Blueprint Template — Complete Guide

Blueprint turns your invitation into a technical drawing. Deep blue drafting paper with a fine white grid, a line drawing that sketches itself when the page opens, your event name measured with a dimension line, and an engineering title block in the corner of the cover listing the project, host, date, site, drawing number, revision, scale and sheet count. Every section below is its own numbered sheet.

It is made for the events engineers, architects and product teams actually throw: launches, kick-offs, hackathons, groundbreaking ceremonies, office openings and tech conferences — and for anyone who would rather receive a drawing set than a greeting card.

This guide covers how Blueprint looks, the options unique to it, how to apply it, and the treatment it gives each section of your invitation.

For an overview of the template gallery and the picker, see How to Customize Your RSVP Invitation.

What makes Blueprint different

Standard templates restyle one shared layout with colours and fonts. Blueprint replaces the layout itself: the cover, every section header and each section's content are drawn as parts of a drawing set.

Signature design elements

• Drafting paper — a fine grid with a heavier line every fifth square behind the whole invitation, inside a drawing frame with crop marks and registration targets on the cover
• A drawing that draws itself — an exploded isometric sketch (three blocks on a common axis, hidden edges dashed, dimension lines and a detail callout) whose lines trace themselves in, one stroke after another, when the invitation opens
• Your name, measured — the event name is lettered in condensed capitals under a dimension line with arrowheads, and the dimension's reading is your event date
• A real title block — the boxed table from the corner of every engineering drawing: Project, Host, Date, Site, Drawing no., Rev, Scale and Sheet ("01 / 12", counted from the sections your invitation actually shows)
• Numbered sheets — each section opens with an architectural view title: a split callout bubble with the sheet number and a drawing number ("A-104"), the title lettered on a heavy rule, and "Sheet 05 / 12" beneath it. Numbers always follow the order sections appear on the page
• One drafting accent — the colour of the dimension lines, callout bubbles, sheet numbers and the RSVP button: white, cyan, safety yellow or red pencil
• Three typefaces, three jobs — IBM Plex Sans Condensed for the lettering, IBM Plex Sans for reading and IBM Plex Mono for every label, number, time and coordinate

When to choose Blueprint

Blueprint suits hosts whose event is about building something:

• Product launches and release parties — set the drawing number to your version ("v2.0") and the revision to the release
• Project kick-offs and hackathons — the numbered sheets make a schedule, a site plan and a set of notes easy to scan
• Groundbreaking ceremonies and office openings — the site plan, the specifications and the sign-off block feel right at home
• Architecture, engineering and construction firms — client evenings, anniversaries and topping-out parties; see corporate events
• Tech conferences and meetups — pick CAD dark with cyan lines for a screen-native look; see conferences

Choose Bento instead for a bright product-site grid of tiles, Folio for Swiss editorial typography, or Aurora for a dark, glowing party look.

Applying Blueprint to your event

1. Open your event, click Invitation in the sidebar, then the Invitation tab
2. In Design Template, click Change template if the gallery is collapsed, and find Blueprint under Designs
3. Optional: press Try it on to see Blueprint with your own invitation details in the live preview — nothing is saved until you press Use this design
4. Or click the Blueprint card to apply it straight away
5. Open Blueprint options below the gallery to set the paper, the accent lines, the title block values and the other options described below. Changes save automatically

Blueprint works on every plan, Free included. On free events a small "Made with Fotify" badge appears in the bottom corner of the invitation; any paid plan or an active subscription removes it.

Switching to another template later is non-destructive: your event content stays exactly as you entered it, and your Blueprint options are kept in case you switch back.

Blueprint options

Blueprint has nine options of its own. They take the place of Fotify's standard colour and font controls, which Blueprint doesn't use.

1. Paper

The drawing sheet:

• Blueprint (default) — deep cyanotype blue with white lines
• Whiteprint — white paper with blue lines
• CAD dark — a charcoal screen with cyan linework
• Kraft — brown paper with dark ink

2. Accent lines

The drafting pencil: dimension lines, callout bubbles, sheet numbers, timeline nodes and the RSVP button.

• White (default)
• Cyan
• Safety yellow
• Red pencil

On the light papers each accent is deepened automatically so lines and labels stay readable — safety yellow becomes an ochre line on Whiteprint and Kraft (buttons keep the bright yellow with dark text), and White takes the paper's own ink colour, since a white line would disappear on white paper.

3. Drawing number

The Drawing no. in the title block — a project code, a ticket number, a hashtag. Leave it blank for "PRJ-0001".

4. Revision

The Rev box in the title block. Bump it when plans change ("B", "2.0"). Leave it blank for "A".

5. Host

Who is hosting — your company, team or names. It fills the Host row of the title block and signs off the invitation under the signature line at the end. The Host row is hidden while this is empty.

6. Grid paper

On by default: the fine drafting grid behind the whole invitation. Turn it off for plain paper.

7. Draw-in animation

On by default: the cover drawing, the dimension line over your name and the closing signature draw themselves in, stroke by stroke, and each sheet's title rule draws as it scrolls into view. Turn it off to show every line already drawn. Guests who ask their device for reduced motion always see the finished drawing.

8. Cover line

The small line at the top of the cover. Defaults to "Request for attendance". Try "Groundbreaking ceremony", "Hack week 2027" or "Studio Nine turns ten".

9. Closing title

The large line above the signature at the end of the invitation. Defaults to "See you on site." Try "Hard hats optional.", "Ship it." or "Doors at seven."

Every text Blueprint prints on the invitation — sheet titles, title block labels, "Scale 1:1", "N.T.S.", button labels, the stamp — can also be rewritten directly on the page: switch the live preview into edit mode and double-click the text. The cover line, closing title, drawing number, revision and host are edited in place the same way.

