Escort Card and Seating Suite

A free browser tool

Paste your guest list once. Print all three pieces.

Escort cards, the seating chart sign, and folded place cards are built from the same list, so you never type a name twice. No account, and the list never leaves this tab.

Step 1

Your guest list

One guest per line with a comma, tab, or dash before the table. Or head a block with Table 4: and list the names under it. Up to 600 lines. Korean names print as written, on their own or beside a Latin one.

Put dietary notes in brackets after a name and they become a kitchen sheet and a small mark on that guest’s place card: Ada Okafor (gf, nut). Understood: v, vegan, pescatarian, gf, df, nut, shellfish, halal, kosher.

Pieces to print

How it works

One list, three pieces, one PDF

  1. Paste the list you already keep, in whatever shape it is in.
  2. Escort cards come out alphabetical by surname so guests can find themselves; the sign groups by table.
  3. Download one PDF with trim marks, and fold the place cards on the dotted line.

FAQ

Before you use it

Why are the escort cards not grouped by table?

A guest arriving at the display is looking for their own name, not their table. Escort cards are sorted by surname for that reason, and the seating chart is grouped by table because it is read the other way round.

What if the seating chart is too big for one sheet?

It splits into as few boards as will each fit, labelled with the tables they carry. A sign that runs onto a second page is not a sign, but a wedding with sixty tables is a real wedding, and two boards at the door is how a venue that size hangs it.

Where do the dietary notes go?

Onto a kitchen sheet with counts per table, allergies listed first, and onto a small mark on the place card. Not onto the escort card: a guest collects that in front of everyone, and their diet is not a thing to display. Always confirm an allergy with the guest rather than relying on a sheet.

Can a guest list have Korean names?

Yes. Hangul is drawn from a Korean bitmap and Latin from the PDF's own fonts, so a card can carry either or both. A Korean name written surname first with no space is sorted as written, because that is how a Korean reader looks for it.

What happens to a long name?

The type shrinks until the name fits inside the card rather than running off the trim line.

Why do place cards print the name twice?

They are tent cards. The upper half prints upside down so the name reads from the other side once the card is folded on the dotted line.

Is this free?

Yes. This validation version has no payment or account.

Is my guest list stored?

No. The list is parsed and drawn in this tab and never sent anywhere. Anonymous usage events and feedback are recorded.

Privacy

We record anonymous interaction events, a random browser session identifier, referral source, device category, and feedback. We do not intentionally collect names, email addresses, IP addresses, or the text entered into the tool.

Terms

This experimental tool is provided as-is. Check the printed proof before printing a full set.