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Sovereign guilloche certificate template
Banknote-style guilloche border with corner rosettes, a gold scroll over a formal title and a scalloped seal at the foot.
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Use this template
Landscape by default, with a portrait version for frames and folders. No account needed until you download.
Sample: gallery-issued original. Front with a photo, behind without.
Sovereign with a photo and without
In landscape the artwork photo sits at the left on a neutral mat, with the title, a ruled details table and the statement beside it. In portrait the photo is centered under the heading. Without a photo the title of the work is centered, the details become a centered grid and the statement runs wider; the portrait version adds a guilloche rosette to the open center.
Shown in Banknote blue with a sample painting.
What it suits
Best for: Original paintings and established galleries.
Sovereign reads like a formal document from across the room: the dense border frames the page the way a banknote frames its portrait, and the open center keeps the details easy to scan. It suits a gallery handing a collector a certificate with a sale, or an artist who wants an original to feel properly documented.
An interlaced guilloche border with corner rosettes runs around the sheet, with a bold inner rule just inside it. A gold scroll sits above a two-line inscriptional title and an italic issuer line. Below, the title of the work, its details and your statement; the footer holds the signature line, the date and a scalloped seal.
Original paintings, drawings and works on paper, and galleries that want a formal, traditional certificate.
More on certificates for original artwork, and the wording to put on a certificate.
Tip: Keep the statement to two or three sentences. The details table carries the facts, so the statement only needs to say who issues the certificate and what it covers.
Sizes, colors and finishes
Sovereign comes in 3 paper sizes and 4 colorways. Every color below opens the editor in that variant; switching later keeps your text and edition.
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Certificate green : open Sovereign in the editor in Certificate green - Banknote blue : open Sovereign in the editor in Banknote blue
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Oxblood : open Sovereign in the editor in Oxblood -
Antique sepia : open Sovereign in the editor in Antique sepia
Sizes
- US Letter 8.5 × 11 in Landscape (default) or portrait
- A4 210 × 297 mm Landscape (default) or portrait
- A5 148 × 210 mm Landscape (default) or portrait
A5 is composed on its own rather than shrunk, so the type stays readable.
Finishes
Preview the metallic areas in gold, silver or no metallic (the design's ink color). The colorways pair with gold or silver by default, and you can switch.
Low ink keeps heavy fills and grounds off the page for home printers.
Downloads
Vector PDF with embedded fonts, PNG or JPEG, an SVG file, and the foil artwork for printer review. All free during launch, with a free account at download.
Design version 3. Reprints of an issued certificate keep the version they were issued with.
How the foil version differs
Foil covers the bold inner frame rule, the scroll above the title and the seal. The fine guilloche border stays in ordinary ink, and the title, names, edition and certificate number are never foiled.
Foil artwork for printer review. The download is a ZIP with the full artwork, the ordinary-ink artwork and the foil layer as separate PDFs on the same page size and bleed, plus a preview and a plain-English note for your printer. Your printer confirms the foil, the paper and the tolerances before anything is made. Read how the foil files work.
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What sizes does Sovereign come in?
US Letter, A4 and a separately composed A5. The A5 layout is redrawn rather than shrunk, so the type stays readable.
Can I use Sovereign without a photo?
Yes. Title centers and the statement widens across the page. Nothing is left as an empty box.
Is Sovereign free?
Yes, during launch. Later it will be one of the eight Studio designs; Gallery Minimal and Edition Rosette stay free forever. See what Studio will include.
Is the guilloche pattern real vector linework?
Yes. The pattern is drawn mathematically as vector curves, so it stays sharp at any print size and in the PDF and SVG downloads.