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Typing words onto a picture takes a second. Making them readable takes a little thought, because a photo is not a blank page — it is bright in one corner, dark in another, and busy everywhere else. White text vanishes into a sky. Black text disappears into a shadow. That is why the controls here are mostly about legibility rather than typography.

Two things fix almost every case. An outline puts a thin dark edge around each letter, so the shape survives whatever sits behind it — this is why captions on photos have looked that way for decades. A background band puts a solid or see-through panel behind the whole block, which is cleaner for longer text and for anything that should look deliberate rather than stamped on. The outline is on by default; the band is one click away.

Longer messages need line breaks you control. Press Enter where you want a new line and that is exactly where it breaks — nothing gets reflowed behind your back when you change the size. Line spacing and alignment are yours to set, and the block moves as one piece, so a three-line quote positions as easily as a single word.