Paper Lanternly

Printable invitations, place cards & banners

Banner letter printer

Type your message and print one pennant per letter, each one filling a whole page. String them up for birthdays, showers, graduations and shop windows.

Preview
  • H
  • A
  • P
  • P
  • Y
  • B
  • I
  • R
  • T
  • H
  • D
  • A
  • Y

Sheet 1 of 14

HFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 2 of 14

AFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 3 of 14

PFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 4 of 14

PFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 5 of 14

YFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 6 of 14

Fold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 7 of 14

BFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 8 of 14

IFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 9 of 14

RFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 10 of 14

TFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 11 of 14

HFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 12 of 14

DFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 13 of 14

AFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

Sheet 14 of 14

YFold back along the dotted line and glue over the string

14 pennants, one per sheet of US Letter · about 10 ft 1 in (3.1 m) long with 1 in gaps

Message

Type <3 or ♥ for a heart pennant and * for a star.

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Each character becomes its own pennant, printed as large as the page allows: about 7.7 in (19.6 cm) wide on US Letter and 7.5 in (19 cm) on A4. Spaces become blank pennants, or nothing at all if you would rather hang each word on its own string. Digits and punctuation work too, and characters outside the Latin alphabet print in your device's fallback font. Patterns sit behind the letters, so keep the paper-coloured circle switched on with busy patterns; the ink saver keeps only the outline and pattern, which is kinder to colour cartridges.

  1. Print at 100% scale. Card stock or heavier paper hangs flatter and lasts longer than copier paper.
  2. Cut along the solid outline of each pennant.
  3. With the tab, fold the top strip back along the dotted line, lay ribbon or twine in the fold and glue or tape it shut. With holes, punch the two marks and thread the string through from the back.
  4. Leave a finger's width or two between pennants, so the line under the preview counts a 1 in gap when it estimates the length.

Questions

How long will my banner be?

Roughly the number of pennants times their width plus the gaps. The summary under the preview works it out for your text and paper, assuming 1 in (2.5 cm) between pennants.

Can I print two letters per page to save paper?

Not at the moment: each letter is sized to fill one page, which keeps it readable across a room. Try the ink saver if colour use is the worry.

Why does a letter look smaller than the others?

Wide letters such as M and W are scaled down so they stay inside the shape, and narrow ones such as I keep the common height. Every pennant shares the same letter height otherwise.