Heart ASCII art

Q: How do I put a name inside a heart?

Press Open on any heart and type the name in the speech bubble box. For a name written inside the heart itself, use the love text maker.

Q: Which heart can I send on Valentine's Day?

Any of them. Small hearts fit in a text message. For a bigger heart in Discord, press Open and then "Copy for Discord", so the shape stays whole.

Q: Why does my big heart look crooked?

The app shows it in a normal font, where spaces are thin. Send it in a code block, or pick a smaller heart that still reads well when the lines shift.

Hearts drawn with keyboard characters, from a tiny <3 to big hearts with a name inside. Click one to copy it.

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Big heart

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Heart with an arrow

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Two small hearts

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One line rose
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Love letter

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<3
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Less than three heart
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</3
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Broken heart, one line
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Row of hearts
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Heart border with sparkles
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Heartbeat line
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Hearts and sparkles
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Curvy heart
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Mini heart outline
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Small round heart
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Heart of stars
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Heart made of hearts

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Broken heart

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Dotted heart

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Heart lollipop

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Heart balloon
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Love lock

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Heart in a box

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Heart shaped tree

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Big heart outline

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Click a drawing to copy it. Open it to add a speech bubble, flip it, or copy it as a code block for Discord.

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Last checked October 30, 2026 by the TextEditor.com team

The heart that lies on its side

The shortest text heart is <3. Tilt your head to the right and the less than sign becomes the top of the heart, while the 3 makes the two round bumps. It works in any font and on any phone, which is why people still type it next to emoji.

A heart was built into the first PC

The original IBM PC from 1981 came with its own set of 256 characters. Next to letters and numbers it had a smiley, card suits and lines for drawing boxes. The heart ♥ sat at number 3, so holding Alt and typing 3 on the number pad printed it. You can see the whole set on the code page 437 page.

That shortcut still works in many Windows programs today. On a phone, copying a heart from this page is faster.

More hearts you can type

Next to <3, a few other one line hearts are easy to type. A broken heart is </3, with the slash as the crack. Two hearts in a row, <3<3, mean extra love.

The symbols ♥ and ♡ give a full and an empty heart. Some apps turn ♥ into a red emoji heart, so the same text can look different on another phone.

Valentine's Day on February 14 is the busiest day for hearts. Send one to a friend too, not only to a partner. In Finland and Estonia, February 14 is Friends' Day.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I put a name inside a heart?

Press Open on any heart and type the name in the speech bubble box. For a name written inside the heart itself, use the love text maker.

Which heart can I send on Valentine's Day?

Any of them. Small hearts fit in a text message. For a bigger heart in Discord, press Open and then "Copy for Discord", so the shape stays whole.

Why does my big heart look crooked?

The app shows it in a normal font, where spaces are thin. Send it in a code block, or pick a smaller heart that still reads well when the lines shift.

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