Create a custom stamp, free to design
Creating a custom stamp means deciding four things: the shape and its size, the wording and how it is arranged, what sits in the centre, and which fields are filled in at the moment of use rather than typed now.
Create a custom stamp, free to design templates, ready to edit
Open the stamp maker with any of these
Every preview on this page carries a faint Estamplab watermark. Your own download does not: the editor renders your stamp again, clean, as a transparent PNG, an SVG or a PDF. See the full template library.
Custom usually turns out to mean "I can change the text", which is the least interesting part. The decisions that actually change what the stamp is good for are the ones nobody is prompted to make: whether the date is typed or filled in on use, whether the reference increments, whether the centre holds a logo or is left clear for a signature, and how big the thing is in millimetres. This page is about what can genuinely be customised here, and where the limits are, because a custom stamp that will not fit its own wording is the usual way this goes wrong.
What you get
- Round, oval, rectangular, square, octagonal and triangular outlines, sized in real millimetres rather than pixels.
- Text on the top arc, the bottom arc and across the middle at once, with the arcs spaced independently.
- A logo or crest in the centre, with the white background of an uploaded image knocked out on the way in.
- A date field and a serial counter that resolve when the stamp is used, so one design stays correct on every document.
- Colour, border weight and border style, including milled, scalloped and multiple concentric rings.
- Every format from the one design, so a custom stamp used on screen and one sent to a manufacturer are the same artwork.
How to make it
- Open the stamp maker and pick a shape, or start from a template.
- Type your wording, then set the colour, border and size.
- Add the date, time, serial number or logo, and position each one.
- Preview it live, then download. Designing and previewing are free.
Questions
What can I actually customise?
The outline and its size in millimetres, every line of text and where it sits, the font weight, the colour, the border style and weight, the centre element, and whether the date and reference are typed or filled in at the point of use. What you cannot do is fit more words than the circumference holds at a readable size, which is the real constraint on a custom stamp and the one worth planning around.
How much text fits on a custom round stamp?
A 40mm circle has about 126mm of circumference, and the working arc inside the border is nearer 110mm, so the top arc carries roughly 18 characters at a size that survives a photocopy. If the registered name is longer than that, the honest options are a bigger stamp or splitting the name across both arcs. Shrinking the type until it fits produces a stamp nobody can read.
Can I upload my own logo?
Yes. PNG, JPG or SVG, and a white background is removed automatically so a crest lifted off a letterhead does not arrive as a white square inside the ring. SVG gives the best result because it does not soften when scaled. Only use a mark your organisation is entitled to use.
Can I create a custom stamp without an account?
Yes. Designing, previewing and redesigning are free and need no account. An account exists only for saving a stamp to a library so it reopens editable, and for the serial counter, which has to outlive the browser tab to mean anything.
Can I have the custom stamp made in rubber?
Download the SVG and take it to a stamp manufacturer. It is vector artwork at true dimensions, which is what a laser or a polymer plate wants, and most shops accept it directly. Designing it here first means revisions cost nothing and you approve the design before anyone cuts it.
Estamplab is a design tool. This page describes common commercial practice rather than giving legal, tax or financial advice, and practice changes. Where a specific document matters, check the requirement with the body receiving it. Only produce a mark your own organisation or your own credentials are entitled to use.