It’s simple enough to add text, but you can stylize it too by changing the font, font size, or color:

Changing the Font, Text Size, Color on Images in Preview on Mac Once the text is placed, you can move it around just by grabbing it with the cursor. In prior versions of Preview the buttons to show the Edit tools and Text Tools are as follows: This is the button to press to reveal the Edit Toolbar, the text tool is the ‘T’ letter shown in the editing toolbar itself: How this looks depends slightly on the version of Preview running on the particular version of Mac OS X. You can also choose “Show Edit Toolbar” or “Show Markup Toolbar” from the “View” menu in Preview app to achieve the same effect and to show the editing options.) (* Note that some versions of Preview show a little pencil icon as the Edit button, and newer versions of Preview use a little toolbox looking icon for the Edit button.

Click with the text tool onto the section of photo where to add the text, then type out the words you want to add.

Click the little toolbox icon button, which is the “Show Edit Toolbar” button in the toolbar*, then choose the “Text Tool” button.

Open the photo to add text to into Preview app.

How to Add Text to Photos with Preview Text Tool on Mac If you’ve never delved into Preview’s font and text tools, here’s how to use them. This allows you to place text, words, phrases, and characters onto any image file that can be opened in the Preview app, from JPEG, PICT, GIF, PSD, PDF, TIFF, and many other image file formats.

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