Frequently asked questions

No — it is made of different characters that look like rotated letters. That is why it can be pasted as normal text anywhere that supports Unicode.

Letters such as o, s, x and z already look the same when rotated, and a few characters simply have no good lookalike. Those are left untouched.

In most cases yes. Some apps use fonts that lack rarer symbols, which may show up as empty boxes. Capital letters are the most likely to look off.

No. The page has no backend for the generator; all conversion runs in JavaScript inside your browser. See the privacy notice.

Usually not in a useful way. Avoid flipped text for anything people need to read with assistive technology, such as names in a work profile or important announcements.

Once the page has loaded it keeps working without a connection until you close the tab.