Type on any PDF, including ones without form fields
Plenty of PDFs are meant to be filled in by hand: printed application forms, invoices, worksheets and letters. Add Text lets you type straight onto them as if they had fields. Each text box can hold several lines, and you can move, resize or rotate it until it sits exactly on the line you need.
Text is written into the PDF as real, selectable text. English and other Latin-script languages use the standard PDF fonts, and Hindi and other characters are written with an embedded Noto font so they display correctly in any reader.
How to add text to a PDF
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Open the PDF
Choose your file. The Add text tool is already selected.
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Click and type
Click where the text should start and type. Press Enter for a new line.
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Style and position it
Set the font, size, color, bold or italic in the options panel. Drag the box to move it, or use the round handle to rotate it.
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Download
Click Save and download to get your PDF with the new text.
Features
Three font styles
Sans serif, serif and monospace, each with bold and italic.
Any color and size
Pick from the palette or any custom color, from 4 to 200 points.
Hindi and Unicode text
Devanagari is shaped correctly and embedded, so it looks right on every device.
Background box
Give a text box a solid background to make notes stand out on busy pages.
Tips for neat results
Zoom in before placing text on small form lines, and use the arrow keys to nudge a selected box one point at a time (hold Shift for ten). To type into a form that already has fillable fields, Fill PDF Form fills the real fields instead. To change words that are already printed on the page, use Edit PDF.
Add Text: frequently asked questions
Yes. A scan is treated like any other page, so you can type anywhere on it. If you also need to remove something printed on the scan, cover it first with Whiteout.
The text is saved as real PDF text, so it can be selected and searched. To change it again, open the saved file and use Edit PDF on that line.
Yes. Type or paste Devanagari text and it is saved with an embedded Noto Sans Devanagari font.
Lower the font size, or drag a corner handle of the text box to scale it down.