Travel Poster
Make a travel-style poster with your own place name. Pick one of five flat-colour scenes we draw ourselves (a coast with cliffs and a sailboat, mountain ranges and pines, a city skyline on a river, desert dunes and a mesa, or a lake with a reflection), a palette, where the sun sits and how high the horizon is. Your place name, tagline and details go on a solid panel at the top or bottom, sized as large as they fit inside the safe area. Pick a poster size from A5 to A1 or US Letter to 24 × 36 in, then download a PDF at the real size, a proof on US Letter or A4, a PNG or an SVG. Nothing is uploaded.
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The poster-size PDF is the real size you pick (print it at 100% on that paper, or send it to a print shop). The proof fits the whole poster on one US Letter or A4 page with a 2 cm check bar. PNG at 72, 150 or 300 DPI; SVG in millimetres.
Travel-style poster
Your text
Poster size
Proof PDF
Runs in your browser with our own code: nothing you type is uploaded or saved. The coast, mountains, skyline, desert and lake are generic flat-colour scenes we draw ourselves (no real landmark, park or brand), and the place name and tagline are yours. You may use what you make here, including commercially, with no credit needed.
How to make a travel-style poster
- Pick a preset, or a scene and colours.
- Type the place name, a tagline and up to six lines of details.
- Move the sun (left, centre, right or none), set the horizon and put the text panel at the top or bottom.
- Pick the poster size and orientation; the type is sized to fit the panel.
- Download the PDF at poster size, a Letter / A4 proof, the PNG or the SVG.
What you can use it for
- A print of your home town or favourite holiday spot
- Trip, reunion and holiday announcements
- Classroom geography and travel projects
- Guest-house, café and holiday-let wall art
- Gifts with a place name that matters
- Social posts from the PNG
The 14 presets
| Preset | Scene | Colours | Size | Text panel | Default place name | Name size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coast at sunset, A3 | Coast with cliffs and a sailboat | Sunset | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Top | Visit the Coast | 87.2 pt |
| Coast in the morning, A2 | Coast with cliffs and a sailboat | Morning blue | A2 (420 × 594 mm) | Top | Visit the Coast | 121.9 pt |
| Mountains, teal and sand, A3 | Mountain ranges and pines | Teal and sand | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Top | The High Peaks | 87.2 pt |
| Mountains, retro, 18 × 24 in | Mountain ranges and pines | Retro orange and teal | 18 × 24 in | Bottom | Mountain Country | 108 pt |
| City skyline at dusk, A3 | City skyline on a river | Dusk purple | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Top | City Lights | 118.3 pt |
| City in the morning, Tabloid | City skyline on a river | Morning blue | Tabloid (11 × 17 in) | Bottom | The River City | 89.9 pt |
| Desert dunes, sunset, A3 | Desert dunes and a mesa | Sunset | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Top | Desert Road | 101.6 pt |
| Desert, retro, A2 | Desert dunes and a mesa | Retro orange and teal | A2 (420 × 594 mm) | Top | Canyon Country | 111.3 pt |
| Lake, soft mint, A3 | Lake with a reflection | Soft mint | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Top | Lake District Days | 70.5 pt |
| Lake at dusk, 24 × 36 in | Lake with a reflection | Dusk purple | 24 × 36 in | Top | By the Lake | 231.2 pt |
| Coast, landscape A3 | Coast with cliffs and a sailboat | Teal and sand | A3 (297 × 420 mm), landscape | Top | Visit the Coast | 74.9 pt |
| Mountains, US Letter | Mountain ranges and pines | Sunset | US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) | Top | Weekend Away | 64.3 pt |
| Coast, A4, text at the bottom | Coast with cliffs and a sailboat | Soft mint | A4 (210 × 297 mm) | Bottom | Visit the Coast | 60.5 pt |
| City skyline, A1 | City skyline on a river | Sunset | A1 (594 × 841 mm) | Top | City Break | 238.3 pt |
Presets change the scene, colours, sun, horizon and size; your own text stays as you typed it.
