Free Tent Card Templates You Can Download and Print
These templates have the bleed and safe lines already marked, so you only have to add your content. They work for restaurant menus, QR code displays, counter offers, conference name tents and event signage.
Everything below applies whether you print with us or somewhere else. The setup rules are the same for any commercial printer — what changes is only the finished size you choose.
Free Tent Card Template Pack
PDF + Illustrator + Canva | 5 x 7 and 8.5 x 11 inches | Bleed and safe lines already set
Don't want to print it yourself? We print and deliver from ₹269 for 25.
What's Inside the Template Pack
Five files, covering both print-ready and editable use:
Every file has the trim line, a 3 mm bleed area and a 5 mm safe margin marked on a separate locked layer, so you can see the boundaries while you work and hide them before exporting. If you would rather not start from a blank layout at all, our ready-made tent card designs are already laid out and only need your text swapped in.
Template Sizes and Artwork Dimensions
The templates come in the two sizes we print. At 300 DPI, the artwork dimensions are:
- 5 x 7 inches — 1500 x 2100 pixels (trim), 1571 x 2171 pixels with bleed
- 8.5 x 11 inches — 2550 x 3300 pixels (trim), 2621 x 3371 pixels with bleed
For the full size comparison in centimetres and millimetres, including how these compare to A4 and A5, see our tent card printing page.
4 x 6 Table Tent Template
4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm) is a compact table tent size, common on small cafe tables where space is tight. The artwork setup is 1200 x 1800 pixels at 300 DPI.
Tagsen prints tent cards from 5 x 7 inches upward, so use a 4 x 6 layout if you are printing elsewhere or in-house. If you are ordering from us, size the design up to 5 x 7 — the proportions are close enough that most layouts scale without needing a redesign.
How to Use the Template
- Open the file. Use the PDF if you only need to drop in text and images. Use the AI file if you want to change the layout.
- Keep content inside the safe line. Everything that must be readable — text, logo, prices, QR code — goes inside the inner marked rectangle.
- Extend the background to the bleed line. If your design has a colour background or a full-bleed photo, stretch it to the outer line, not the trim line.
- Design both panels. A tent card is visible from two sides. Leaving the back blank wastes half the card — put your QR code, contact details or a second offer there.
- Outline your fonts before exporting, or the printer may substitute them.
- Export as PDF in CMYK at 300 DPI with bleed included. Turn off the guide layer first, or the trim marks will print on the card.
Before you export, view the file at 100% zoom rather than fit-to-screen. Low resolution images look fine when zoomed out and only reveal themselves at full size, which is exactly how they will print.
Once your file is ready you can upload it directly and we will check it before printing.
Design Rules That Prevent Reprints
Most reprints come from one of these six things:
- Bleed: 3 mm past the trim line on all four sides. Without it, small cutting shifts leave white slivers along the edge.
- Safe area: keep text and logos at least 5 mm inside the trim line.
- Resolution: 300 DPI minimum. Images pulled from a website are usually 72 DPI and will look soft when printed.
- Colour mode: CMYK, not RGB. Bright blues and greens shift the most during conversion, so check those on screen before exporting.
- Fonts: convert to outlines or embed them in the PDF.
- QR codes: print at 2 x 2 cm or larger with a clear white margin around the code. Anything smaller, or placed over a busy background, often fails to scan. If you need the code as a separate item, we also print QR code stickers.
Designing for Gloss or Matte Finish
The lamination you choose changes how your design reads on the table, so it is worth deciding before you finish the artwork.
Gloss lamination deepens dark colours and makes photographs look sharper, which suits food images and bold brand colours. The trade-off is reflection — under strong overhead lighting a glossy card can throw glare back at the reader, so avoid small light-coloured text on a dark glossy background.
Matte lamination scatters light instead of reflecting it, so text stays readable from any angle. Colours print slightly flatter than on gloss, so if your design depends on a rich dark background, push the saturation a little in the artwork to compensate.
Name Tent Card Templates for Events
Name tents follow different rules from menu tent cards. The reader is further away, often across a conference table or from an audience seat, so legibility matters more than layout.
- Use the 8.5 x 11 inch template — the 5 x 7 size is hard to read past about six feet
- Set names at 60 pt or larger, in a plain sans-serif
- Print the same name on both panels so it reads from the front and the back
- Keep job titles and organisation names small — the name should dominate
- Leave the lower third clear, since laptops and water glasses often block it
- Avoid thin decorative fonts — they break up at distance
If you are printing name tents for a recurring event, build the template once with the name on its own text layer. Swapping fifty names then takes minutes instead of rebuilding each card.
For a full event set, name tents usually go out alongside PVC ID cards and lanyards.
Editing in Canva or Illustrator
Both work. Which one depends on how print-ready you need the output to be.
If you are on Canva's free plan, export at the highest quality PDF available and let us handle the colour conversion. If you have no design software at all, you can design it in our online studio or hand the job to our design team when you place the order.
Ready to Print?
Once your artwork is set up, Tagsen prints custom tent cards in 5 x 7 and 8.5 x 11 inches on 250 GSM gloss laminated or 350 GSM matte laminated card, full colour on both sides, starting at 25 pieces from ₹269.
Ordering more than 2,000 pieces? Request a bulk quote and we will price it directly.
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