Transparent PNG
An image with no background, so whatever is underneath shows through.
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.
The format that matters for a digital stamp. A stamp on a white background dropped onto a document covers the text beneath it with a white box; a transparent one sits over the text the way ink would.
It is also why an uploaded logo needs its white background knocked out before it goes into a seal.
Related terms
- Digital stamp: A stamp that exists as an image file, placed onto a document on screen rather than pressed onto paper.
- SVG: A vector image format that stays sharp at any size.