Quote card generator

Post-shaped versus poster-shaped

A post-shaped card — avatar, name, handle, left-aligned body — reads as something someone said. That is right when the quote is attributed to a person and the attribution is part of the point.

A poster-shaped card — centred text, generous padding, no handle — reads as a statement. That is right for a line from your own newsletter or a pull-quote from an article, where the words matter more than who typed them.

The Centered Statement preset is the second kind. Turn the badge off and shorten the handle, or remove the header entirely by clearing the name and handle fields.

Choosing a background that does not fight the text

The card is opaque, so legibility is already solved. What is left is composition: the background should give the card something to sit against, not compete with it.

Photographs with a clear area of low detail work best — sky, water, a wall, shallow depth of field. If the photo is busy everywhere, the card still reads fine, but the graphic feels crowded.

Anchoring the card high and leaving the lower two-thirds to a subject is the composition used in a lot of successful quote graphics. It only works if something is actually there.

Attribution

If you are quoting someone else, attribute them. Use the footer line for a source rather than putting a real person in the name and handle fields, which produces something that reads as a post they made.

For your own words, the name and handle fields are exactly right, and a consistent identity across a set of cards is how a feed starts to look like a brand.