Aesthetic text

Aesthetic text styles

Aesthetic text is about mood more than readability: wide letters, soft spacing, hearts and brackets. The styles at the top are the ones people use for aesthetic bios, playlist names and captions.

• Vaporwave (Ｓｔａｙ　ｃｏｏｌ) uses fullwidth letters, which take the width of a Chinese or Japanese character. It is the signature look of vaporwave and lo-fi art.
• Vaporwave brackets wraps that in 【lenticular brackets】.
• Aesthetic spaced (S t a y) keeps normal letters with a space between each, so it works even where special characters are rejected.
• Soft hearts, sparkles, hearts between and stars between add small decorations.

Making an aesthetic bio

Pick one style and repeat it, rather than mixing five. A name in vaporwave or small caps, one line of plain text, and a few symbols as dividers reads calmer than every line in a different font. Spaced and fullwidth text is long, so check your bio limit: Instagram allows 150 characters and TikTok 80.

See what fits each app on the Instagram fonts page.

A note on readability

Fullwidth and spaced letters break words apart for screen readers, which may read "S, t, a, y" letter by letter. Keep aesthetic text for the decorative part and write what matters in plain text.

Questions and answers

What is aesthetic or vaporwave text?

Wide fullwidth letters, like ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ, from the late-2000s internet look of vaporwave music and art. They come from the fullwidth forms in Unicode, made for mixing Latin with Chinese and Japanese text.

What is the difference between Vaporwave and Aesthetic spaced?

Vaporwave swaps each letter for its fullwidth form. Aesthetic spaced keeps normal letters and puts a space between them, which works even in fields that reject special characters.

Which styles fit an aesthetic bio?

Small caps, Soft hearts and the bracket frames are popular, because they look tidy and quiet. Mix one style with plain text rather than styling everything.

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