Add Text to PDF
Click anywhere on the page to drop a text box. Set the font, size, color, opacity, and rotation — then download the annotated PDF in seconds.
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Add Text to PDF
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Output format: .pdf · Compatible with all PDF viewers
How It Works
Simple steps to get your converted file
Upload your PDF
Drop any PDF — regular documents, scanned forms, or image-based PDFs. All formats supported.
Click to place text
Select the Text tool, click anywhere on the page preview to drop a text box. Style it, drag to reposition.
Download annotated PDF
All text blocks are flattened into the PDF. Original content is untouched underneath each annotation.
Text Editor
Click anywhere on the page to place a text box. Set font, size, colour, opacity, and rotation — then download the annotated PDF.
Full Text Annotation Control
Click-to-place, font styling, opacity, rotation, and per-page targeting — everything in one tool.
Click-to-Place Text
Click anywhere on the page to drop a text box at that exact position. Drag to reposition it. No coordinate math — just point and type.
Full Font Control
Choose font family (Helvetica, Times New Roman, Courier, Arial), size from 6pt to 72pt, and style — bold, italic, underline, or any combination.
Multiple Text Blocks
Add as many independent text blocks as you need. Each has its own font, size, color, opacity, rotation, and page assignment — fully individually configurable.
Any Page, Any Position
Place text on a single page, all pages (as a running header/footer), or a custom page range. Ideal for adding 'Reviewed by' stamps, revision notes, or captions.
Opacity & Rotation
Set text from fully opaque to semi-transparent. Rotate to any angle — useful for 'SAMPLE' diagonal stamps or sideways margin labels.
Content Preserved
Text is added as a new transparent layer — the original PDF content, fonts, images, links, and annotations are completely untouched underneath.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about this tool
No — this tool adds new text on top of the existing content. Editing original PDF text requires a full PDF editor that can parse and modify existing content streams. Use our Edit PDF tool for inline text editing.
We embed standard PDF fonts: Helvetica (sans-serif), Times New Roman (serif), and Courier (monospace). These are built into every PDF viewer, so the text renders identically everywhere with no font embedding issues.
Yes — scanned PDFs are images, and you can place text anywhere on top of them. This is commonly used to fill in form fields on a scanned paper form, add a signature line, or annotate a scan with notes.
Click on the page preview to place a text box at that position. You can then fine-tune with exact X/Y coordinate inputs in the item panel. Coordinates are measured from the top-left corner of the page in points (1pt = 1/72 inch).
Yes — in the 'Apply to' setting for any text block, choose 'All pages' and it will stamp that text at the same position on every page. Great for running headers, footers, or watermark-style text without using the watermark tool.
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