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Edit the text in a PDF and keep the original font
To edit the text in a PDF with FontiaPDF, upload it, click the line you want to change and start typing: when you download, the new text uses the same font, size and color as the original. There is no Word conversion and nothing to install, and the free plan includes 20 exports a day with no sign-up and no watermark.
It works on PDFs that contain real text, the kind that comes out of Word, a spreadsheet, an online word processor, an invoicing system or any app that saves to PDF. Use it to fix a typo, update a date or an amount, swap a name or add a missing line in your own documents, or in ones you have the right to change.
A real example
A Sample Company invoice to Test Name, set in Lato, billed “Design of 3 social media banners · $450.00” for a total of $570.00, but the final order was five banners. Click that line, change the 3 to a 5 and the amount to $750.00, then fix the total to $870.00: the editor edits text, it doesn’t do the math, so every figure is updated by hand. The “After” screenshot is the downloaded PDF opened again: the new figures are in the same Lato, at the same size and in the same position as the rest of the table.
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How to edit PDF text in 3 steps
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Upload your PDF
Drop the file onto the upload area or pick it from your device. Files up to 50 MB are supported, and if the PDF is password-protected, the editor asks for the password before opening it.
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Click and type
Every line of text becomes editable when you click it (or tap it on a phone). The floating toolbar handles bold, italic, underline, size, color and font. To add new text, double-click an empty spot on the page.
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Download the result
Hit “Download PDF”. Until then the document never leaves your browser; at that point FontiaPDF removes the original text from the page, writes the new text in the document’s own font and hands you a file that is ready to send or print.
Check these before you download
- Figures that depend on the one you changed: subtotals, taxes and totals don’t update themselves. If the same value appears on other pages, Ctrl+F opens “Search” and takes you to each occurrence.
- Line length: longer text makes the line grow to the right without pushing the next lines down, and once it reaches the edge of the page it wraps onto a new line that can land on top of the one below. If that happens, shorten it or drop the size by a point.
- Characters the font doesn’t have: many PDFs embed only the characters they actually used. If you type one that is missing, such as “€” or an accented capital, that line switches to an equivalent font so it stays fully visible; compare it with the lines around it.
- Download warnings: if the original text of a line couldn’t be removed, the editor covers it with the paper color, draws the new text on top and tells you when the export finishes. Open the downloaded file and check that spot.
When clicking isn’t enough (and what to do)
- Nothing gets selected: that area has no real text, and it is usually a scan or an image. If the PDF has pages without text, the editor offers “Recognize text” when you open it, an OCR that runs in your browser without uploading the file; after that you can edit the recognized words.
- The text is part of an image, like a logo or a pasted screenshot: it can’t be edited as text. You can cover that area with “Whiteout” under “Shapes”, or remove the whole image (after a notice, that sends the PDF to our server) and type what you need with “Add text”.
- The line warns that its encoding can’t be read: the PDF doesn’t declare which letter each character stands for. It looks exactly like the original, but it can only be rewritten as a whole; type the full line and it will come out in an equivalent font.
- It’s a form field: the editor detects form fields when the PDF opens, and you can type straight into them.
Shortcuts that save time
- Ctrl+Z undoes up to 50 steps; Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z redoes.
- Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I and Ctrl+U apply bold, italic and underline to the selected line, and Ctrl+S downloads the PDF.
- Right-click a line for “Edit”, “Duplicate” and “Delete”, or an empty spot for “Add text here”. With a mouse, drag a line to move it.
- If you close the tab without downloading, your changes are saved in this browser, not on our server, and you can press “Recover” when you come back.
What’s preserved and what isn’t
Preserved
- The original font, as long as it is embedded in the PDF and contains every character you typed. The editor checks this character by character before reusing it.
- The size, color and position of each line, plus everything you didn’t touch: images, graphics and the rest of the pages.
- Text stays text: in the downloaded PDF it can still be selected, copied and searched.
Limits
- In a scanned PDF, whatever you edit after OCR is written in a standard font over a paper-colored patch, the original photo stays inside the file, and accuracy depends on the quality of the scan.
- Text doesn’t reflow. Each line is edited on its own, and a paragraph doesn’t readjust when one of its lines changes length.
- Formatting is per line: bold, italic, color and font apply to the whole line, not to a single word inside it.
- There is no multi-select: to restyle several lines, change them one at a time.
Free or Premium
Free
20 exports a day, no sign-up and no watermark.
- Edit and add text
- Change font, size, color and style
- Find and replace across the document
- Add images, signatures and highlights
Premium
Unlimited exports and extra features.
- Unlimited exports
- Reorder, duplicate and extract pages from the panel
- Password-protect the PDF
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to convert the PDF to Word to edit it?
No. FontiaPDF edits the PDF directly in your browser. A round trip through Word can knock tables out of place and swap the fonts; here only the lines you touch are rewritten, and the rest of the document stays exactly as it was.
Is my PDF stored on a server?
No. While you edit, your PDF never leaves your browser. When you download it, the file travels encrypted to our server so your changes can be applied; it is processed in memory and discarded as soon as that is done. It is never written to disk, no copies are kept, and it is never shared with anyone or used to train AI models.
How many PDFs can I edit for free?
The free plan includes 20 exports a day, with no sign-up and no watermark. Make as many changes as you like before downloading: only each download of the edited PDF counts. Premium removes the limit.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, in modern mobile browsers: a tap opens a line for editing, and the floating toolbar groups bold, italic, underline and “Aa” for font and size. For documents full of small text, a bigger screen is more comfortable.
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