# How to Add Image Text Overlay to the Dawn Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/dawn/add-image-text-overlay/ — Section Shop, 56 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

Full-width hero section with background image and text overlay. Includes customizable overlay color and opacity, flexible content positioning (left/center/right), dual CTA buttons, and responsive mobile optimization. This guide shows how to add the Image Text Overlay section to the Dawn theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Dawn's code. Dawn is a free theme by Shopify, known for speed, minimalism, being the Online Store 2.0 reference — and image with text like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Image Text Overlay fits Dawn

Story-telling layouts pairing visuals with copy — splits, overlays, zigzags and card grids for brand and product stories. On Dawn, Image Text Overlay slots in like any built-in section: it inherits the theme's fonts by default, picks up your color choices in the editor, and lives alongside Dawn's own sections in the picker — prefixed "SShop:" so it's easy to spot.

## Steps

1. **Install Section Shop (free)** — Add the app from the Shopify App Store. It's free, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and changes nothing in your Dawn setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Image Text Overlay” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Image with Text category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Dawn theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Dawn uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Dawn theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Image Text Overlay” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Dawn font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Image Text Overlay work with the Dawn theme?

Yes. Dawn is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Image Text Overlay installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Dawn's theme editor as “SShop:Image Text Overlay”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will Image Text Overlay match Dawn's design?

By default the section inherits your theme's fonts, so it picks up Dawn's typography automatically. Colors, spacing, images and content are all editable in the theme editor — no CSS required.

### Is Image Text Overlay free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Image Text Overlay is free, like every section in the 56-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Dawn theme and keeps working.