Text Guides
Explanations for common text tasks: how words and characters are counted, which case style to use for names, how text comparison works, and when placeholder text helps or misleads.
How Words and Characters Are Counted
Graphemes, code points, UTF-16 units, bytes and word segmentation.
Read guide →Case Styles and Naming Conventions Explained
camelCase, snake_case and kebab-case by language, acronyms, headings and case rules beyond English.
Read guide →How Text Comparison Works
How diff tools match lines, how to read unified diffs, and how to prepare texts for comparison.
Read guide →Lorem Ipsum and Placeholder Text
Where lorem ipsum comes from, when placeholder text misleads, and what to check before publishing.
Read guide →Writing Amounts in Words
Checks, invoices and contracts: cents as 56/100, British and American "and", billions, and the same amount in 14 languages.
Read guide →Full-Width and Half-Width Characters
Why ＡＢＣ and ABC differ, half-width katakana with ﾞ and ﾟ, and look-alikes such as 〜 and ～.
Read guide →Removing Accents and Making URL Slugs
Vietnamese đ and tone marks, Turkish ı and İ, German ae and ss, and slug rules for URLs.
Read guide →Korean Names in English Letters
Surname first, no sound changes, Kim or Gim, and how Korean passports spell names syllable by syllable.
Read guide →Transliterating Russian: ICAO and BGN/PCGN
The ICAO passport table and BGN/PCGN compared letter by letter, with names and GOST 7.79 explained.
Read guide →Simplified and Traditional Chinese
Why 发 becomes 發 or 髮, Taiwan and Hong Kong forms, regional words and what to check before publishing.
Read guide →Audio Transcription and Subtitles
How Whisper reads a recording, base or small, fewer mistakes, and SRT and VTT subtitle files compared.
Read guide →Use the Text Tools
The guides explain the concepts; the tools run in your browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do two apps show different character counts for the same text?
They may count different units, such as visible characters, UTF-16 units or bytes. The counting guide explains each one.
Is the text I paste into the tools stored?
The text tools process what you paste in your browser, on your device.