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How to type zalgo text using your keyboard

Learn how to input zalgo text from your keyboard instead of using those lame random zalgo generators.

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By Tobias Skjelvik

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December 11, 2022

If you don't know what zalgo text is, check out the previous article on zalgo text.

Activate hex-keyboard

To type fancy ź̑̓҃algo të̸̳̹́xt you must first activate hexadecimal input.

Windows

Windows is the most difficult one.

From wikipedia: You need to add a string type REG_SZ value called EnableHexNumpad to the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method and assigning the value data 1, then log in and off. Afterwards hold down Alt and type + and then any hexadecimal code on the numeric keypad.

Mac

On mac go to system preferences -> keyboard -> input sources -> others -> Unicode Hex Input. Change your input to this one after it is added, and just hold down Alt while typing any hexadecimal code such as u0339 finally letting go of Alt.

Linux / other unix variants

Already enabled, just hold ctrl + shift and type u followed by hex digits, then releasing the ctrl and shift.

Vim

While in insert mode -> holt ctrl + v then let go of them both-> type the letter u followed by your hexadecimal of choice, and it will be converted into your desired unicode character.

Now what?

You are ready to cause chaos. I suggest that you stop writing meaningless commit messages, and instead write unreadable meaningless commit messages. In addition you can use zalgo input in every input field you see on the web. Witness the confusion in other web-users as your text escapes its pathetic html element boundaries. Become part of the zalgo hivemind and unleash havoc on the internet! Muhahau̷h̴a̵h̴a̸a̷̫̓h̵͓̉a̷͉̾h̵̗͒ǎ̴͕h̷̳̤͖̐̿̍̅͐̄͊̕ḁ̶̛̣́̃͋̒͋h̷̢̹͙̳́͐ą̷͍͎̲̙͔̾̆̈́̔͗͌̅̕͜ả̵̧͙̺̫̳̲͔̯̲̙̤̺͕̠͍̓̕ḧ̶̨̜̝̼̰̻͚̭͈̩͇̋̀̾͂̑̄̍̓̈͘͘͘͝͝͝a̴̡̠͉̱̟̓͑̽͌̃͝h̶̻͚̯̘͖̻̓̽̆̒̕ą̵̰̺̤̣͈͇̲͔̙̫̩͕̪͈̗̦͚̱̯̙̈̌͑͛̆̏̈́̌̌̔̚͘͠͝a̴̬̭̱͐͝h̶̡̠̬͔̹̟̺͓͈͕̩̭̥͉̪͎̼̩͙͎̓̍͛́͆̓̓̿̅̒͂̊̑͛͛̉̓̔̇̍̆̿̽̊͋̑͆̋́̋̇͜ͅą̷̨̢̛̣̼̯̥̗̯̪͍̰̣͍͖̘̥̤̰͔͎̘̈̽̒͂͐͌̃̒̿̔̿̋̀̅̓͛͂̔̈́̑̏̆͐̄̕̚͝͝͝ͅͅĥ̵̨̡̙͓̠͕̪̘̲̖͍͙̥͉̺̜̟̖̮̲̫͙͙̲͔̰̣̋̓͛̔͌͆̋̔̽͑͊̈́̉̊̇̾̇͒̀͂̔̀̾̐̓͆̕͘͝͠ą̸̨̧̛͈͈̗̲̬̜̫̼͕̹͔̮̥̮̰̲̦͉̞̩̣̐̑̏͊̎̅̉̓͑̕̚͝ͅͅ