Add and modify text in your illustrations

With BioRender's text options, you can quickly customize font style, size, weight, color, and symbols in your scientific illustrations. This lets you create eye-catching text that complements your design and effectively communicates your scientific concepts.

Add text:

1. Click on the "Insert Text" drop-down located in the top menu.
2. Select the type of text that you would like to insert, such as a heading, label, or body text.
3. Click on the canvas where you want the text to be inserted.
4. Type your desired text within the blue box that appears on the canvas.

Add symbols:

1. Follow the steps above to add text.
2. Once you add text, the Insert Symbol option will appear on the above menu.
3. Select the symbol you'd like to insert.

Edit text:

To change your text's color:

1. Click on the text - the side toolbar will appear
2. Highlight the portion of text that you wish to edit.
3. In the properties side panel, select the "Color" option.
4. Choose any color you desire by using the color picker or selecting a color from the color panel.

Text can be modified using the options in the side toolbar.

What's next

🖼️ Explore: Brand kits. Keep your text on-brand across teams with Brand Kits (available on Team/Enterprise plans), you can save and reuse your lab’s preferred fonts, colors, and styles—no need to set them up each time.  Explore Brand Kits here↗

Related articles 

• Curving your text
• Aligning and distributing objects on the canvas
• Add superscripts and subscripts to your text

Need help?

1. Email: support@biorender.com
2. Live Chat: Available by clicking on the "Help" bubble in the app on the bottom right-hand corner.