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title: "Tent Card Guides: Sizes, Files, Folding | TentCards.ca"
description: "Guides for ordering table tent cards: standard sizes in inches and cm, file setup with bleed, design tips, how to fold, and tent cards vs holders and talkers."
url: https://tent-cards.ca/guides/
last_updated: 2026-10-24
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# Tent card guides

Short, practical guides for getting the size, the file and the design right before you print.

- [Tent card sizes: inches, cm and mm](https://tent-cards.ca/guides/tent-card-size/): Standard table tent card sizes in inches, centimetres and millimetres, the flat sheet behind each one, and how to pick one for tables, bars, desks and events..
- [Tent card artwork and file setup](https://tent-cards.ca/guides/artwork-file-setup/): How to set up a print-ready tent card file: full flat sheet size, 1/16″ bleed, fold line positions, the upside-down back panel, CMYK, 300 dpi and rich black..
- [Table tent design tips](https://tent-cards.ca/guides/tent-card-design-tips/): Practical table tent design tips: one message per face, type sizes that read from a seat, photos, QR codes, prices, contrast and bilingual layouts..
- [How to fold a tent card](https://tent-cards.ca/guides/how-to-fold-a-tent-card/): Step-by-step folding for printed table tent cards that ship flat: four scores, two slit flaps and a locked base.
- [Printed tent cards vs acrylic table holders](https://tent-cards.ca/guides/tent-card-vs-acrylic-holder/): Printed tent cards or acrylic sign holders with paper inserts? Cost, look, durability, how often you change the message, and when each one makes sense..
- [What is a tent card? Tent cards, table talkers and place cards](https://tent-cards.ca/guides/table-tents-vs-table-talkers/): What a tent card is, and how it differs from table talkers, table tents, place cards, name tents and shelf talkers.
- [Free tent card templates](https://tent-cards.ca/templates/): PDF and SVG for both sizes, plus Canva, Word and Google Docs steps.

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