Add text to a PDF
Click anywhere on a page and start typing. Fonts, sizes, colors and alignment included.
How do I add text to a PDF for free?
Open PDFkitt's Add Text to PDF tool (pdfkitt.com/add-text-to-pdf/): open the PDF, click on the page, type and style, then download. It is free, needs no account and adds no watermark, and it runs entirely in your browser — the file is never uploaded to a server.
- Price
- Free — no trial, no paid tier, no watermark
- Account
- Not needed
- File upload
- None — processed on your device, in the browser
- Limits
- No daily quota and no file-count limit
- Works on
- Windows, macOS, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android, in any modern browser
Updated · by the PDFkitt team
Need to fill in a name, add a date, write a note in a margin or put a caption under a figure? The Add text tool places a text box wherever you click. Type, then style it with Sans, Serif or Mono fonts, any size from 8 to 64 pt, any color, bold, italic, underline and left, center or right alignment.
Boxes can be dragged to the exact spot, widened by their corner handle and deleted with one click. Text wraps automatically. Because the editor works entirely in your browser, the document is never sent anywhere.
How to add text to a PDF
- Open the PDF Drop it on the upload card.
- Click on the page The Add text tool is already selected. A text box appears where you click.
- Type and style Use the toolbar above the box for font, size, color and alignment.
- Download Click Download to save the PDF with your text.
Why use PDFkitt to add Text to PDF?
The file is processed inside your browser tab. Disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.
No signup, no email, no daily quota, no page limit, no watermark. Use it as often as you like.
Phone, tablet or desktop, in Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox. Nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
Can I match the document’s font?
The editor offers the three standard PDF families plus embedded open-licensed matches for the common Word fonts (Arial, Times New Roman, Calibri, Cambria, Verdana, Georgia and more), so most documents can be matched closely.
Can I add text to a scanned PDF?
Yes. A scan is an image, and text boxes sit on top of it.
Does the text stay editable after download?
The text becomes part of the page, like printed text. Keep your original if you might need to change it later; the editor autosaves your session on this device.