Certificate Maker
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Certificates are almost never made one at a time. A course finishes and there are forty people; a tournament ends and there are thirty. The real job is not designing the certificate, it is typing forty names into the same template without misspelling one — and at forty, one misspelling is close to certain. So this takes a list of names and produces a single PDF with one identical page per person, with the names coming straight from whatever list you already have, which is where they are already spelled correctly.
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How to use Certificate Maker
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Paste the recipients, one name per line, straight from your roster or spreadsheet column.
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Set the title, the wording and who signs it. Landscape is the default; portrait is there if you need it.
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Download one PDF containing every certificate, ready to print on US Letter.
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Frequently asked questions
How many certificates can I make at once?+
As many as you have names. Each one becomes its own page in a single PDF, so it prints in one job rather than as forty separate files — which is the actual reason this is a tool and not a template.
What happens to a very long name?+
It shrinks to fit rather than wrapping onto a second line. A name broken across two lines reads as a mistake, and some of these get framed. The rest of the layout stays identical from page to page so a stack of them looks like a set.
Can I change the wording?+
Yes. The line above the name ("This certifies that"), the statement below it, the title, the organisation and the signature block are all yours to set. The wording is what makes a certificate specific to the occasion; the layout is what makes it read as a certificate.
Can I add a logo or a seal?+
Not in this tool. The output is typographic, which keeps it sharp at any size and the file small even for a hundred pages. If you need a seal, generate the certificates here and stamp them with the watermark tool, which applies one image across every page in a single pass.
What paper should I use?+
The PDF is sized for US Letter, landscape by default. Any heavier stock that your printer takes will do — 160gsm or above feels like a certificate rather than a handout. Print one first and check the borders sit where you expect before running the whole batch.
Is the list of names uploaded?+
No. Everything happens in your browser. A class roster or a list of employees is personal data about other people, and there is no reason for it to leave your machine to have their names typeset.