TitleArt
Text art generator
People recommend it for its nostalgic 1990s WordArt look and for being fun to play with. Critics point out that it does not support some languages.
People recommend it for its nostalgic 1990s WordArt look and for being fun to play with. Critics point out that it does not support some languages.
23 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 21
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 21 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Nostalgic for 1990s WordArt
“It's pretty fun to play with, and I didn't realise it would take me back to sitting in the ICT computer rooms at my school in the late '90s.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997” “wow, thanks! i was JUST thinking about booting up some old VM so that i could play with word art again”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997” “This is so nostalgic. The shadow picker used to be half the fun.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997” - Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997”
- Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997”
- Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997”
- Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997”
Fun to play with
“It's pretty fun to play with, and I didn't realise it would take me back to sitting in the ICT computer rooms at my school in the late '90s.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997” “This is so much more fun than AI. I love playing around with it”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997” “Absolutely love this, like its smooth!”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997” - Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997”
Text effects without images
“Nice that you can get that look without turning the text into an image.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997” “This app even can do proper hard shadows in vector format no less.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Missing support for some languages
“I'm so disappointed it doesn't support my language!”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997”
What people said
19 of the 24 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I really like how it can do animation and embed images”
“it's easy to setup layout reflow using all the sliders”
“Nice that you can get that look without turning the text into an image.”
“Oh my god, this is delightful.”
“Maaan, that's my childhood memories!”
“This is so much more fun than AI. I love playing around with it”
“The menus are just so authentic!”
“This app even can do proper hard shadows in vector format no less.”
“it brings me to the old times!”
“Very nice! Would you consider making it open source and sharing it on GitHub?”
“wow, thanks! i was JUST thinking about booting up some old VM so that i could play with word art again”
“This is so nostalgic. The shadow picker used to be half the fun.”
“The scrollbars are not authentic.”
“Absolute legend, I’m going to slap these all over my site”
“that landing page was instant nostalgia for me”
“I'm so disappointed it doesn't support my language!”
“Absolutely love this, like its smooth!”
“Brought back many memories.”
“It's pretty fun to play with, and I didn't realise it would take me back to sitting in the ICT computer rooms at my school in the late '90s.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.