Curved Textgenerator

a small workshop for bending words

no account · nothing uploaded · works on a phone

Curved Text Generator

Type your words, bend them into an arc, a circle or a wave, pick a font, and download a PNG with a real transparent background. No sign-up, no install — every pixel is drawn in your own browser.

How to curve text online

  1. Type your words in the Your text box.
  2. Pick a shape: Arc, Circle, Wave or Custom path. Circle gives you a second line for the bottom of the ring, the way a stamp or badge is set.
  3. Drag Curve to bend the baseline, and Letter spacing to open the letters up.
  4. Choose a font and a colour. Add an outline if the text will sit on a busy photo.
  5. Press Download PNG. Keep Transparent background ticked and the exported file has a real alpha channel, so it drops straight onto any colour.

Curve text generator with a transparent background

Most ways of curving text hand you a white rectangle: a screenshot, a canvas that was filled before the letters were drawn, or a copy-pasted code snippet that paints a background it never mentions. This generator clears the canvas instead of filling it, so the area around the letters is genuinely empty rather than white.

Text curve generator — what it can do

Where the finished thing ends up

Four things made with exports from this page. In every one the lettering came out of the editor above as a PNG and was dropped straight on — there is no pale rectangle behind the words, because there is nothing behind the words.

A white ceramic mug with the words RISE & SHINE arched in red around the side.
A mug printMugs, tumblers and bottles: the words follow the curve of the object instead of sitting flat across it.
Two versions of the same curved wording on a dark background: the one exported with a white background sits inside a pale rectangle, the transparent one shows only the letters.
On a dark backgroundThe same wording, two files. On the left a white-backed PNG, on the right what this page exports — see how the transparency is measured.
A hanging wooden shop sign carrying a circular mark that reads MAPLE AND THREAD, EST 2026, HANDMADE GOODS, with a stack of matching round stickers below it.
A shop signShop names, signs and listing images for a small store — a ring for a stamp-style mark, an arch for a sign board.
An open dotted journal with a curved phrase, make something today, stuck across a strip of red tape, and a round sticker on the facing page.
Journal stickersPrinted and cut for planners, journals and scrapbooks — see the Cricut notes before you cut.

FAQ

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-up, no login and no email wall. Open the page and start typing.

Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. The text is laid out and drawn by your own browser, and the PNG is produced on your device. Nothing about what you type leaves the page.

Does the PNG really have a transparent background?

Yes — the exported file carries a genuine alpha channel, not a white rectangle that merely looks light. Untick Transparent background if you would rather have a white one.

Can I use the images commercially?

Yes. The bundled fonts are released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which places no restriction on what you make with them and asks for no credit. See the font licenses page.

Does it work on a phone?

It is built for a phone first — the editor, the sliders and the download button are all sized for touch.

Something went wrong, or I have an idea — who do I tell?

Me, at [email protected]. This is one person’s workshop, not a support queue: a broken export, a font that should be here and is not, or a use I never thought of are all worth sending.

Guides

Longer reads on getting curved text out of the browser and into the real world.

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