Add Text to Image
Write text on an image with stroke and shadow.
Runs in your browser, nothing is uploadedFree, no signupNo watermark
Drop an image here
or click to choose one. It never leaves your device.
Three steps
How to use the add text to image
- 01
Drop in an image
Add the photo or graphic that needs a caption or heading.
- 02
Type and style the text
Set the size, colour and position, and add a stroke or shadow so it stays readable over a busy area.
- 03
Download
The text is rendered into the image, so it survives being uploaded anywhere.
Why this one
What makes it different
Stroke and shadow, which is the whole problem
White text on a photograph is unreadable wherever the photograph is light. An outline or a shadow is what fixes it, and most simple tools omit both.
Position freely
Text goes where the image has room for it, which is different in every photograph, so placement is dragged rather than chosen from nine preset slots.
Baked into the file
Text rendered into the pixels shows up in every context, including previews and platforms that strip anything clever.
How this tool handles your files
- Where it runs
- Your browser, not a server
- Uploads
- None, ever
- Account
- Not required
- Watermark
- Never added
The short version
About add text to image
Putting words on a picture looks trivial and fails constantly, almost always for the same reason: light text over a light part of the photograph. The fix is not a bigger font, it is a stroke or a shadow that separates the letters from whatever is behind them, which is exactly what subtitles have done for decades.
Questions
Add Text to Image FAQ
How do I make text readable over a busy photo?
Add a stroke in the opposite colour, or a soft drop shadow, or both. A dark outline around white text is the single most reliable fix and is why subtitles are drawn that way.
What size should the text be?
Large enough to read in a feed thumbnail, which is far larger than it needs to be at full size. If it is legible at a quarter of the width, it will work.
Can I use my own font?
Not here. The available fonts render consistently across devices, which avoids the failure where a missing font is silently substituted and the layout changes.
Will the text stay sharp if I resize afterwards?
It scales like any other pixel content, so it softens when enlarged. Add text at the final size, as the last step, rather than before resizing.
Free, and staying free
The tools are free because the icons are the business.
Thridy is a library of thousands of 3D icons in one consistent style, free for commercial use with no attribution and no account. The tools exist so you never have to upload an image to somebody else's server to resize it.
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