Valentine’s Day Poster
Make a printable Valentine’s Day poster for a classroom, a shop window, a party, an office or a wall at home. Pick one of seven art layouts drawn as clean vector shapes (one big heart with small hearts, three roses, a love-letter envelope with a heart seal, a garland of hanging hearts, scattered hearts, your photo inside a heart, or your photo in a white frame) and one of six colourways. Every heart is drawn from the same heart curve, and New art scatters the small hearts again. Your headline, a second line and up to six lines of details (a party time, a room, opening hours) are centred in a text area the art never crosses. Pick A4, US Letter, A3, Tabloid, 18 × 24 in or another size and download a PDF at the real size, a proof on US Letter or A4, a PNG or an SVG. Your photo is never 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.
Valentine’s Day poster
Your photo (optional)
Your text
Poster size
Proof PDF
Runs in your browser with our own code: your photo and your words are never uploaded or saved. Every heart is drawn from the heart curve by our own code; the roses, envelope and garland are our own shapes, and every word on the poster is yours. You may use what you make here, including commercially, with no credit needed.
How to make a Valentine’s Day poster
- Pick a preset, or an art layout and colours.
- Press New art until you like where the small hearts fall (or type a seed to get one back).
- Optional: add a photo for the heart or white-frame layout and choose what to keep in view.
- Type your headline, a second line and up to six lines of details.
- Pick the poster size and orientation, then download the PDF at poster size, a Letter / A4 proof, the PNG or the SVG.
What you can use it for
- Classroom and school Valentine’s party posters
- Shop-window and café posters for the week of 14 February
- Love-quote and Be Mine wall posters
- A photo of the two of you inside a heart
- Galentine’s and office party notices
- Card-swap and Valentine mail-box signs
The 15 presets
| Preset | Art | Colours | Size | Default headline | Headline size | Hearts | Shapes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big heart, red, A3 | One big heart with small hearts | Red with pale pink hearts | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Be Mine | 165.4 pt | 17 | 17 |
| Big heart, blush, A4 | One big heart with small hearts | Blush pink with red hearts | A4 (210 × 297 mm) | Happy Valentine’s Day | 66.3 pt | 17 | 17 |
| Roses, cream, A3 | Three roses | Cream with red and rose | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Love Is in the Air | 92.7 pt | 8 | 35 |
| Roses, deep plum, 18 × 24 in | Three roses | Deep plum with bright pink | 18 × 24 in | You Are My Favourite | 133.6 pt | 8 | 35 |
| Love letter, blush, A3 | Love letter envelope with a heart seal | Blush pink with red hearts | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Sealed with Love | 92.7 pt | 11 | 16 |
| Love letter, brown paper, US Letter | Love letter envelope with a heart seal | Brown paper with deep red | US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) | Valentine Mail | 82.1 pt | 11 | 16 |
| Heart garland, cream, A3 | A garland of hanging hearts | Cream with red and rose | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Valentine’s Party | 92.7 pt | 21 | 29 |
| Heart garland, lilac, Tabloid | A garland of hanging hearts | Lilac with magenta | Tabloid (11 × 17 in) | Galentine’s Night | 98.5 pt | 21 | 29 |
| Scattered hearts, red, A3 | Scattered hearts | Red with pale pink hearts | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | XOXO | 165.4 pt | 34 | 34 |
| Scattered hearts, landscape A3 (shop window) | Scattered hearts | Blush pink with red hearts | A3 (297 × 420 mm), landscape | Valentine’s Gifts Inside | 84.6 pt | 34 | 34 |
| Your photo in a heart, red, A3 | Your photo inside a heart | Red with pale pink hearts | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Love You Always | 92.7 pt | 15 | 15 |
| Your photo in a heart, deep plum, A4 | Your photo inside a heart | Deep plum with bright pink | A4 (210 × 297 mm) | Be My Valentine | 68.4 pt | 15 | 15 |
| Photo frame, cream, A3 | Your photo in a white frame with hearts | Cream with red and rose | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Us | 165.4 pt | 15 | 16 |
| Love quote, lilac, A3 | One big heart with small hearts | Lilac with magenta | A3 (297 × 420 mm) | Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind | 92.7 pt | 17 | 17 |
| Class party, blush, US Letter | Scattered hearts | Blush pink with red hearts | US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) | Class Valentine’s Party | 60.5 pt | 34 | 34 |
Presets change the art, colours and size; your own text stays as you typed it.
The seven art layouts
| Art | Shapes in it (default seed) | Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| One big heart with small hearts | 1 big heart, 16 small hearts | 17 |
| Three roses | 3 stems, 3 leaves, 15 petals, 3 rose centres, 3 rose spirals, 8 small hearts | 8 |
| Love letter envelope with a heart seal | 1 envelope, 1 envelope fold, 2 side flaps, 1 top flap, 1 heart seal, 10 small hearts | 11 |
| A garland of hanging hearts | 1 string, 7 threads, 7 hanging hearts, 14 small hearts | 21 |
| Scattered hearts | 34 small hearts | 34 |
| Your photo inside a heart | 1 frame, 14 small hearts; photo window: a heart | 15 |
| Your photo in a white frame with hearts | 1 frame, 1 big heart, 14 small hearts; photo window: a rectangle | 15 |
Small hearts never touch each other or the big shapes, and every shape stays inside the art area.
