about 50 letters.
Older phones
Does slash-through text work on older phones?
The marks themselves are old and widely supported. U+0337 and U+0338 have been in Unicode since 1993, so almost every phone has a font that knows them.
What changes on older builds is placement. Some older Android fonts draw the slash beside the letter instead of across it, or show a dotted circle ◌ where the mark can’t attach. If you see that on a phone that should handle it, send the model, app and text to linkjuiceworld@gmail.com and we’ll check it.
Spacing
Why does the same slash look different on iPhone and Android?
Each phone’s font decides how long the slash is and where it sits. On a narrow letter like i or l, a long slash can reach into the letters next to it on one phone and stay neatly inside on another.
Spaces behave differently too. With Letters and spaces, the gap carries a mark, but some apps trim spaces at the start or end of a line, which removes the mark with them. Fraction Cut avoids that by putting a real slash character between letters.
Need a flat line through your text?
The strikethrough generator has straight, double and dashed strikes.