Add Text to Image — Overlay Text Tool
Upload an image and add a text overlay with customizable font, color, position, and shadow.
Drop your PNG / JPG / GIF / WebP / BMP / SVG file hereTap to select a file
Supports PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP, BMP, SVG, up to 100MB
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imageAbout Add Text to Image
Add Text to Image handles a focused step in the modern image editing and conversion workflow. Upload an image and add a text overlay with customizable font, color, position, and shadow. The page loads with the upload area, controls and result panel all visible at once, so the path from "I have a file" to "I have the result" is one screen long.
From a technical standpoint, Add Text to Image is JavaScript and standard browser APIs running in your tab. The browser is the runtime; the page is the interface. Inputs accepted: PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP, BMP, and SVG. Maximum input size: 100 MB per run.
The execution path is auditable from the page itself: open developer tools, switch to the Network tab, run a job. The requests you see are static-asset GETs for the engine and the page resources. The actual work is JavaScript code running against the bytes already in your tab's memory.
Typical users of Add Text to Image include developers preparing UI screenshots, designers preparing marketing assets and photographers exporting deliverables. The thread connecting all of them is the same: a focused image editing and conversion task that fits cleanly into a browser tab and benefits from a tool with sensible defaults and minimal setup.
Reach for Add Text to Image when you need a predictable result on a single file. The page works on the first visit, the controls are visible without a menu, and the output is delivered the moment the engine finishes.
The only practical limit is the 100 MB per-file ceiling, which keeps the tool responsive across a wide range of devices. Run the tool ten times in a row, run it ten thousand times — it behaves the same way and produces the same quality of result.
As a workflow component, Add Text to Image is the part you reach for when a single, well-defined image editing and conversion step needs to happen. It performs that step and returns a standard file you can carry into the next part of your pipeline.
Some notes on the design of Add Text to Image. The page is intentionally narrow: one input, the controls relevant to the task, and one output. Adding unrelated features would make the common case slower for the majority of users, so the surface is held to what people actually use.
The download is delivered as a clearly named file the moment processing completes — no email link, no "your result will be ready in 5 minutes" queue, no expiry timer. The file is generated in your browser and saved by your browser's normal download flow.
Some background on the design choices behind Add Text to Image: every option you see on the page is there because a real workflow needs it, and every option that is not shown has been deliberately omitted to keep the common case fast. The bias is toward minimal-but-complete.
As a single-page tool, Add Text to Image stays focused on one image editing and conversion step. Multi-step workflows are composed by chaining adjacent tools — each tool produces a standard file the next one can read directly, so a longer pipeline is just a sequence of short tab-and-tab visits.
Useful patterns when working with Add Text to Image: keep the input file open in another tab so you can compare against the result; give the output file a descriptive name when saving so you can find it later (the default name is sensible but generic); and treat each run as independent — the tool has no concept of "history", which means you cannot accidentally pollute one job with leftovers from another.
Common gotchas worth flagging: Add Text to Image only accepts PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP, BMP, and SVG, so if your file is in another format you will need to convert it first. The 100 MB ceiling is per-file, not per-session; you can run as many separate jobs as you like, but a single oversized input will be rejected on load.
Open the workspace above to start using Add Text to Image. The engine loads on the first interaction so the page itself stays light, and once the tool is warm it processes subsequent jobs quickly. The moment the page is interactive, the tool is ready to do real work on your file.
How it works
- 1Reach the Add Text to Image page in your browser to begin.
- 2Add your PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP, BMP, and SVG input by dropping it onto the page or browsing for it.
- 3Tweak the controls if the defaults are not quite right for your input. The options are kept short and labelled in plain language.
- 4Hit the run button. standard browser APIs does the work in your browser tab.
- 5Grab the output as soon as the run completes. You can also copy the result instead of downloading if the next tool in your workflow accepts pasted input.
- 6Run additional jobs as needed. The same controls and defaults apply on every run.
Common use cases
- Convert a phone screenshot into a CMS-friendly format using Add Text to Image.
- Convert a batch of camera files into web-friendly formats.
- Produce a printable card from a single source image.
- Compose a mockup banner without bouncing between three different apps.
- Crop an image down to the section you actually want to share.
- Optimise a product photo so it loads quickly on a slow connection.
- Prepare a transparent logo for use over different backgrounds.
- Strip EXIF data from a photo before posting it publicly.
- Apply a quick filter for a social-media post.
- Resize a hero image for a landing page without losing crispness.
FAQ
Can I position the text?
Yes — choose from center, top, bottom, and all four corners.
Font options?
Configure font size from 8 to 200px. The output uses the system font.
Text shadow?
Enable a drop shadow for better readability on busy backgrounds.
Is my data safe?
Everything runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
What output do I get?
Canvas API code you can use directly in your project or browser console.
Multiple lines?
For multi-line text, call fillText multiple times with different Y positions.
How long does Add Text to Image take to process a file?
Most jobs finish in seconds. Speed scales with input size and with how many CPU cycles your browser tab has available — the engine runs in your browser, so it shares resources with whatever else you have open. For inputs near the 100 MB ceiling, expect anywhere from a few seconds to roughly a minute on a typical laptop. Closing other heavy tabs noticeably speeds things up.
Which browsers are supported by Add Text to Image?
Add Text to Image works in any modern browser released in the last few years — Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave, Arc and the major Chromium derivatives are all supported. The underlying engine relies on widely-supported web APIs, so there is nothing exotic to install. If you are on a very old browser version and the tool fails to load, updating to the latest release of your preferred browser is the only fix needed.
Does Favtoo keep a copy of files I process with Add Text to Image?
Favtoo keeps no copy of your file because Favtoo never receives your file. Add Text to Image runs entirely in your browser, the input is held only in your tab's memory, and closing the tab discards it. There is no opt-in cloud history, no "recent jobs" panel synced to an account, and no server-side retention to configure — the architecture simply has nowhere for your file to be stored.
What does Add Text to Image do that command-line tools do not?
Desktop apps usually have more advanced features but require installation, maintenance and (often) a licence. Paid online tools are convenient but route your file through their servers and gate downloads behind accounts. Add Text to Image sits in between: free, instant, and private, but intentionally narrow in scope. For one-off jobs and the common image editing and conversion operations, it is usually the lowest-friction choice; for highly specialised work, a dedicated app is still the right answer.
Is there a desktop version of Add Text to Image?
No installation is needed. Add Text to Image runs as a normal web page, with no browser extension, no native helper, and no separate desktop client to download. That is partly a privacy choice — extensions can request broad permissions, while a regular page is sandboxed by default — and partly a convenience one: you can use Add Text to Image on any computer you have temporary access to without leaving anything installed on it.
Does Add Text to Image work with screen readers?
Add Text to Image uses native HTML controls wherever possible, which means keyboard navigation, focus rings, and screen-reader labels work the way the platform expects. The drop zone accepts files via the keyboard-accessible file picker as well as drag-and-drop, and result downloads use standard browser download flows. If you spot an accessibility gap, Favtoo treats it as a bug worth fixing.
Are there any usage limits on Add Text to Image?
Inputs are capped at 100 MB per file, which keeps memory usage stable across phones, tablets and older laptops. You can run Add Text to Image as often as you need; every run produces a full-quality result.