No more font or formatting problems after edits

Add text to a PDF

Click where the text goes and type. It takes the font, size and colour of the text nearby, so it looks as if it had always been there.

Choose a PDF

or drop it here · up to 20 MB and 50 pages

No file at hand? Try:InvoiceContractApplication form

How to add text to a PDF

A line added under the total of an invoice.

A click under the total opens a field; “Paid in full on 20 October 2026” is typed and added in the same font as the total
  1. Pick Add text

    Open the PDF and press Add text on the left.

    The tools on the left, Add text pressed
  2. Click where the text goes and type

    A field opens at that place, already in the style of the nearest line. Change the font, size, bold, italic, underline or colour above the field if you want another look. Shift+Enter starts a new line.

    A field under the total, with the font, size and style above it
  3. Add it

    Press Enter or Add. The text is now part of the page.

    The added line under the total, in the same bold font

How the added text matches the page

A text box from an annotation tool floats over the page and rarely looks like the document. Seamtype writes the new words into the page itself, in the document's style.

Added text in the style of the line above it
  1. The style of the nearest text

    The font, size and colour come from the line nearest to where you click. Near the left edge of a line, the new text lines up with it.

  2. Real text, not a picture

    The words become text of the page: they can be found, selected and copied like the rest, in any PDF reader.

  3. The same typeface, or the closest one

    The text is set in the typeface of the line nearby. If that typeface is not available, a close one of the same kind is used — with serifs, without, or monospaced — and you can pick another from the list.

  4. Edit it later

    Added text is edited like any other line: click it and type.

What you get

Matches the page

Same font, size and colour as the text around it.

Searchable

Real text: found by search and copied by readers.

Fill in what has no fields

Write on a flat form: names, dates, amounts.

Several lines

Shift+Enter for a new line; they keep the line spacing.

Your own style when you want

Font, size, bold, italic, underline and colour above the field.

Nothing to install

In the browser, on a computer or a phone.

Good to know

A form with fields

If the form has fields to fill in, Fill form puts the values into them instead.

A scanned page

Text can be added to a scan too: it takes a font from the list, as there is no text nearby to copy.

Changing what is there

To change existing words rather than add new ones, click them with Edit text.

Questions

How do I add text to a PDF without changing the font?

Click next to the text you want it to match: the new text takes that line's font, size and colour.

Will the added text show in other PDF readers?

Yes. It is written into the page, so every reader shows it, and it can be searched and copied.

Can I move the text after adding it?

Yes: with Edit text, drag the line by its handle to move it.

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