The product
A personalized wanted poster made from your photo
Four things are yours: the face, the name, the crime and the reward. Everything else is a fixed nineteenth-century reward bill — the heavy type, the rule lines, the aged paper, the sepia halftone. That constraint is the point. It is why the finished sheet looks printed rather than designed.
Instant download
Delivered as a file, the moment it is yours.
- 300 DPI, PDF and PNG, no watermark
- Free watermarked preview first, no account
- Print it at home, or at any print shop
- Personal-use licence, unlimited prints
- Free re-downloads
Optional add-on
Museum-grade cotton, A4 to A2, shipped in 3–5 business days.
Add a print when the poster has to arrive in a box rather than an inbox. Free reprint on defects. Dimensions and paper are covered in the sizes and formats guide; the A4 desk format has its own page.
See the print formatsWhat you actually control
Personalization here is deliberately narrow. You are not laying out a design, you are filling in a warrant. Four fields, and the poster does the rest.
| Field | What you enter | What happens to it |
|---|---|---|
| Photograph | Any JPG or PNG from your phone or laptop | Converted to a sepia halftone, the texture that makes it read as printed in 1880 |
| Name | One line, nickname encouraged | Set in the heavy display face across the full width of the sheet |
| Wanted for | One short sentence | The joke. Sits directly under the portrait where the eye lands second |
| Reward | Any number, or any words | Bottom of the bill. Decides whether the poster reads petty, generous or absurd |
Stuck on the wording? The brief-writing guide walks through the name, the crime and the reward one line at a time.
Why digital first
Most people arrive here needing a gift sooner than a courier can move. The $4.95 download removes the deadline entirely: you finish the poster, you get the file, and the rest is a printer — yours, a copy shop's, or a photo lab's. It also removes the risk. You have already seen the finished poster, watermarked and free, before any money changes hands.
The printed version exists for a different situation: a gift that has to be wrapped, or a size you would rather not wrestle with yourself. It is an add-on, not the default. If you are unsure which way to go, the how it works page lays out both paths end to end, and printing it yourself is documented in detail.
Who these get made for
Birthdays and leaving parties dominate, but the format stretches further than people expect: engagement gifts, new-parent announcements, sports teams, dog owners, retirements, and the occasional genuinely useful office joke. The gift ideas hub sorts the common cases by occasion, and fifteen worked examples give you the exact wording.
If the term itself is new to you — the history, the anatomy of a real reward bill, why the wording follows a fixed pattern — start with the definition guide.
Questions people ask before ordering
What does personalized actually mean here?
Four things change: the photograph, the name, the wanted-for line and the reward. Everything else — the layout, the type, the paper texture, the sepia treatment — is fixed, because that is what makes it look like a real reward bill instead of a template.
Can I see it before paying?
Yes. The editor renders your poster live as you type and lets you download a watermarked preview for free, with no account. You only pay when you want the clean file.
What do I get for $4.95?
A print-ready 300 DPI file in PDF and PNG, without a watermark, plus free re-downloads and a personal-use licence covering unlimited prints of your own poster.
Do I have to buy a print?
No. The digital download is the product. Printed posters on museum-grade cotton are an optional add-on from $19.99, shipped in 3–5 business days, for people who want the gift to arrive wrapped.
Can I make several posters for one group?
Yes, and people often do: one poster per teammate, per housemate or per family member. Each one is created separately in the editor, and the volume discount applies from the second poster onwards.
More answers on the full FAQ.
Make yours in about two minutes
Upload the photo, type the three lines, watch it redraw. Free watermarked preview, then the clean 300 DPI file for $4.95.
Personalize mine — $4.95