TitleArt
Creative
retro text art generator
SHOW HN2026
409points
82comments
#80of 4,366 in 2026
Top 2%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
28 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score +0.51.
Idea: 9 for, 1 againstDesign: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nostalgic and fun to play with
From 4 comments
I wanted to make a faithful recreation of the original WordArt so I went through the various screenshots I could find and tweaked the built-in styles by eye. It's pretty fun to…
davidbarker on HNThis is pretty awesome! Thanks for sharing. I was playing with it and had to stop! Brings back lots of good memories.
segmondy on HNThis is so much more fun than AI. I love playing around with it
aembleton on HNThis just bought back memories, I used to play with it for hours when I was a kid.
eis3nheim on HN
Authentic menus and landing page
From 2 comments
Really enjoyed playing around with this. The menus are just so authentic!
wemakethings on HNWow, that landing page was instant nostalgia for me. Well done!
kleiba2 on HN
Useful for web design and hard shadows
From 2 comments
This app even can do proper hard shadows in vector format no less. Something Adobe Illustrator has failed to do (without bending over backwards) for thirtynine years!This will…
Tommix11 on HNThis could be genuinely useful for web design because it's easy to setup layout reflow using all the sliders. I hope you'll open source it.
MitPitt on HN
Objections
Scrollbars and UI text are not authentic or look blurry
From 2 comments
The scrollbars are not authentic.
ceving on HNCurrent UI text looks blurry in Chrome and Firefox, probably because it's using a font that's optimized for 11px but font-size is scaled to 13.75px.
omoikane on HN
Lacks CJK and other font support
From 2 comments
Is there any plans to support CJK fonts or to release the source code so others can contribute? I'm so disappointed it doesn't support my language! https://www.makewordart.com/…
morikyouko on HNThis is so nostalgic. The shadow picker used to be half the fun. I spent more time on that than anything. Also, any plans to add more font support to this?
pkb_98 on HN
Requests
Open source release on GitHub
From 2 comments
Very nice! Would you consider making it open source and sharing it on GitHub? I’d love to be able to easily install it locally on my machine and also to reuse the retro look of…
QuantumNomad_ on HNThis could be genuinely useful for web design because it's easy to setup layout reflow using all the sliders. I hope you'll open source it.
MitPitt on HN
Win95 clip-art stick figures
From 1 comment
Love this. A great stretch goal would be the Win95 clip-art stick figures. Those are iconic.
OwlsParlay on HN
CSS or SVG export
From 1 comment
Should add an option to export to CSS/SVG
z3t4 on HN
MCP or CLI interface
From 1 comment
Any plans for a WordArt MCP or CLI? I'd use it liberally for every AI-generated slide deck I generate. (only half-joking)
chester_r on HN
Questions
Does it run on wasm or pure JS?
From 1 comment
Thanks for bringing back the school days. Wordart and powerpoint animations were the only things we used to spend time on during computer sessions. BTW is it running on wasm or…
hkudale on HN
Liability risk of using the clip-art in logos
From 1 comment
What's the liability risk of using these in logos and trademarks?
opengrass on HN
Alternatives named
makewordart.com
From 1 comment
Is there any plans to support CJK fonts or to release the source code so others can contribute? I'm so disappointed it doesn't support my language! https://www.makewordart.com/…
morikyouko on HN
TheDraw
From 1 comment
TheDraw - Make text like it's 1980s [1] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDraw
MollyRealized on HN
Xara 3D
From 1 comment
I used to use Xara 3D
jeremycarter on HN