Banner Design for Printing
Design a vinyl banner for a shop front, event, church or celebration at its real size (2 x 1 m, 3 x 1 m, 6 x 3 ft, 8 x 4 ft and more), then download a print-ready PDF.
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How it works
Choose the banner size
Metric (2 x 1 m, 3 x 1 m, 1.5 x 0.5 m) or feet (4 x 2, 6 x 3, 8 x 4 and 10 x 3 ft). The design is drawn at that size.
Pick a template
A sale, a business with a photo, graduation, an event, a grand opening, a church service, a birthday party or hiring. Change every word, colour and photo.
Send it to the printer
The print-shop PDF has 3 mm of bleed and crop marks; EPS and SVG suit sign makers who cut vinyl. A JPG or PNG is there to share it first.
Vinyl banner design at the real size
This banner design maker draws a printed banner at its size: 2 x 1 m, 3 x 1 m, 1.5 x 0.5 m, 4 x 2 ft, 6 x 3 ft, 8 x 4 ft or 10 x 3 ft. A vinyl banner design downloads as a print-shop PDF with bleed and crop marks, or EPS and SVG.
Templates for a sale, a business, graduation, an event, a grand opening, a church, a birthday and hiring keep to a few big words, so they read from across a street.
Banner size and letter size
Allow about 2.5 cm of letter height for each metre it is read from. A 3 x 1 m banner over a shop, read from 20 m, wants a name about 50 cm tall.
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Why it matters
Drawn at the real size
The PDF is the banner's size in millimetres, so the printer does not have to stretch it.
Big words that read from afar
Templates keep to a few large words: a banner is read from across a street.
Ready for any printer
PDF with bleed, EPS and SVG, the files print and sign shops ask for.
On the blog: Banner Design: How to Get a Great Result Every Time
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Questions
Which file does a printer want?
Usually a PDF at the real size with bleed (the print-shop PDF). Sign makers who cut vinyl may ask for EPS or SVG.
What resolution should a banner be?
A large banner seen from a few metres does not need 300 dpi: 100 to 150 dpi at full size is usual. The PDF here is drawn at up to 12,000 pixels across, which is about 150 dpi on a 2 m banner and 100 dpi on a 3 m one.
What are common banner sizes?
2 x 1 m and 3 x 1 m for shop fronts and events, 6 x 3 ft and 8 x 4 ft in the US, and 1.5 x 0.5 m for small shops and tables.
How big should the words be?
About 2.5 cm of letter height for every metre it will be read from: a name read from 10 metres wants letters around 25 cm tall.
Does the printer need bleed?
Most do: choose the print-shop PDF, which carries the colour 3 mm past the edge and marks where to cut. Ask yours if they also want room for eyelets or a pole pocket.