Event badge templates

Choose the size by how the badge is worn and how far away it must be read.

• 4 × 3 in landscape is the conference standard: fits a standard badge holder, reads the first name at two metres.
• 3 × 4 in portrait suits lanyards and leaves room for a schedule on the back.
• 4 × 6 in is the lanyard pass for large summits and expos — the name is readable across a hall and there is room for a full day’s agenda.
• A6 (105 × 148 mm) is the European equivalent, used by fairs, galas and cultural events.
• Vertical CR80 (85.6 × 54 mm PVC) is the festival and sports credential: it survives a weekend, takes a photo and fits a clip or wristband loop.

All five are in the templates; the first name is sized to its width in every layout, so long names shrink rather than wrap.

Security, volunteers and sponsors read badges from a distance. If a speaker’s band is orange at every event you run, nobody has to learn a new key. The templates use one colour per role — speaker, staff, press, VIP, sponsor, exhibitor, crew, volunteer, buyer, curator, host, judge, media, referee, artist — and the colour is adjusted automatically when it would clash with the event’s own palette.

Festival and sports credentials go further with an access-zone grid: six lettered zones on the front, and the same grid with zone names on the back, shaded for the zones the holder may enter.

The back is where the badge earns its keep after check-in:

• Schedule — the day’s programme with times and rooms, in the event’s type.
• Wi-Fi and help — network, password, help desk and venue, plus a QR code to the event app.
• Lead-capture QR — a code exhibitors scan to receive the attendee’s details, with a note that details are shared only when scanned.
• Access zones — the zone list with “Access” or “—” per zone and the lost-pass terms.

Pick the back when you choose the template; the designer lets you swap it for any other.