How each section is treated

Cover

The cover is sheet 01 of the set:

• Drawing frame — a heavy border with a thin inner line, crop marks at the corners and registration targets top and bottom
• Cover line — at the top, beside a small accent diamond
• Isometric drawing — the self-drawing sketch. When your event has a cover photo, it is pinned over the drawing's corner as a print with crop marks, captioned Detail A
• Event name — large condensed capitals under a dimension line that reads your event date. Long names step down a size so they wrap between words, never inside one
• Submit your RSVP — a filled technical button that jumps to the sign-off sheet (hidden on a save-the-date)
• Title block — in the bottom corner: project (your event name), host, date (weekday, date and — when your cover shows it — the time), site (your location), drawing number, revision, scale and the sheet count

Message

Your invitation message becomes the drawing's General notes: each paragraph gets a hanging note number ("1.", "2.") in the margin. Your text and formatting are left exactly as you wrote them.

Countdown

An engineering readout: "T–" followed by a segmented display per unit, each digit in its own box, with a tick-mark ruler and a small label under each display. The units you switch off disappear. When the day arrives, your completion message replaces the readout.

Gallery (Carousel)

A sheet of figures: every photo mounted like a print with crop marks and a "Fig. 01" caption, in a strip guests swipe through, snapping photo by photo.

Story

A revision history table — Rev, Date, Description — with one row per milestone, each marked with a revision triangle holding its letter (A, B, C…). A milestone photo sits at the end of its row as a cropped print. Every milestone is laid out the same way; your story subtitle appears under the sheet title.

Location

A site plan: the map inside a drawing frame whose legend strip carries a scale bar marked "N.T.S." (not to scale), the venue's latitude and longitude, and a north arrow. When a map can't be shown, the frame draws a surveyed site marker instead. Below, your address and access notes, and a Get directions button.

Itinerary

A drawn timeline for each day. On wide screens each day is a horizontal axis with tick marks; every event is a node on it, its time set as a dimension label above, and a callout box below with the event, place and note. On phones the axis runs vertically down the side. Days are numbered 01, 02, 03.

Gifts

Contributions, set like a bill of materials: each kind of gift — registries, monetary gifts, charities, wishlist — is a boxed schedule of numbered rows with a technical Visit, Copy or Reserve button at the end. Payment details sit in a mono chip that wraps cleanly, even for long wallet addresses. Group labels only appear when you offer more than one kind of gift.

Event Details

Specifications, numbered like a spec sheet: 1.0 Dress code, 2.0 Where to stay, 3.0 Getting there, 4.0 Notes. The dress code is lettered large, with your suggested and avoided colours listed as swatches with their colour codes (avoided ones struck through). Each hotel and transport option is a numbered spec note ("2.1", "2.2") with its details and a Book or Details button. FAQs become the drawing's Notes: "1. question — answer".

Save the Date (Calendar)

Three outlined technical buttons — Google Calendar, Apple Calendar (downloads the calendar file) and Outlook.

RSVP

The sign-off block: the RSVP form inside a boxed approval panel whose header reads Approved by (the guest's name) and Status (in words: awaiting sign-off, approved or declined). When a guest has accepted, a rubber APPROVED stamp lands on the panel. Fields are square and mono-labelled, the attend and decline choices are drafted option boxes, and the submit bar takes the accent colour. Your RSVP deadline appears under the sheet title. On a save-the-date, the sheet shows the save-the-date note instead of the form.

Closing

Your closing title in very large capitals, a drawn signature line with the host's name under it, a small box with the event name, date and site, and a Back to the cover button.

Sections that use the shared layout

These sections use Fotify's standard layout, restyled to match Blueprint:

• Photo upload, QR code, Your table, Playlist, Sub-events, Special treatments and custom sections

They are numbered in the same sheet sequence as everything else — each opens with a callout bubble and a drawing number on a rule — sit directly on the drafting paper instead of in tinted panels, and use Blueprint's condensed headings, square corners and mono button labels. Seat badges in table assignment take the accent colour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Blueprint only for architects and engineers? A: No. The drawing is deliberately generic — it reads as a building, a product or a stack of ideas — and nothing in the copy is industry-specific. Set the cover line and closing title to your occasion and it works for any launch, opening or team event.

Q: What decides the sheet numbers? A: The order sections appear on the page. Hiding a section, reordering sections, or a section with no content renumbers the rest, so there are never gaps, and the "Sheet" count in the title block always matches the sheets on the page.

Q: Why is the Host row missing from the title block? A: It only appears once you fill in the Host option. The signature line at the end shows "Your hosts" until then.

Q: Does the dark Blueprint paper follow the guest's dark-mode setting? A: No. The paper is your choice and every guest sees the same design. Pick Whiteprint or Kraft for a light invitation.

Q: What does the APPROVED stamp mean for my guests? A: It is decoration that appears once a guest has accepted. The status next to it says the same thing in words, so nothing depends on seeing the stamp.

Q: Does Blueprint work in right-to-left languages? A: Yes. In Hebrew and Arabic the layout mirrors: callout bubbles move to the right, arrows point the other way and timelines run from the right. Dates, times, coordinates and sheet numbers keep their natural left-to-right order.

Q: Can I use custom RSVP fields with Blueprint? A: Yes. Custom fields (dropdowns, dates, checkboxes, file uploads and so on) pick up Blueprint's square fields and mono labels automatically.

Next steps

• See How to Customize Your RSVP Invitation for the template gallery and how to try a design on before applying it
• Compare the other designs: Bento for a modular grid of tiles, Folio for Swiss editorial typography, or Aurora for a dark, glowing party look
• Planning a company event? Read about digital invitations with RSVP and event photo sharing on Fotify

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