Certificate maker

The editor opens with a certificate template, and the gallery has more designs, from classic borders with corner ornaments to modern layouts with a bold color band. Every element can be changed: the title, an elegant script font for the recipient's name, the colors, the border and the seal.

Use shapes and recolorable label stickers to build a seal or badge with short text such as 1st, MVP or the year. Curved text works well around a round seal. Gradient fills give a gold, silver or bronze feel to titles and seals without special printing.

The default size is Letter landscape (11 × 8.5 in), the usual US certificate format. Switch to Letter portrait or A4 (297 × 210 mm) and the layout adapts automatically.

Field	Example
Title	Certificate of Achievement
Presentation line	This certificate is proudly presented to
Name	Lily Johnson
Reason	for winning first place in the 2026 District Art Contest
Date and place	November 14, 2026 · Springfield
Signers	Dr. Peter Wilson, Principal · Eva Thompson, Head Judge

Other common titles: Certificate of Completion, Certificate of Appreciation, Certificate of Excellence, Certificate of Participation, Employee of the Month, Perfect Attendance, Honor Roll. Keep the reason to one or two short lines, and spell the name exactly as the recipient uses it.

Add a school crest, company logo or club emblem as an image; a PNG with a transparent background looks best. Store it in the brand kit with your colors and fonts to reuse it on every certificate.

For signatures, add a line and a name and title beneath it for each signer. You can sign the printed certificate by hand, which looks most personal, or add a scanned signature as a transparent PNG for certificates you send digitally.

Need certificates for a whole class or team? Finish the design, then change the name, download, and repeat; everything else stays the same. Your work saves automatically in the browser, so you can come back to the same design later. Save the project file to reuse it next season or edit it on another computer.

Tip: before making the batch, test the longest name on the list to make sure it fits the line without shrinking too much. Keep a simple checklist of names as you download each file, and name the files after the recipients, so none get skipped or printed twice.

Setting	Certificate ideas
School	Student of the Month, Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, Spelling Bee winner, Science Fair
Sports	MVP, Most Improved Player, Coach's Award, Season Champion
Workplace	Employee of the Month, Years of Service, Training Completion, Sales Leader
Courses and workshops	Certificate of Completion with the course name and hours
Volunteers and clubs	Certificate of Appreciation, Volunteer of the Year
Just for fun	World's Best Dad, Kindness Award, Chore Champion

Match the design to the setting: classic borders and serif fonts for academic and formal awards, bold colors for sports and kids, and a clean modern layout for workplaces. Keep the certificate informal only when the award is: a training certificate that may be shown to an employer should state the course, the date and who issued it.

Size	Paper
Letter, landscape	11 × 8.5 in
Letter, portrait	8.5 × 11 in
A4, landscape	297 × 210 mm

For a print shop, download the PDF: 300 dpi with a 3 mm (about 1/8 in) bleed and crop marks, so a border can run right to the trimmed edge. On a home printer, which cannot print to the edge, keep the border inside the safe zone shown in the editor and print the PNG or PDF at Fit to page. Heavy card stock (65 to 110 lb cover) or a parchment or linen texture gives a premium feel.

You can also email a PNG or JPG for online courses and remote teams. Names and logos are processed only in your browser and are never uploaded. For matching name cards, see the business card maker.