Fotor Text Adder

Fotor's text adder puts words on a picture. You drop in a text box and set the font, size, colour, spacing and transparency, from thousands of fonts or your own uploaded font file. Curved text bends words along an arc or circle, which a badge or round sticker needs. Transparency fades text back, turning your name into a watermark. Ready-made text templates come grouped by use.

It is one tool in Fotor, an online editor, so the photo can also be cropped, retouched and colour-corrected. It runs in the browser and in Fotor's Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android apps. Plain text downloads free with no watermark, after you sign in. The styled text presets need a paid plan.

Use Fotor Text Adder if:

• You want a caption, quote or title on a photo and you want to place and style it yourself.
• You need a specific font, or your own. There are thousands built in, and you can upload a font file.
• You want text on a curve. It bends words along an arc or circle with control over the curvature and spacing.
• You want to mark your own photo. Fading the text back with transparency turns your name into a watermark.
• You want a starting point rather than a blank box. The text templates come pre-styled.
• You have other edits to make. Cropping, retouching and colour tools are in the same editor.

Skip Fotor Text Adder if any of these describe you:

• You want every font and style free. Plain text exports free, but the styled text presets, such as text effects and holiday styles, need a paid plan.
• You are marking hundreds of photos. This is one image at a time. Fotor's separate batch watermark tool is built for that.
• You want a designed layout, not text on a photo. Canva starts from a design with the photo inside it.
• You need precise typography, layers and masks. That is a photo editor job rather than an online text tool.
• You are already in another suite. Adobe Express and other text and overlay tools do the same thing next to what you already use.