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Name badge maker
Design a name badge, add everyone, and print the sheet. Free, and nothing to sign up for.
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About the name badge maker
A name badge has one job: let somebody read a stranger’s name from about two metres away without staring. That means the name is the biggest thing on the badge and everything else is smaller than you think it should be.
This makes them one at a time or a hundred at once. Type the names in, or drop in a spreadsheet you already have, and every badge is generated from the same design. Nothing you type is sent anywhere — the whole thing runs in this browser tab.
Your badge data stays in your browser. Names, spreadsheets and photos are never uploaded, and never reach any analytics. Your work is saved on this device only.
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Templates for this
Each one opens in the editor with the fields already set up. Change anything you like.
What goes on a name badge
- Name
{{name}} - The one thing that has to be readable across a room. Give it two thirds of the badge and let it shrink to fit long names.
- Company
{{company}} - Where they are from. Useful at a mixed event, noise at an internal one — delete it if everyone works together.
- Role
{{role}} - Optional, and usually the first thing to cut. A job title in 8pt type is read by nobody.
Anything in double braces is filled in per person. Put {{name}} on the badge once and it becomes every name on your list.
How it works
Four steps, and none of them is signing up.
- 1
Start from a name tag
The simple name tag is 3 × 2 inches, which fits every adhesive badge and most clip holders. Change the size later if your holders are different.
- 2
Put the names in
Add people one at a time, or import a CSV and map the columns. The canvas previews whichever person is selected, so you can see a long name before you print forty of them.
- 3
Check the longest name
Select the person with the longest name and look at the badge. Text set to fit shrinks automatically, so this is where you find out whether it shrinks too far.
- 4
Print the sheet
Ten badges to a US Letter page with cut marks, or download a PDF at exactly the size you set. Print at 100% — not "fit to page".
How big should a name badge be?
Buy the holders first, then match the badge to them. Almost every adhesive badge sold in the US is 3 × 2 inches; clip-on holders are usually 3.5 × 2.25 inches to give the insert a lip to sit behind. If you print a 3 × 2 badge and slide it into a 3.5 × 2.25 holder it will rattle around and show the plastic.
For the type: a name set around 24 to 28 points is legible at two metres for most people. If your longest name is forcing the type below 16 points, the badge is too small for your list rather than the type being too big.
- Adhesive name tag: 3 × 2 in (76 × 51 mm)
- Clip-on insert: 3.5 × 2.25 in (89 × 57 mm)
- Lanyard badge: 3 × 4 in (76 × 102 mm), portrait
Name badge sizes
| Badge | Size | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Adhesive name tag | 3 × 2 in · 76 × 51 mm | Stick-on tags for a one-off event. 10 per US Letter sheet. |
| Clip-on insert | 3.5 × 2.25 in · 89 × 57 mm | Reusable plastic holders with a pin or a crocodile clip. |
| Lanyard badge | 3 × 4 in · 76 × 102 mm | Conferences. Portrait, because that is how a lanyard hangs. |
Measure the holder you own rather than trusting the packaging — "3 × 4" is sometimes the outside of the plastic, not the insert.
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