The scenes
| Scene | What is in it |
|---|---|
| Coast with cliffs and a sailboat | Three bands of sky, a sun, sea with wave lines, two cliffs, a sailboat and a beach |
| Mountain ranges and pines | A far range with two snow caps, a middle range, a near hill and nine pines |
| City skyline on a river | Fourteen plain blocks of buildings with lit windows, one spire, light on the river and a bank |
| Desert dunes and a mesa | A flat-topped mesa, sand, two rolling dunes and two cacti |
| Lake with a reflection | A mountain range mirrored in the lake, ripples, a shore and pines |
The colours
| Colours | Sky | Horizon | Hills | Water | Panel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset | #f6a65a | #fbe3a6 | #8f4a4f | #3d6f8e | #2b1d2e |
| Morning blue | #9fc6e7 | #f5e6d3 | #6d8fa6 | #5d93b5 | #22384a |
| Teal and sand | #2a9d8f | #e9f5db | #2d7470 | #1f7a8c | #0f2f33 |
| Retro orange and teal | #e76f51 | #e9c46a | #287271 | #2a9d8f | #264653 |
| Dusk purple | #3d2c5e | #e07a9f | #3b2f5c | #4c4a8a | #140f26 |
| Soft mint | #bfe3d0 | #fbf7ea | #5f9c84 | #6fb3b8 | #1f3d35 |
Poster sizes and safe area
| Size | Poster | Safe area (each edge) | PNG at 150 DPI | PNG at 300 DPI | Proof on US Letter | Proof on A4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5 | 148 × 210 mm | 7.4 mm | 874 × 1240 px | 1748 × 2480 px | 112.4 % | 120.7 % |
| A4 | 210 × 297 mm | 10.5 mm | 1240 × 1754 px | 2480 × 3508 px | 79.5 % | 85 % |
| A3 | 297 × 420 mm | 14.9 mm | 1754 × 2480 px | use 150 DPI or the PDF | 56.2 % | 60.1 % |
| A2 | 420 × 594 mm | 21 mm | 2480 × 3508 px | use 150 DPI or the PDF | 39.7 % | 42.5 % |
| A1 | 594 × 841 mm | 29.7 mm | 3508 × 4967 px | use 150 DPI or the PDF | 28.1 % | 30.1 % |
| US Letter | 215.9 × 279.4 mm | 10.8 mm | 1275 × 1650 px | 2550 × 3300 px | 84.5 % | 82.7 % |
| Tabloid | 279.4 × 431.8 mm | 14 mm | 1650 × 2550 px | use 150 DPI or the PDF | 54.7 % | 58.7 % |
| 18 × 24 in | 457.2 × 609.6 mm | 22.9 mm | 2700 × 3600 px | use 150 DPI or the PDF | 38.7 % | 39.1 % |
| 24 × 36 in | 609.6 × 914.4 mm | 30.5 mm | 3600 × 5400 px | use 150 DPI or the PDF | 25.8 % | 27.7 % |
Browsers cap a picture at about 16.7 million pixels, so the biggest sizes stop at 150 DPI as PNG; the PDF has no such limit and is drawn as vector shapes and text at the real size.
What you can download
| Download | What is in it |
|---|---|
| PDF at poster size | One page the size of the poster (real size), vector shapes and real, selectable text |
| Proof PDF | The whole poster fitted on one US Letter or A4 page, with a thin trim line and a 2 cm check bar |
| PNG | The poster as a picture at 72, 150 or 300 DPI |
| SVG | Vector shapes and text in millimetres, to edit further |
Which tool to use
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| A flat-colour landscape with a place name | Travel Poster (this page) |
| Sunbursts, arches and fans in gold and black | Art Deco Poster |
| Any poster from your own photo | Poster Maker |
| A big poster printed across home-printer pages | Poster Tiler |
Other tools: the Poster Maker lays out a poster around your own photo, the Color Palette Generator finds colours that go together, and Poster Sizes lists every standard size.
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Frequently asked questions
Which places are in the scenes?
None in particular. The coast, mountains, skyline, desert and lake are generic scenes made of flat shapes we draw ourselves, so they suit any place name you type. There are no real landmarks, park emblems or brands.
Where does the text go?
On a solid colour panel across the top or bottom quarter of the poster, so it always reads clearly. The place name is set in bold capitals as large as it fits in up to two lines; the tagline and details sit below it.
How is the place name sized?
The tool tries the largest size that fits and steps down by 3 % until the whole name, without breaking a word, sits inside its zone on the panel. It never shrinks below 4 % of the poster’s short side; if a word is too long for that, the tool asks you to shorten it.
Can I change the colours?
Pick one of six palettes (sunset, morning blue, teal and sand, retro orange and teal, dusk purple and soft mint). Every scene uses the same palette roles, so each palette works with every scene.
What is the safe area?
A border of 5 % of the poster’s short side. No type comes closer to the edge than that, so trimming never cuts into a letter. Background shapes may run off the edge on purpose and are cut exactly at the trim. The table below gives the border for every size.
Which sizes can I print?
A5, A4, A3, A2 and A1, US Letter, Tabloid (11 × 17 in), 18 × 24 in and 24 × 36 in, portrait or landscape. The PDF page is the poster at its real size.
Why is the PNG off at 300 DPI for big posters?
Browsers cap a picture at about 16.7 million pixels. Use 150 DPI for the PNG, or the PDF, which is vector and prints sharp at any size.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit; the note under the tool says how you may use what you make.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The poster is drawn by JavaScript in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or saved when you close the page.