The heart curve
| t | x | y |
|---|---|---|
| 2π × 0 / 8 | 0.000 | 5.000 |
| 2π × 1 / 8 | 5.657 | 11.607 |
| 2π × 2 / 8 | 16.000 | 4.000 |
| 2π × 3 / 8 | 5.657 | -9.607 |
| 2π × 4 / 8 | 0.000 | -17.000 |
| 2π × 5 / 8 | -5.657 | -9.607 |
| 2π × 6 / 8 | -16.000 | 4.000 |
| 2π × 7 / 8 | -5.657 | 11.607 |
Eight points of the heart curve x = 16 sin³t, y = 13 cos t − 5 cos 2t − 2 cos 3t − cos 4t. A drawn heart uses 200 points (120 for the small ones); its box runs from −16 to 16 across and from −17 (the point) up to 11.9233 (the top of the lobes), so its height is 0.9039 of its width.
Photo window by size
| Layout | A4 | A3 | 18 × 24 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your photo inside a heart | 144.5 × 130.6 mm, 853 × 771 px | 204.3 × 184.6 mm, 1206 × 1090 px | 296.5 × 268 mm, 1751 × 1583 px |
| Your photo in a white frame with hearts | 90.6 × 90.6 mm, 535 × 535 px | 128.2 × 128.2 mm, 757 × 757 px | 186 × 186 mm, 1099 × 1099 px |
Pixels given for 150 DPI, a sharp print at arm’s length; double them for 300 DPI. For the heart, the box is the heart’s bounding box.
The colours
| Colours | Ground | Hearts | Accent | Light | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red with pale pink hearts | #c1121f | #ffe5ec | #7a0b16 | #ff8fa3 | #fff5f7 |
| Blush pink with red hearts | #ffe5ec | #d90429 | #ff7aa2 | #ffffff | #7a0b16 |
| Cream with red and rose | #fbf3e6 | #c1121f | #e76f8a | #f2d6c4 | #5a1020 |
| Deep plum with bright pink | #2b0f2e | #ff4d6d | #ffb3c1 | #7b2d5f | #ffe5ec |
| Lilac with magenta | #efe1f7 | #b5179e | #f15bb5 | #ffffff | #4a1046 |
| Brown paper with deep red | #d8bfa0 | #a4161a | #e5989b | #f7ede2 | #3d1f12 |
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 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), shapes, your photo 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 | Shapes, photo and text in millimetres, to edit further |
Which tool to use
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| A printable Valentine’s Day poster with your own words | Valentine’s Day Poster (this page) |
| A folded card to give | Valentine’s Day Card |
| A letter banner to hang | Valentine’s Day Banner |
| A heart border around a page | Valentine Border |
| A heart shape to cut out | Heart Template |
| A poster from scratch | Poster Maker |
Other tools: the Valentine’s Day Card makes folded cards, the Valentine Border frames a page with hearts, the Heart Template gives hearts to cut out, and Poster Tiler splits a big poster over sheets of paper.
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Frequently asked questions
What art can I choose?
Seven layouts: one big heart with small hearts around it, three roses with stems and leaves, a love-letter envelope with a heart seal, a garland of hearts hanging from a string, scattered hearts, your photo inside a heart, and your photo in a white frame. Every shape is drawn by our own code.
Are the hearts real heart shapes?
Yes. Every heart is the classic heart curve x = 16 sin³t, y = 13 cos t − 5 cos 2t − 2 cos 3t − cos 4t, scaled to its size; the tests check every point of every heart against that formula.
Can I put a photo inside the heart?
Yes. Pick Your photo inside a heart and add a photo. It is cropped to fill the heart without being stretched; Keep in view chooses which part stays. The photo stays on your device.
What does New art do?
The small hearts are placed by a seeded random sequence, never touching each other or the big shapes. New art picks another seed; the same seed always gives the same poster.
Can the words run over the art?
No. The art has its own area and the text has another; the tests check every shape and every line against them at every size.
How is the type sized?
The headline takes the largest size that fits in up to three lines without breaking a word, and never below 4 % of the poster’s short side. If the second line and details do not fit, the headline gives up some room; if they still do not fit, the tool asks you to shorten the text.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. It is read into this page only, cropped here and drawn into the PDF, PNG or SVG on your device.
What is the safe area?
A border of 5 % of the poster’s short side. No letter comes closer to the edge than that, so trimming never cuts into the type. Shapes and photos may run to the edge.
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.
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.