How to Modify Font Properties of the Text in a PDF

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Need to change the look of text in a PDF file? We'll show you how to change the font in a PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro, as well as in a free tool called PDFescape.

Using Adobe Acrobat

• You can also download a free trial of Adobe Acrobat from Adobe's download page to temporarily use these features for free.

• If Adobe Acrobat isn't your computer's default PDF reader, open Adobe Acrobat, click File, click Open. , select your PDF, and click Open.

Click Edit PDF . This pink icon is near the top of the Tools tab. Doing so will open a sidebar to the right of the PDF.

Select text to edit. Find the text that you want to edit, then click and drag your mouse across the text to select it.

• Font - Click the drop-down box below "FORMAT", then click the font that you want to use.
• Size - Click the drop-down box with a number in it, then click a larger or smaller number. You can also type in a number to create a custom size.
• Color - Click the colored box to the right of the numbered box, then click a new color.

• You can also select Save As to change the file's name and/or where it's saved on your computer.

Using PDFescape

Click Choose File . It's a grey button on the left side of the window. A File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window will open.

• You may first have to click the PDF's folder location on the left side of the window.

Click Open . It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will open your PDF on the PDFescape website.

White out text that you want to replace. Click and drag your mouse from the top-left corner of the text that you want to replace down to the bottom-right corner of the text. A white box will appear over the text.

• Font - Click the current font's name, then click the font that you want to use in the drop-down menu.
• Size - Click the current number to the right of the font, then click the number that you want to use. The larger the number, the larger the text.
• Formatting - Click B to create bold text, click I to create italic text, or click U to create underlined text.
• Color - Click the "Color" box, then click a text color in the drop-down box.

• You can also type in text, select it, and then change text properties.

Download your edited PDF. Click the green downward-facing arrow on the left side of the page. Your edited PDF will download to your browser's default "Downloads" location.

Community Q&A

In any computer, you can easily change the font size by pressing the ctrl button and using the zoom in or zoom out button while continuing to press the ctrl button.

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You can always try converting the PDF to a Word document, editing it as a Word document, and then converting it back.

You may not be able to edit all text in a PDF, and the text that you do edit may end up looking slightly different than the rest of the text in the document.

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