Barbed Wire Text Generator

Type a line and copy it strung on barbed wire, linked like a chain or sewn with stitches.

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Sample below. Your text takes its place.

Sample Barbed wire

k̶̽e̶̽e̶̽p̶̽ o̶̽u̶̽t̶̽

U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter for the strand, and U+033D Combining x above on top of it for the barb.

Same text, other looks

Barbs below the wire k̶͓e̶͓e̶͓p̶͓ o̶͓u̶͓t̶͓U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter, with U+0353 Combining x below under it, so the barbs hang beneath the strand.
Double barbed wire k̶͓̽e̶͓̽e̶͓̽p̶͓̽ o̶͓̽u̶͓̽t̶͓̽U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay with U+033D Combining x above and U+0353 Combining x below on every letter: three marks a letter, barbs on both sides of the strand.
Barbs every other letter k̶̽e̶e̶̽p̶ o̶̽u̶t̶̽U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter and U+033D Combining x above on every other one, counting letters and skipping spaces, so the barbs are spaced along the strand.
Spaced double barbs k̶͓̽e̶e̶͓̽p̶ o̶͓̽u̶t̶͓̽U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter, with U+033D Combining x above and U+0353 Combining x below together on every other letter.
Links above k͡e͡e͡p o͡u͡tU+0361 Combining double inverted breve after every letter but the last of each word. Unicode also calls it the ligature tie: one arc that reaches from a letter over to the next.
Chain links k͜͡e͜͡e͜͡p o͜͡u͜͡tU+0361 Combining double inverted breve and U+035C Combining double breve below after every letter but the last of each word. The arc above and the arc below close round each gap like a link.
Chain on a wire k̶͜͡e̶͜͡e̶͜͡p̶ o̶͜͡u̶͜͡t̶The two ties of Chain links, with U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter as well, so the links hang on a strand.
Hanging chain k̶͜e̶͜e̶͜p̶ o̶͜u̶͜t̶U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter and U+035C Combining double breve below between the letters of each word: a strand with a loop slung under every gap.
Stitches above k̽e̽e̽p̽ o̽u̽t̽U+033D Combining x above on every letter and no stroke: a row of small crosses over the word.
Stitches below k͓e͓e͓p͓ o͓u͓t͓U+0353 Combining x below under every letter and no stroke. Unicode files this mark with its additions for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet.
Every other stitch k̽ee̽p o̽ut̽U+033D Combining x above on every other letter, counting letters and skipping spaces.

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How it works

This barbed wire text generator puts a stroke through every letter and a small x on it for the barb, as combining marks that paste with the text. Some apps strip or block these characters, and screen readers may read them badly.

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Wire, chain or stitches

Barbed wire is U+0336, the long stroke overlay, with U+033D, the x above, on every letter. Double barbed wire adds U+0353, the x below. The chain rows tie each letter to the next: Chain links uses U+0361 above and U+035C below, so an arc closes round every gap. Stitches above keeps the x and drops the wire.

Where the wire breaks

No row marks a space, so the strand stops between words and starts again. The chain stops there too, because a tie needs a letter on each side. For one unbroken strand, type a single word.

Marks count toward a limit: keep out is 8 characters as typed, 22 under Barbed wire and 29 under Double barbed wire.
Barbs every other letter reads more easily in a long line: the wire runs on and half the letters carry no x.
Text strung on wire is hard to search for later, so save the plain line too.

Questions and answers

Is this a chain text generator as well?

Yes, for letters linked like a chain. Four rows tie each letter to the next with U+0361 Combining double inverted breve, which Unicode also calls the ligature tie. It does not write chain messages to forward.

What are the barbs really?

U+033D Combining x above and U+0353 Combining x below, two ordinary combining marks. Unicode lists the x below among its additions for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, so it began as a mark for writing down sounds, not fences.

What is the chain link made of?

Two ties. U+0361 arcs over two letters and U+035C, the ligature tie below, arcs under them. Wikipedia records that phonetic writing uses the tie to join two symbols said as one sound.

Can the wire be taken off again?

Yes. Your letters are unchanged and every mark follows its letter, so deleting the marks gives back what you typed. Nothing is hidden either: the words stay readable under the wire.

All 12 looks

Wire 5

Barbed wire U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter for the strand, and U+033D Combining x above on top of it for the barb.
Barbs below the wire U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter, with U+0353 Combining x below under it, so the barbs hang beneath the strand.
Barbs every other letter U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter and U+033D Combining x above on every other one, counting letters and skipping spaces, so the barbs are spaced along the strand.
Double barbed wire U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay with U+033D Combining x above and U+0353 Combining x below on every letter: three marks a letter, barbs on both sides of the strand.
Spaced double barbs U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter, with U+033D Combining x above and U+0353 Combining x below together on every other letter.

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Chain 4

Chain links U+0361 Combining double inverted breve and U+035C Combining double breve below after every letter but the last of each word. The arc above and the arc below close round each gap like a link.
Chain on a wire The two ties of Chain links, with U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter as well, so the links hang on a strand.
Hanging chain U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay through every letter and U+035C Combining double breve below between the letters of each word: a strand with a loop slung under every gap.
Links above U+0361 Combining double inverted breve after every letter but the last of each word. Unicode also calls it the ligature tie: one arc that reaches from a letter over to the next.

Stitches 3

Every other stitch U+033D Combining x above on every other letter, counting letters and skipping spaces.
Stitches above U+033D Combining x above on every letter and no stroke: a row of small crosses over the word.
Stitches below U+0353 Combining x below under every letter and no stroke. Unicode files this mark with its additions for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet.

How this list was compiled: These 12 recipes are this site's own. Each one says which combining marks follow which letters of your text; none draws at random, so the same text always gives the same line, and spaces never get a mark. The five marks used are U+0336 Combining long stroke overlay, U+033D Combining x above, U+0353 Combining x below, U+0361 Combining double inverted breve and U+035C Combining double breve below. Every code point, name, category and combining class was looked up in the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt). That U+0336 is Unicode's strikethrough and connects on left and right, that U+0361 is also called the ligature tie and U+035C the ligature tie below or papyrological hyphen, and that U+0353 is listed under additions for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, are from https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt. That the ligature tie joins two phonetic symbols said as one sound is as recorded in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_(typography). All checked on 2026-09-30. The small sample beside each name is abc with that recipe applied, made by the same code the page runs. Licence: own work (facts from the Unicode Character Database, Unicode License v3, and from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in this site's own words)