Printable table numbers
Say how many tables you have and print them, one to a sheet. Named tables work too, so you are not stuck with a PDF that stops at twenty.
12 tables, one per sheet
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Make them readable from the door
Guests do not walk up to each table to check. They stand at the entrance, look for their number, and head straight for it. A number that can only be read from three feet away turns that into a slow lap of the room, which is exactly the queue at the door that everyone is trying to avoid.
So these print one to a sheet rather than tiled several to a page. Fold the sheet in half to make a standing card, or trim it and drop it into a photo frame or a table number holder.
Whatever you write on the number has to match the seating chart word for word. A guest told they are on Rose who finds a table marked Roses will assume it is a different table and go looking for one that does not exist.
Common questions
- How do I print table numbers for a wedding?
- Enter how many tables you have and print. Each number fills one sheet, so it reads from across the room. Use card stock of about 250gsm if the numbers are going into a stand, or print on paper and mount them if you are framing them.
- Can I use table names instead of numbers?
- Yes. Type names rather than a number and each one gets its own sheet. Named tables are common at weddings, usually flowers, places the couple have been, or songs. Long names are set at a smaller size automatically so they still fit.
- How big should a wedding table number be?
- Big enough to read from the door of the room, which in practice means the number itself around four to six inches tall. Guests scan the room for their table from the entrance rather than walking up to each one, so a small number means people wandering between tables.
- Should tables be numbered or named?
- Numbers are easier for guests and for anyone directing them, because 14 is unambiguous and Orchid is not until you have found it. Names look better in photographs. If you use names, put them on the seating chart in exactly the same words, since a guest sent to Rose who finds a table marked Roses will assume it is a different table.
Numbers mark the tables. The rest of the job: how many tables you need, matching place cards, and a free QR seating chart so guests can search their own name rather than queue at a printed board.
Numbering is the last job, not the first. If the tables themselves are not settled yet, you can arrange the room and seat your guests first, free and without an account, and print these to match what you built.