Design a poster in minutes — free, no signup, no watermark. 3 sizes, 14 backgrounds, 8 display fonts, upload your own image. Export as PNG or SVG, free for commercial use.
A poster gets one glance from across a street. If the message is not obvious in that glance, the poster failed. This free poster maker gives you the three decisions that matter: size, background, and typography. Type your headline and the preview updates live.
Pick a size for where the poster will live, choose a background or upload your own photo, then set the headline in a display font. Copy the SVG for print shops or download the PNG for social media.
Portrait posters fit windows, noticeboards and event flyers. Square posters match Instagram and printed cards. Wide posters suit web banners and shopfronts. Decide where the poster will actually be seen before you pick a size. A portrait poster squeezed into a landscape slot looks like an afterthought, and no amount of good typography fixes a format that does not fit its space.
The rule is brutal: a poster is read from three meters away in under two seconds. That means one idea. The Saul Bass film posters from the 1960s prove it — one bold shape, one title, nothing else, and they are still copied today. Every extra element you add splits attention. If you find yourself adding a second headline, the poster now has two posters inside it, and neither wins.
Print it small, tape it to a wall, and step back until the wall is far away. Can you still read the headline? That is the bus stop test, and it never lies. Weak contrast fails this test first: a light gray headline on white is invisible from three meters. Solid colors beat gradients for text backgrounds. If the headline fights the background at any distance, one of them has to change.
Poster fonts are built to be seen, not read: Anton, Bebas Neue, Archivo Black. They carry a short headline beautifully and turn paragraphs into noise. Pair a display font for the headline with restraint everywhere else. Two lines of Bebas and one small date line is a complete design. Three lines of Bebas is a wall of shouting.
For social media and screens, download the PNG and you are done. For printing, copy the SVG and tell the print shop the final size — vector files scale without turning soft. Printed posters need 300 DPI and a bleed area, which the shop adds for you. One warning: the exact color on screen will shift slightly on paper. Proof a small test print before ordering fifty copies.
The web has 148 named colors built into CSS, from Coral to Goldenrod. Beyond the code, color psychology shapes how users feel about interfaces — warm tones energize, cool tones calm, and neutrals build trust. This palette mixes CSS classics with the psychology behind them.
Warm and friendly — popular for CTAs in lifestyle brands
Energetic red-orange, great for urgent accents
Earthy gold associated with quality and heritage
Balanced blue-green — calm, trustworthy, professional
Deep violet tied to wisdom and premium brands
Bold red for passion, alerts, and strong emphasis
Soft purple-blue common in SaaS dashboards
Nature and growth — the color of eco and finance brands
Playful and bold, the signature of youth-oriented design
Authority and stability — the suit-and-tie of colors