Text QR Code Generator
Put a note, an instruction, a serial number or an emergency message into a QR code. Text is encoded as UTF-8, so accents, emoji and line breaks survive.
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Your QR code
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How it works
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Type or paste your text; line breaks are kept.
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Watch the counter, because long text makes the code denser.
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Download the PNG for screens or the SVG for print.
Frequently asked questions
This tool accepts up to 1200 characters, well under the theoretical maximum, so the code stays readable for a phone camera at print size.
Yes, content is encoded as UTF-8. Very old scanners may show an empty box where an emoji should be.
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