Cover Maker: Make blog covers and social images with text placed in the empty space. Input: Text you type or paste, files from your device and values you enter. Output: Results shown on the page, a downloaded file and text to copy. Privacy: Runs in your browser: inputs and files stay on your device and are not uploaded. If you use its Unsplash search, the words you search for pass through our server to Unsplash, and photos load from Unsplash.
How to make a cover image
- Drop your own image on the box, search Unsplash for a photo, or pick a gradient if you have no image yet.
- Type a headline and, if you like, a subtitle. The text goes straight into the calmest part of the picture, sized to fit, with even line breaks.
- Pick another placement from the small previews if you prefer it.
- Choose a size: 1200 × 630 for blog posts and link previews, 1600 × 900 for wide headers, 1080 × 1080 for square posts, 1080 × 1920 for stories.
- Download a PNG or a JPEG.
How the text placement works
The tool looks at the picture for areas with little edge detail, such as sky, water, a wall or an out-of-focus background, and tries the text at the left, centre and right of the frame at several heights and widths. It keeps the block away from busy areas and skin tones, and away from faces where your browser can detect them. Line breaks are balanced so the lines come out about the same length and short words do not dangle at the end of a line.
Readable on any picture
The text colour is chosen from the pixels behind it, and contrast is measured against the brightest and darkest parts of that area, not an average. The target is 4.5:1, the WCAG AA level for normal text. If plain white or dark text cannot reach it, a soft shade tinted from the image itself is added, only as strong as needed. The contrast figure is shown under the preview and updates as you move the text.
Adjusting by hand
Drag the text on the preview, or select the preview and use the arrow keys. Under Adjust you can change the font, the text size and the colour. Reset to automatic puts everything back.
Private by design
Runs in your browser. Your images are not uploaded. If you open the Unsplash tab, your search words pass through our server to Unsplash, and the photos load directly from Unsplash.
What size should a blog cover be?
1200 × 630 pixels is the common choice: it is the size most social networks and chat apps use for link previews, so one image can serve as both the cover and the share image.
Which fonts are included?
DM Serif Display, Playfair Display, Poppins, Oswald and Bebas Neue. All five are under the SIL Open Font License, so you can use the images commercially. They cover Western European letters. Other letters come from a font on your device, and languages written without spaces, such as Chinese or Japanese, stay on one line.
Do I have to credit an Unsplash photo?
The tool shows the photographer's name with a link, and Copy credit gives you a line to use with your post. The Unsplash License does not require credit, but photographers appreciate it.
Is there a watermark?
No. The download is exactly what the preview shows, at the full size you chose.
How long can the headline be?
Up to 140 characters, and the text shrinks to fit. Short headlines read best: most people see a cover at a fraction of its size.