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Typography
Add text to an image
A caption over a photograph fails for one reason above all others: it lands on a part of the picture the same brightness as the text. The outline here solves that.
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Why the outline matters
White text over a photograph is invisible wherever the photograph is pale, and a drop shadow only helps in one direction. A stroke drawn around every letter works regardless of what is behind it, which is why the meme convention settled on it decades ago and never moved.
Text is wrapped to fit the width automatically and the size is a percentage of the image width, so a caption looks the same on a small image and a large one. If your line is long, reduce the size rather than trusting it to fit.
Common questions
Can I choose a font?
Not from a list. The page uses a heavy sans face from the system so nothing has to be downloaded, which keeps it fast and means the result looks the same to you as to anyone.
Can I put the text somewhere other than top or bottom?
No, and that is deliberate: those two positions cover almost every caption. For text placed freely, use the watermark tool, which offers centre and corner positions.
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