Why does the text turn into capital letters?

That is the classic meme style, used so the page does not have to decide whether to keep your own capitalization. Type however you like; it is shown in capitals either way.

Why does Impact look different on my phone?

Impact is a font that comes with Windows and Mac but usually not with phones, and a browser can only use a font that is actually installed on the device, since nothing is downloaded. On a device without it, the page falls back to a bold font from your system, which still reads fine but looks a little different.

You can drop one in, but only its first frame is used, since the picture is drawn once onto a plain canvas rather than kept as an animation.

Is there a limit to how much text I can add?

Up to 120 characters a line. Longer text wraps onto more lines and shrinks further, down to a minimum size, so very long captions can end up small.

Is my picture uploaded?

No. The picture and the text are drawn together in your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere.

Meme Generator, Add Text to a Picture, Free

How to use

Drop a picture onto the box, or choose it.
Type the top text and the bottom text. Each is capitalized and centered automatically, and its size shrinks to fit the picture if it is long.
Change the text color and outline color if you like, and choose between Impact (the classic meme font, where your device has it) and a plain bold font.
Press Download, or right-click (press and hold on a phone) the picture to save it.

Examples

A picture with top text "WHEN THE CODE" and bottom text "FINALLY WORKS"

→ The picture with both lines in bold white letters with a black outline

The classic meme layout: one line at the top, one at the bottom.

A long line of top text on a small picture

→ The text wraps onto two lines and shrinks to fit

The text is never cut off or pushed outside the picture.

Only bottom text typed, top left empty

→ Just the bottom caption is drawn

An empty box draws nothing, for memes that only need one line.

How it works

The picture is drawn onto a canvas at its own size, and each caption is fit to it in your browser: the text is measured at a starting size, wrapped onto as many lines as it needs so no line is wider than the picture (minus a small margin), and the size is lowered a little at a time until the wrapped text fits both the width and a height limit, or a minimum size is reached. The text is then drawn centered, with a thick stroke in the outline color drawn first and the fill color on top, the classic meme look.

The wrapping and fitting logic is covered by tests, using a fake, predictable measurement of text width; the real measuring (CanvasRenderingContext2D.measureText) and drawing are exercised through the page in a real browser.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does the text turn into capital letters?: That is the classic meme style, used so the page does not have to decide whether to keep your own capitalization. Type however you like; it is shown in capitals either way.
Why does Impact look different on my phone?: Impact is a font that comes with Windows and Mac but usually not with phones, and a browser can only use a font that is actually installed on the device, since nothing is downloaded. On a device without it, the page falls back to a bold font from your system, which still reads fine but looks a little different.
Can I use a GIF?: You can drop one in, but only its first frame is used, since the picture is drawn once onto a plain canvas rather than kept as an animation.
Is there a limit to how much text I can add?: Up to 120 characters a line. Longer text wraps onto more lines and shrinks further, down to a minimum size, so very long captions can end up small.
Is my picture uploaded?: No. The picture and the text are drawn together in your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere.

Version history

1.0.1 2026-10-25 — Clarifies the search title with the tool's main task and whether it is free or runs online.
1.0.0 2026-10-13 — First release.

Last updated: 2026-10-25