Urdu Thumbnail Maker

Make a YouTube thumbnail with proper Urdu text — free, in your browser. Most design tools break Urdu: letters come apart and the right-to-left flow goes wrong. This tool draws your text with the Noto Nastaliq Urdu font on a canvas, so every letter joins the way it should. Pick a size, type your lines, choose a background, and download a PNG. Nothing is uploaded.

Thumbnail size

Ready templates

Your Urdu text — up to 3 lines (one line per row)

Tip: keep it short — 2 to 5 words per line reads best on a small phone screen.

Text size — 100 px

Bold text

Drop shadow (helps text stand out)

Shadow softness — 12

Text colour Outline colour Outline thickness — 5 px

Text position (top to bottom) — 50% Background type

Gradient

Loading Urdu font… please wait a second before downloading.

Download size: 1280 × 720 px (YouTube thumbnail).

How to Use

Pick a size — 1280 × 720 for a YouTube thumbnail, 1080 × 1080 for a square post, or 1080 × 1920 for a story or reel cover.
Type your Urdu text — up to 3 lines, one line per row. Short lines (2 to 5 words) look best.
Choose a look — tap a ready template, or set your own background (gradient, solid colour or your own photo) and text colour, outline and shadow.
Wait for the font — the page loads the Noto Nastaliq Urdu font first, so the preview shows joined letters. The download button turns on when it is ready.
Press Download PNG — you get a full-size PNG, ready to upload to YouTube, Facebook or Instagram.

Why Urdu Text Breaks in Other Tools

Urdu is written right-to-left and its letters change shape to join each other. Many design tools and photo editors do not shape Arabic-script text properly, so letters appear apart, in the wrong order, or with gaps. This tool draws your text with the browser's own text shaping and the Noto Nastaliq Urdu font — the same font Google uses for Urdu — so letters join exactly as they do in a book or newspaper. It waits for the font to load before it draws, so the first preview is already correct.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which sizes can I download?

Three sizes: 1280 × 720 (YouTube thumbnail), 1080 × 1080 (square post) and 1080 × 1920 (story / reel cover). All download as PNG at full size.

Can I use my own photo as the background?

Yes. Choose "My own photo" under Background type and upload any image. It is cropped to fill the thumbnail, and you can add a dark layer over it so white Urdu text stays easy to read. The photo never leaves your device.

Is this tool really free?

Yes — free, no signup, no watermark. Everything runs in your browser, so your text and photos are never uploaded to a server.

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Disclaimer: This tool draws text with the Noto Nastaliq Urdu font (SIL Open Font License). Thumbnails you make are yours to use. Always respect other people's photos and trademarks when you upload a thumbnail.