Edit & Effects
Add Text to Image
Overlay custom text on any image. Choose font, size, color, bold, italic and alignment. Add multiple text layers, drag to reposition, download instantly.
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Text Layers
Text
Font
Size
Color & Style
Alignment
Opacity
Rotation
Outline Width
About This Tool
How to Add Text to an Image
- 1Drop or select your image to load it into the editor.
- 2Type your text, then choose font, size, color, and opacity. Drag the text to position it anywhere on the image.
- 3Add multiple text layers if needed — headlines, captions, and credits can all be placed independently.
- 4Click Download to save the finished image with text baked in. All processing stays in your browser.
When to Add Text to an Image
Social Media Graphics
Quotes, announcements, and event details overlaid on photos are among the most shareable content formats. Size your image first with the Social Media Resizer before adding text.
Product Labeling
Add pricing, sale callouts, or product names directly onto product images for e-commerce listings, flyers, or catalog pages without needing a graphic designer.
Photo Captions & Credits
Burn attribution text, event names, or dates directly into photos for press releases, editorial use, or archival purposes where metadata alone isn't sufficient.
Blog & Article Headers
Create titled hero images for blog posts by overlaying a headline on a photo. See our image SEO guide for best practices on text-in-image for web use.
Why Use a Browser-Based Text Tool
Text-on-image used to mean opening a design app and managing layers. This tool does it directly in the browser — no upload, no account, no wait. Your image and text stay entirely on your device. For meme-style text with the classic impact font and outline treatment, try our dedicated Meme Generator. To protect text-annotated images from unauthorized use, add a watermark with our Add Watermark tool. And if you need to extract text already embedded in an image rather than add new text, our Image OCR tool can pull it out as copyable text.
Frequently Asked Questions
Click anywhere on the image preview to move the active text layer to that position. The text will snap to where you click, using the alignment setting to anchor it (left-aligned text starts at the click point, center-aligned text is centered on it, right-aligned text ends at it).
Yes — in two ways. First, you can press Enter in the text box to add line breaks within a single layer. Second, you can click “Add Layer” to create a completely independent text element with its own font, size, color, and position. Multiple layers let you combine different text styles on the same image.
We include the most universally available system fonts: Arial, Georgia, Impact, Courier New, Times New Roman, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, and Comic Sans MS. These fonts are installed on virtually all Windows, Mac, and Linux systems, ensuring consistent rendering. Since text is drawn directly to the canvas using your device’s fonts, the output matches exactly what you see in the preview.
The shadow option adds a soft drop shadow behind the text, which makes it readable over any background color. This is especially useful for white text on light images or dark text on dark images. The shadow color is set using the second color picker (next to the text color). For maximum readability, use a white text with a dark shadow, or vice versa.
Shadow adds a soft, offset blur behind the text — it gives depth and improves readability without being too harsh.
Outline draws a hard stroke around every letter at a set pixel width. This is the classic “Impact meme” style. Higher outline values create a more prominent border. Both can be used together for maximum contrast over complex backgrounds.
Outline draws a hard stroke around every letter at a set pixel width. This is the classic “Impact meme” style. Higher outline values create a more prominent border. Both can be used together for maximum contrast over complex backgrounds.
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