😂 Meme Generator

When you load an image the tool reads its natural width and height and creates a canvas of exactly those dimensions, then draws the image as the background layer. All captions are painted on top of that canvas, which is why the exported file keeps the original resolution.

Text size is expressed as a percentage of image width rather than a fixed pixel value, so the same setting looks proportionally identical on a small thumbnail and a large photo. The font size in pixels is the percentage divided by 100, multiplied by the image width, with a 12 pixel minimum floor. Line height is 1.25 times the font size, and long captions wrap automatically to fit the canvas width.

The classic meme outline is produced by stroking each line before filling it. The outline colour is drawn as a thick border around the glyphs at your chosen width, then the fill colour is painted inside, which keeps white text legible over bright backgrounds. Setting outline width to zero turns the stroke off entirely for a flat, modern look.

Load an 800 by 600 pixel photograph and click the Classic preset. That preset sets Impact, text size 8 percent, all caps on, white fill, black outline, outline width 4, centre alignment.

The font size in pixels works out as 8 divided by 100, multiplied by 800, which is 64 pixels. Line height is 64 times 1.25, or 80 pixels, so a two-line top caption occupies 160 pixels of the 600 pixel height. Typing "when the build passes" produces "WHEN THE BUILD PASSES" because all caps is on.

Drag the size slider up to 12 percent and the font becomes 0.12 times 800, or 96 pixels, with a 120 pixel line height. On a wider 1600 pixel image the same 8 percent setting gives 128 pixels, keeping the caption the same relative size.

The slider range runs from 3 percent to 18 percent in half-point steps, so on that 800 pixel image you can move between 24 pixels and 144 pixels of text. Exporting as PNG gives a lossless 800 by 600 file.

Readability comes from contrast, not size. White text with a black outline of three to five pixels survives almost any background, which is why the Classic preset exists. On pale or washed-out images the Dark preset inverts this, using black text with a white outline. If you turn the outline off, check the caption against the busiest part of the picture rather than the calm part.

Size the text to the image, not to your screen. Because the setting is a percentage of width, a caption that looks correct in the preview will export at the same proportion, but very tall portrait images leave less vertical room, so long captions can crowd the subject. Shorten the wording before shrinking the font.

For export, PNG is lossless and best for images with flat colour, screenshots or sharp text edges. JPEG produces smaller files and suits photographs, but recompressing an already compressed photo can soften the outline slightly. Note that animated GIFs are accepted as input but the export captures a single frame.