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title: "How to make a meme with top and bottom text | ToolSugar"
description: "Add white outlined captions above and below any picture, adjust the text size, and save a meme at the full size of your image."
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# Make a meme from any picture

Updated 2026-11-09

To make a meme, add one line of text at the top of a picture and one at the bottom. Meme Generator on ToolSugar draws them in the classic style, white capital letters with a black outline, right in your browser. Your image is not uploaded and the download has no watermark.

[Open Meme Generator](https://toolsugar.com/tools/meme-generator)

## Make a meme in four steps

Any image works, including a screenshot or a photo from your camera roll.

1. Add the image you want to use.
2. Type the top text and the bottom text. Either can be left empty.
3. Move the text size slider until the lines fit the way you like.
4. Press Save meme and download the finished image.

## Write a caption that fits

Most memes set up a situation on the top line and land the joke on the bottom. Short lines read faster than long ones, and a picture with a clear subject carries the joke better than a busy one.

Long captions wrap onto extra lines by themselves, but wrapped text takes more of the picture. Lower the size slider if the words cover a face.

## Why the lettering looks like that

The outline keeps white text readable on both light and dark parts of a photo. The tool asks your device for the Impact font first. When Impact is missing, it falls back to Arial Black or another sans serif font, so the look can differ a little between computers.

## Keep the meme sharp

The finished meme has the same width and height as the image you added, so nothing is shrunk or stretched. A small source image gives a small meme. If the picture is tiny, enlarge it first with Image Upscaler.

The text sits at the top and the bottom only. If the subject is cropped badly, fix the framing with Crop Image before you add words.

## Questions

### Can I use only a top line?

Yes. Leave the bottom field empty and only the top caption is drawn.

### Can I put the text in the middle of the picture?

No. Captions stay at the top and the bottom. To place words elsewhere, use a photo editor.

### Does the tool add its own logo?

No. The saved file has your picture and your text and nothing else.

[Open Meme Generator](https://toolsugar.com/tools/meme-generator)

## Related guides

- [How to crop an image to a size or aspect ratio](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-crop-an-image)
- [How to resize an image by pixels, percent or KB](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-resize-an-image)
- [How to compress an image without losing quality](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-compress-an-image)
- [How to upscale an image with AI](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-upscale-an-image)