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  • Checked October 2026

Anime Text Art

Tap a drawing to copy every line of it; the first has a speech bubble you can type in.

Anime Text Art

.-"""""-. .------------. / v v v \ | YOUR WORDS | | (*O) (*O) | /.------------' \ o / ' '-.___.-'Anime chibi, speech bubble5 lines, 30 wideReady to copy

32 pieces. Tap one to copy it.

Your own words 3

One line 3

Small, 2 to 4 lines 8

Medium, 5 to 9 lines 16

Large, 10 lines and up 2

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How it works

Anime text art, copy and paste, in keyboard characters: 32 pieces drawn for this page, with a big-eyed face in six moods, eyes alone, a chibi in three poses, a cat-ear hood and the style's marks. None is a character from a show.

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What makes it read as anime

Manga and anime characters often have large eyes, small noses and tiny mouths, by Wikipedia's article on manga iconography. So the glad face gives each eye three rows: a lid of equals signs, then parentheses around an asterisk for the highlight and a capital O. No mouth is wider than four characters, and only the sleeping face has a nose, for its bubble.

Three that carry your words

Anime chibi, speech bubble, Manga focus lines and Anime blossom frame each say YOUR WORDS, 10 characters. A shorter line is centered for you; a longer one pushes the right side of the first two out. The blossom frame is open at the sides and takes a longer line.

  • Squash-proof has seven pieces with no run of spaces: three one-liners, a face, a pair of eyes, a sleeper and four rows of speed lines.
  • Anime sweat drop, Anime vein mark and Anime sparkle are drawn alone, to set beside a face of your own.
  • One-line faces in other characters are on text faces, and manga lettering is on the manga font generator.

Questions and answers

How do I make an anime face with keyboard characters?

Type each eye as (*O): parentheses, an asterisk for the highlight and a capital O. Two of them with a v between is Anime face on one line, 11 characters. Squash-proof anime face adds a fringe of slashes and a smile, on five rows.

What does the sweat drop mean in anime?

Embarrassment, exasperation, confusion, dismay or shock, by Wikipedia's article on manga iconography, which puts the drop on the brow or forehead. Anime face, sweat drop has a large one beside the brow, with small pupils looking away.

What is the anger mark in anime?

Cross popping veins: a hollow cross on the upper head that means anger or irritation, by the same article. Anime vein mark draws it as four corners on three rows, and Anime face, cross wears one off the top of its head.

Is there text art of anime characters here?

No. Every piece is an original drawing in the style: a face, a chibi, a girl, a boy, a hood. None is a character from a named show, comic or game, and none is traced from a picture.

All 32 pieces

Your own words 3

  • Anime blossom frame Two garlands of blossom, one over the line and one under it, with loose petals between. Type over YOUR WORDS, 10 characters, or more: the sides are open. 5 lines, 31 wide.
  • Anime chibi, speech bubble A big-eyed chibi face with a speech bubble whose tail points at its mouth. Type over YOUR WORDS, 10 characters. 5 lines, 30 wide.
  • Manga focus lines Lines that close in on an empty middle from every side, the way a manga panel pulls the eye to one thing. Type over YOUR WORDS, 10 characters. 7 lines, 25 wide.

One line 3

  • Anime face on one line Two big eyes with a highlight in each and a small v for the mouth. 1 line, 11 wide.
  • Anime sparkles, one line A row of sparkles to put either side of a word. 1 line, 25 wide.
  • One-line anime speed lines Thick strokes thinning out to the right, as if something just left to the left. 1 line, 25 wide.
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Small, 2 to 4 lines 8

  • Anime eyes in tears The pair with the lower lids dipping and a drop under each. 4 lines, 18 wide.
  • Anime eyes, shut and glad Two arcs, the way a wide smile shuts the eyes, with three strokes of blush under each. 3 lines, 17 wide.
  • Anime eyes, starry The pair with stars in place of pupils and two sparkles between them. 3 lines, 18 wide.
  • Anime eyes, wide open A pair of eyes alone: a heavy lid, a lash at each outer corner, and a highlight beside each pupil. 3 lines, 18 wide.
  • Anime vein mark Four corners around an empty cross: the mark drawn on a forehead for anger. 3 lines, 8 wide.
  • Squash-proof anime eyes A pair of eyes with a single space between them. 3 lines, 13 wide.
  • Squash-proof anime sleeper The small face asleep: lids shut, mouth open, two z's after the top row. 4 lines, 15 wide.
  • Squash-proof manga lines Four rows of speed lines that all start at the left edge. 4 lines, 28 wide.

