Writing Urdu in video editors is still painful. Premiere Pro and After Effects often break the letters apart, CapCut has only a few fonts, and Nastaliq, the style Pakistani viewers actually read every day, is usually missing altogether. Most editors end up taking a screenshot from Word or Inpage and cutting it out by hand.
The Urdu Text to PNG Maker removes that step. You type your headline, choose a Nastaliq font and download a transparent PNG that drops straight into any editor.
What the tool can do
- Fonts: Noto Nastaliq Urdu, Gulzar (Nastaliq), Naskh, Lalezar for bold display text, plus Anton and Inter for English.
- Text colour, outline colour and outline thickness up to 30 px.
- Drop shadow for that thick “news thumbnail” look.
- Left, centre or right alignment and adjustable line spacing for multi-line headlines.
- Transparent background, or switch on a solid background colour.
- Download as PNG or copy the image straight to your clipboard.
Step-by-step: an Urdu headline for a YouTube thumbnail
- Open Urdu Text to PNG and type your headline. Press Enter for a second line.
- Keep the font on Nastaliq and the weight on Bold.
- Set the size to around 110–140. Bigger text survives the small thumbnail preview on phones.
- Use a white or yellow text colour with a dark red or black outline of 8–12 px. This combination stays readable on any background.
- Leave Solid background unchecked and click Download PNG.
- Place the PNG on your thumbnail in Photoshop, Canva or Photopea.
Tips that make Urdu text look professional
Keep it short. Five to seven words is the sweet spot for a thumbnail. Long sentences turn into a grey block on a phone screen.
Give Nastaliq room to breathe. Nastaliq letters sit higher and lower than English letters. If two lines touch, raise the line spacing to 2.0 or more.
Mix languages on separate lines. Put the Urdu headline on one line and a short English keyword on the next, using Anton for the English part.
Using the PNG in After Effects and Premiere Pro
Import the PNG like any image. Because it is a flat picture, the letters can’t break, whatever language setting your software uses. Add a slide-in, a scale bounce or a linear wipe to animate it. For a full TV-style strip, try the Breaking News Lower Third Maker.
Private and free
The text is drawn in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, there is no watermark and no account. Bookmark the page and it is ready whenever the next headline drops.