How to Add Japanese Text to a PDF Using PDF.co and Zapier
Add Japanese text to an existing PDF, with optional clickable text and a company logo.
Step 1: Prepare Your PDF and Trigger
Create a Zap with a trigger that supplies a PDF, such as Google Drive → New File in Folder. Connect your account, select the folder, and test with a sample PDF.
Open the sample in PDF.co’s PDF Inspector to determine the X and Y coordinates where you want to place the text.
Step 2: Connect PDF.co
Add PDF.co → Add Text to PDF.
Connect your PDF.co account through OAuth, sign in, and authorize access.
Step 3: Configure the Japanese Text
Set the following fields:
- Source File URL: Map the PDF file from your trigger or provide an accessible direct PDF link.
- Text to add: Enter Japanese text, such as
ご利用ありがとうございます。, or map text from an earlier step. - X Co-ordinate: Enter the horizontal position from PDF Inspector.
- Y Co-ordinate: Enter the vertical position from PDF Inspector.
Enable Advanced Options and configure:
- FontName: Enter
MS Gothic. - Font Size: Enter
14, or another suitable size. - Pages: Enter
0for the first page.
PDF.co lists MS Gothic, MS Mincho, and Yu Gothic as supported Japanese fonts. See the available fonts documentation.
Step 4: Add a Link or Logo (Optional)
To make the Japanese text clickable, enter a destination URL in the action’s Link field.
For a separate clickable label, add another Add Text to PDF action with its own text, coordinates, and link. Map the preceding action’s output URL as its source PDF.
To add a logo, add PDF.co → Add Image to PDF. Use the latest PDF output as the source, provide an accessible image URL, and configure its position and dimensions.
Passing each action’s output into the next preserves all previous additions.
Step 5: Test and Save
Test the actions and open the final PDF output URL.
Confirm that:
- Japanese characters display correctly.
- Text fits the intended area.
- Links open the correct destination.
- The logo appears at the expected size and position.
Download the PDF before its temporary link expires, or add a storage action such as Google Drive → Upload File and map the final output URL into its file input.
Step 6: Publish the Zap
Publish the Zap after testing. New PDFs supplied by your trigger will receive the same text and optional image additions.
For additional text formatting settings, see the Add Text to PDF documentation.
In this tutorial, we learned how to add Japanese text and a logo/image in the PDF. We also learned how to add clickable and plain text.
The font name Meiryo is one of Windows’ Japanese supplemental fonts. You can check out the list of Japanese supplemental fonts here as well as the supplemental fonts of other languages.
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