Label Sheet Generator

Laying labels out on a page is the sort of arithmetic that looks obvious and goes wrong quietly. Fit as many across as you can and the last column runs into the unprintable edge; guess the pitch and every label after the third is a fraction further off than the last, which is why the twentieth is visibly crooked. This works out how many fit and at what pitch, and then measures the finished sheet to prove it.

What to lay out

Page size

Label width in millimetres

Between 15 and 250.

Label height in millimetres

Between 15 and 250.

Margin in millimetres

Blank edge most printers need. Seven is safe.

Gap between labels, in millimetres

Room for scissors, or zero for a shared cut line.

Landscape

What each one says, one per line

Optional. A short list repeats round the sheet.

3 across by 7 down — 21 to a sheet, 66mm apart across and 40.6mm down. Print at 100%.

✓ As many labels as the page genuinely holds — 3 across by 7 down makes 21 to a sheet
✓ Every label is the same distance from the next — 66mm across and 40.6mm down, measured between neighbours
✓ Nothing runs into the margin — all 21 inside a 7mm margin
✓ No two labels overlap — checked every pair on the sheet
✓ It prints at the size it says — measured in millimetres, so 100% printing gives labels of the stated size

What this generator does

Works out how many labels fit across and down at the size and gap you give, centres the block in what is left over, and writes the sheet as an SVG measured in millimetres.

How to use this tool

Choose labels, gift tags, place cards or cards with a bleed.
Type the finished size of one, the margin your printer needs, and the gap you want between them.
Type what each one says, one per line — a short list repeats round the sheet.
Download the SVG and print at 100%.

Understanding the controls

What to lay out: Plain rectangles to cut or peel, gift tags with a hole marked for string, place cards printed at twice their height with a fold line, or cards with three millimetres of bleed and a safe area marked inside.
Page size: A4, A3, A5, US Letter or US Legal, portrait or landscape. A larger page simply holds more.
Label width in millimetres: The finished width of one label. This and the gap decide how many fit across.
Label height in millimetres: The finished height. A place card is printed at twice this and folded, so what you type is how tall it stands.
Margin in millimetres: The blank edge most printers cannot print into. Seven millimetres is safe on nearly everything.
Gap between labels, in millimetres: Room for scissors between neighbours. Zero puts them edge to edge so one cut serves both.
What each one says, one per line: Optional text, centred on each label. A list shorter than the sheet repeats round it, which is what you want for jars of the same three things.

Common use cases

Jar labels for jam, chutney or seeds at a size no pack sells
Place cards for a dinner, folded so they stand up
Gift tags with the hole already marked
Card templates with a bleed and a safe area for a print shop
Filling a sheet of blank label paper you already have

How this generator works

The number that fits is worked out allowing for gaps between labels but not after the last one — the fencepost that makes a column run off the edge. Whatever is left over is shared as a wider outside margin so the block sits centred. Then the sheet is measured rather than trusted: the distance between neighbours must be the same pitch everywhere to within a hundredth of a millimetre, nothing may cross the margin, and every pair of labels is tested for overlap, because an overlap wastes a whole sheet of label paper before you notice.

Randomness and fairness

Nothing is random. The same sizes always lay out exactly the same sheet.

For how randomness is produced across the whole site, see how Generate Random works.

Limitations and good to know

Text is one centred line per label; there is no wrapping, sizing or font choice.
Printing scaled to fit changes every size, so print at 100% and check against a ruler.
The layout is a plain grid — no staggered rows, no round labels.
Matching a branded sheet of blank labels means measuring one and typing the numbers; there is no catalogue of stock codes.

Privacy and your data

The sheet is laid out in your browser. Label text stays on the device and is never uploaded or stored.