Add Text to PDF
Overlay custom text onto any page of a PDF document. Click to position text exactly where you need it, type your content, then style with your choice of font, size, and color. Perfect for filling in forms without interactive fields, adding notes, inserting page numbers, or overlaying information on existing documents.
What does this tool do?
The Add Text tool lets you overlay new text content anywhere on PDF pages. Unlike form filling which works with existing interactive fields, this tool adds text as new content that you can position freely. You choose the page, click to set position, type your text, and style it with font options including Helvetica, Times, Courier, with bold and italic variants, and any color. The text becomes a permanent part of the page when saved.
How it works
Using MuPDF's content editing capabilities, the tool renders the PDF page for positioning and then adds new text elements to the page's content stream. When you click on the page preview, the tool records the coordinates. As you type, the text is rendered using the selected font at the specified position. Font styling (family, size, weight, style, color) is applied through PDF font and graphics state operators. Upon saving, the new text is permanently written into the PDF page content.
Features
- Visual placement: click on page preview to position text
- Drag to move text after placement
- Resize handles to scale text size
- Font choices: Helvetica, Times, Courier with bold/italic variants
- Custom color picker for any text color
- Add text to any page in the document
- Multiple text blocks per page
How to use
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Upload your PDF
Drag the PDF you want to add text to onto the drop zone. The tool loads the document and displays the first page in the editor.
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Navigate to the target page
Use the page selector dropdown or navigation buttons to go to the page where you want to add text.
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Click and type
Click on the page preview exactly where the text should appear. A text input appears — type your content.
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Style your text
Choose font family (Helvetica for modern, Times for traditional, Courier for monospace), select size, toggle bold/italic, and pick color using the color picker.
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Position precisely
Drag the text box to fine-tune position. Use resize handles to adjust text size. Click elsewhere on the page to add more text blocks.
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Save the edited PDF
Click Save. The PDF downloads with your added text baked into the page content as permanent overlay.
Common use cases
Fill non-interactive forms
Add text to forms that don't have interactive fields, overlaying your information at the exact positions required.
Add page numbers
Insert custom page numbers, document codes, or Bates numbering to documents that lack them.
Insert notes and comments
Add visible notes, reminders, or comments directly on document pages for reviewers or reference.
Complete incomplete documents
Fill in missing dates, names, amounts, or other information on documents that weren't fully completed.
Tips & best practices
- For filling forms, first zoom to the area where you need text for precise placement
- Black or dark gray text works best on white backgrounds; use white text on dark backgrounds for contrast
- Courier font at 10-12pt matches most typewriter-style forms for consistent appearance
- Add text blocks in reading order if adding multiple items — this helps accessibility tools read them sequentially