Curved Text Generator
Type your text, bend it with the curve slider, and download a transparent PNG ready for logos, stickers, badges, and cake toppers.
The checkerboard shows transparent areas — the PNG has no background.
Rendered on your device at 2x resolution — nothing is sent anywhere.
How it works
- Type your text and drag the curve slider — positive values bend it upward into an arc or full circle, negative values curve it along the bottom.
- Adjust font, size, letter spacing, and color, and optionally add a second bottom line to build a round badge or logo layout.
- Check the live preview on the checkerboard background, then click Download PNG to save a sharp 2x transparent image.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I make text curve in a full circle?
- Drag the curve slider all the way to 360 degrees and the text wraps around a complete circle, with the letter spacing you set kept even along the arc. For a classic badge, set the top text to around 180 degrees and add a second line, which is automatically placed on the opposite side of the same circle.
- Does the downloaded PNG really have a transparent background?
- Yes. The checkerboard pattern in the preview only indicates transparency — it is not part of the file. The exported PNG contains just the letters on a fully transparent background, so you can drop it onto any photo, colored design, or print layout without a white box around it.
- Is my text uploaded to a server?
- No. The arc is computed and drawn on an HTML canvas entirely inside your browser, and the PNG is generated on your device. Nothing you type is sent, logged, or stored anywhere, and the tool keeps working offline once the page has loaded.
- What can I use curved text for?
- Common uses include round logos and rubber-stamp style badges, sticker and label designs, cake and cupcake toppers, T-shirt prints, sports emblems, and wax-seal style monograms. Because the export is a transparent PNG at double resolution, it stays crisp when placed into Canva, Word, Cricut Design Space, or a photo editor.
- Why can I only choose a few fonts?
- The tool uses system font stacks — sans-serif, serif, rounded, monospace, script, and a bold display stack — so it never has to download font files and the preview renders instantly. The exact typeface can differ slightly between Windows, macOS, and Android, so check the preview on the device you export from.
About this tool
The curved text generator bends any short line of text along a circular arc and exports it as a transparent PNG. A single slider controls the bend, from a full 360-degree circle through gentle arches down to nearly flat, and negative values flip the curve into a bottom arc — the frown-shaped text you see on the lower half of badges. An optional second line sits on the opposite side of the same circle, which is how classic round logo and stamp layouts are built: one line arching over the top, another curving under the bottom.
Everything runs on an HTML canvas in your browser. The tool measures each character individually, converts the curve angle into a circle radius, and places every letter at its own position and rotation along that circle, so spacing stays optically even instead of stretching or squashing the word. The preview redraws live with every keystroke and slider move, and the checkerboard behind it shows exactly which pixels will be transparent. Because no text or image ever leaves your device, there is nothing to upload and nothing to wait for.
Typical projects include sticker sheets and product labels, cake toppers cut on a Cricut or Silhouette machine, team and club emblems, wedding monograms, jar lids, and channel logos. The Download PNG button renders the design at twice the preview resolution and crops it tightly to the letters, so the file drops cleanly into Canva, PowerPoint, GIMP, or a print template without manual trimming.
A few practical tips: uppercase text reads better on strong curves because there are no descenders breaking the ring; increase letter spacing a little as the curve gets tighter, since letters lean toward each other on the inside of an arc; and if the two lines of a badge feel unbalanced, keep them a similar length or bump the shorter one’s spacing. For dark backgrounds, pick a light text color before exporting — the PNG itself has no background to adjust later.