convert -gravity South -fill white -undercolor '#00000080' -annotate 9x9-30+105 'S2' extdomains_5.gif extdomains_6.gif -gravity {South}: placement on the bottom of the image -fill {white}: white font -undercolor: background color behind text -annotate {xaxis rotation x yaxis rotation, +/- xaxis position, +/- yaxis position, text} increasing x/y axis rotation -> turns text clockwise 0x0 -> parallel to x axis 90x90 -> text rotated clockwise 90 perp to x axis 180 -> text rotate clockwise 180 parallel to x asis (upside down)