Wedding Escort Cards Template

How the Template Works — Names From Your Project, Sort Done For You

The template is a generated view of your project. You don’t fill in names; the project does. You pick the format and the typography, and the cards arrive at the printer pre-sorted.

• Open the escort cards view in your seating chart project — every confirmed guest appears as a card.
• Auto-sort kicks in — cards arrange alphabetically by last name automatically.
• Pick the size — 3.5×2 (most common), 2.5×3.5 (flat business-card), or 4×3 oversized.
• Pick the format — flat, tent-fold, or hole-punched tag for hanging displays.
• Customize typography — font, color, optional title prefix (Mr./Mrs./Dr.), optional decorative element.
• Download the print-ready PDF with bleed and crop marks set, ready for any printer.

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One Card Per Guest or Per Couple — How to Decide

The format question that matters most. Two acceptable options, each with a clear case for and against.

One card per guest is the formal-wedding default. Each guest finds their own name, picks up their own card. No decoding which card belongs to whom. Adds up to more cards (and more printing) but reads cleanly at the entrance display.

One card per couple works at casual or smaller weddings, and at weddings where most guests arrive as couples. Saves paper and table space. Risks confusion if a card is shared between guests with different last names.

Our default is one card per guest; switch to per-couple in a single project setting if it suits your wedding. Either way, the auto-sort still arranges alphabetically by last name.

Auto-Sorted Alphabetically — The Quiet USP

Most escort-card templates on Etsy or Canva ship as a single editable design — you fill in 100 names by hand and then sort the printed cards alphabetically yourself. Our template skips both steps. You import the guest list once, the template reads it, and the export comes out already in alphabetical order.

Display order matches print order. When you peel cards off the printer or open the bundle from the print shop, they’re already in A–Z sequence. Lay them out left-to-right and the display works.

Format for Display vs Format for Place Setting

Escort cards live at the entrance; place cards live at the seat. The physical card is the same — but the formats favour different shapes.

Escort cards often use a hole-punched tag format (twine, ribbon, clothespin display) or a flat business-card format (laid out on a table or pinned to a wall). Tent-folds are less common because they’re harder to display in volume.

Place cards almost always use a tent-fold format because they need to stand on the plate without a holder. Flat formats need a small holder per setting.

Same template generator handles both. Pick the format that matches the entrance setup you’re planning.

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Customization — Fonts, Colors, Decorative Elements

The template ships with a clean serif default, but every element is editable: font family, font size, ink color, paper color, optional decorative motif (monogram, leaf, geometric border), optional title prefix (Mr./Mrs./Dr.), optional table name vs table number.

Coordinate typography with the rest of your suite. Pick once at the project level and the escort card template inherits the same look as the menu, place card, table number, table seating card and seating chart sign.

Why Live-Data Templates Beat Static Ones

An Etsy template is a single design you fill in by hand, name by name. A live-data template is a generated view of your guest list — the names live in the project, the template reads them, and the export pre-sorts.

The difference shows in the final week before the wedding. A late RSVP triggers a single new card slotted into the alphabetical sequence; a static template forces you to re-edit and reprint a whole sheet. Free, collaborative, and synced with the rest of your stationery.