Medium, 5 to 9 lines 16

  • Anime boy, small Head and shoulders: hair in a row of spikes swept to one side, and a jacket buttoned to the neck. 6 lines, 13 wide.
  • Anime face in tears Two streams run from the eyes down to the chin, either side of a mouth open in a wail. 9 lines, 21 wide.
  • Anime face, asleep Both lids shut, a bubble at the nose, and two z's drifting off the top. 9 lines, 22 wide.
  • Anime face, cross Brows slanting down to the middle, a zigzag mouth, and a vein mark standing off the top of the head. 9 lines, 25 wide.
  • Anime face, glad The face the others are built on: a zigzag fringe, two big eyes with a heavy upper lid and a highlight in each, and a small smile. 9 lines, 21 wide.
  • Anime face, starry eyes Two stars in each eye, a small round mouth, and sparkles around the head. 9 lines, 24 wide.
  • Anime face, sweat drop Small pupils looking away, a wavy mouth, and one large drop beside the head. 9 lines, 26 wide.
  • Anime girl, small Head and shoulders: two tails of hair held by a tie either side of the face, and a collar. 6 lines, 18 wide.
  • Anime sparkle One four-pointed glint with small ones around it. 5 lines, 12 wide.
  • Anime speed lines Five rows of strokes, thick on the left and breaking up to the right, for something moving fast. 5 lines, 32 wide.
  • Anime sweat drop The drop by itself, with one tick of light on it, to set beside a face of your own. 5 lines, 7 wide.
  • Chibi bowing The small figure with its head tipped forward: the crown of the hair on top, the fringe low and both eyes shut. 8 lines, 13 wide.
  • Chibi in a cat-ear hood A face looking out of a hood with two pointed ears, a cat's mouth and two drawstrings hanging under the chin. 9 lines, 21 wide.
  • Chibi waving The small figure with one hand up, fingers spread, and two ticks for the movement. 8 lines, 18 wide.
  • Chibi, two fingers up A small figure with a head wider than its body, one eye shut in a wink and two fingers up beside it. 8 lines, 16 wide.
  • Squash-proof anime face The face on five rows: fringe, two eyes, a dot on each cheek and a smile, with no gap wider than one space. 5 lines, 11 wide.

Large, 10 lines and up 2

  • Anime boy, large The larger drawing: a saw-tooth of spiked hair, a level mouth and a stand-up collar with two buttons under it. 13 lines, 22 wide.
  • Anime girl, large The larger drawing: twin tails down to the shoulders, blush on both cheeks and a sailor collar with its knot. 13 lines, 28 wide.

How this list was compiled: Own work: every piece was drawn for this page on 2026-10-07, rendered in a monospaced font and looked at; none is copied from an archive or another site, none is traced from a picture, and none is a character from a named show, comic, film or game. Most share one construction of this site's own: a fringe of slashes, an eye written as parentheses around an asterisk and a capital O under a lid of equals signs, and a mouth of one to four characters. What the style and its marks mean was read on 2026-10-07 in Wikipedia's article Manga iconography (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_iconography, CC BY-SA 4.0): characters often have large eyes, small noses and tiny mouths; a sweat drop covers embarrassment, exasperation, confusion, dismay and shock; cross popping veins on the upper head mean anger or irritation; stars for eyes mean star-struck; a bubble at the nose means sleep; speed lines show the direction of a movement, and lines that converge pull the focus to one spot. Every character is one of the 95 printable ASCII characters, U+0020 to U+007E. Squash-proof means no line starts with a space and no two spaces touch. The comment box badge means at most 8 lines and 30 columns: a rule of thumb of this site, not a promise about any app. Licence: own work

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