We do not print. You choose who does.

PDF or JPEG

Export both. The PDF is the print file. Send it when a shop asks for print-ready art. It holds the size. The JPEG is the same design as an image. Use it for a proof on your phone, a digital save-the-date, or a shop that asks for a JPEG. A screenshot of the editor is neither. It will be soft, and it will include buttons you do not want on a card.

Bleed

Bleed is a small margin of color past the cut line. It is there so a hairline of white paper does not show if the blade is a millimeter off. Leave it in the PDF. Do not crop it to make the preview look tighter, and do not scale the file until the type falls off the edge. The instructions PDF in the download names the size of each piece. An invitation, a place card, and a welcome sign are not the same size.

Card stock or sign paper

Invitations, reply cards, details, menus, editable place cards, and thank-yous want card stock. Ask the shop for a sample if you can hold one. The welcome sign wants a heavier sheet, or a board the shop mounts. Invitation card stock will curl. It will not stand at the door.

Fold a place card only if that template is built to fold. A fold you invent at the counter can crack the type.

Color

Screens are brighter than paper. Champagne on ivory can look pale on a laptop and right on stock, or the other way around. Order one proof on the paper you mean to use before you print the whole table. If a shop swaps the font, ask them to print the PDF as it was sent. The type in these files is free and does not need to be replaced.

A longer note on printing Canva files. The suites are here.