Ketubah Template — Complete Guide

Ketubah is an invitation for a Jewish wedding, inspired by the papercut borders of illuminated ketubahs. The cover is a sheet of cut paper: an arch of lace over a walled city, two doves facing a medallion, side columns with a climbing vine, and a foot where two vines grow from a vase. Inside it, your cover photo stands under a chuppah, and your names are set in a fine serif that reads just as well in Hebrew. Under the names you can add a line of your own — your Hebrew names, the Hebrew date — exactly as you write it.

Ketubah also shows off Fotify's Hebrew support: on a Hebrew page the whole layout mirrors to read right to left, and the text switches to a Hebrew serif.

Ketubah is one of Fotify's simpler designs: its look comes from one colour you choose — any colour at all — a paper, and a motif.

This guide covers how Ketubah looks, the options unique to it, how to apply it to your event, and how it lays out each section of your invitation.

Ketubah is available on every plan, Free included.

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

What makes Ketubah different

Standard templates change colours and fonts over the same shared layout. Ketubah replaces the layout itself: its own cover and closing, its own section heads, and its own treatment of the message, countdown, gallery, story, programme and reply card.

Signature design elements

• A papercut cover — an intricate, symmetric cut-paper border: an arch hung with lace over a walled city, two doves and a medallion at the top, vines with fruit down both sides and a vase at the foot
• Your photo under a chuppah — a swagged canopy on two poles stands over your cover photo
• One colour for the cut paper — the colour you pick is the colour of the papercut, the frames and the buttons, laid on cream, white or parchment paper, or on a deep sheet with the papercut in ivory
• A motif — pomegranates, olive branches or flowers grow on the vines, sit in the medallions and crown every section title
• An optional Hebrew line — shown under your names only when you write it
• Type for two scripts — Bellefair, a fine serif drawn in Latin and Hebrew, for the names and titles; Cormorant Garamond for reading; and David Libre for Hebrew text
• Cut in once — when the page opens, the papercut on the cover cuts itself in (you can turn this off)
• Always readable — whatever colour you pick, even a pale yellow or a bright red, the papercut, the text and the buttons are adjusted until they read clearly on the paper

When to choose Ketubah

• Jewish weddings — the kabbalat panim, the chuppah and the reception on one page, in the order and with the names you give them
• Couples who read Hebrew — guests who open the invitation in Hebrew see the page right to left, in a Hebrew serif, with your Hebrew line on the cover
• Engagements and vow renewals — change the cover line and the closing title to fit

Guests can share their photos from the day through the photo upload section. See how Fotify works for weddings.

Applying Ketubah 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 Ketubah under Designs (it is listed under the Wedding filter, and under Elegant too)
3. Optional: press Try it on to see Ketubah with your own invitation details in the live preview — nothing is saved until you press Use this design
4. Or click the Ketubah card to apply it straight away
5. Open Ketubah options below the gallery to pick your colour and the other options described below. Changes save automatically

Ketubah works on every plan. 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 Ketubah options are kept in case you switch back.

Ketubah options

Ketubah has seven options of its own. They take the place of the standard colour and font controls, which Ketubah doesn't use.

1. Papercut colour

The colour of the cut paper: the lace border, the chuppah, the medallions, the frames and the buttons. Pick it two ways:

• A suggested swatch — Deep blue (default), Gold, Burgundy, Olive or Black
• Pick any color — the last chip opens your device's colour picker, so you can match your flowers or your stationery exactly. The colour's code is shown beside the chips

Ketubah never paints your pick as it is where it would fade into the paper: it deepens it in its own hue just enough for every line to read. A grey stays grey.

2. Paper

The sheet behind the papercut: Cream (default), White, Parchment or Deep. Deep turns the page into the darkest shade of your colour, with the papercut and the text in ivory — like a white papercut laid over a dark backing.

3. Motif

What grows on the vines, sits in the medallions and crowns every section title: Pomegranates (default), Olive branches or Flowers.

4. Cut-in animation

On by default: the papercut on the cover cuts itself in once when the page opens — the lines are traced, then the paper appears and the vines grow down the sides. Turn it off and the papercut is simply there. Guests whose device asks for reduced motion always see it already cut.

5. Hebrew line

Up to 80 characters, shown under your names on the cover exactly as you type it — your Hebrew names, the Hebrew date, or a short verse. Leave it blank and nothing is shown: Ketubah never works out a Hebrew date or translates anything for you.

6. Cover line

The small line above your names (up to 80 characters). Leave it blank to use the default ("Together with our families"). Try "Together with their parents".

7. Closing title

The line at the end of the page, under the two doves (up to 80 characters). Leave it blank to use the default ("We look forward to celebrating with you").

Every piece of text Ketubah prints on the invitation — the cover line, the Reply buttons, the section labels and titles, the closing title — can also be rewritten directly on the page: switch the live preview into edit mode and double-click the text. Section titles you have already set in their own settings (countdown, story, gifts, where to stay, getting there, FAQs) are edited in place the same way.

How each section is treated

Cover

The papercut sheet replaces the standard header:

• The crown — an arch hung with lace over a walled city, and two doves facing a medallion with your motif
• Your cover photo under the chuppah, keeping the horizontal crop you set. Without a cover photo, the chuppah shelters a lace medallion with your motif, so the cover never looks empty
• Cover line (option 6) in small, spaced capitals in your colour
• Your event name, large. When it reads "Name & Name", the ampersand sits on its own line in your colour. Long names step down a size
• Hebrew line (option 5), when you wrote one
• The date, the time and the place under a small sprig — the time follows the Show time setting of your invitation's cover, and every guest sees the date you picked, whatever their time zone
• Reply — a button that scrolls to the RSVP form. It only appears when your RSVP section is visible, and never on a save-the-date page

Section heads

Each section opens centred: a small papercut sprig with your motif, the section's label in your colour, then its title and, for the story and gifts, your subtitle or gift message.

Message

Your message centred on a paper panel with a papercut corner in each corner and a sprig under the last line, like the text of a ketubah.

Countdown

One lace medallion per unit — a scalloped papercut ring with a row of holes — with the number on its open face and the unit's name beneath. Before the page has loaded the numbers show zeros, then count down to the start of your event at the venue's time. When the day arrives, your completion message (if you wrote one) replaces the medallions.

Gallery (Carousel)

Every photo in a papercut window: a pointed arch cut in the paper, a lace band around it and your motif in the two upper corners. Two to a row on a phone, three on wider screens; a short last row is centred.

Story — milestones

Illuminated panels: each milestone on a paper panel with papercut corners, its photo in a papercut window, its date in your colour, its title and its text. On wider screens the photo alternates sides from one panel to the next. Every milestone is laid out the same way; one without a photo is simply a text panel.

Itinerary — the order of the day

Set like a printed programme: one paper panel per day with papercut corners, the date at the top, and each entry centred — its time in your colour, the moment, the place and any note — with a small lace diamond between entries. Only your own entries appear, in the order you set: name them as you like (kabbalat panim, chuppah, reception). Entry icons are not shown.

Location, Gifts, Event Details and Save the Date

These four sections share their structure with Fotify's other picker-coloured designs (such as Meridian, Thread, Prism and Duotone), dressed in Ketubah's paper and colour: paper cards with a fine double rule, the icons in small lace rings, square-cornered buttons, and the display face for titles.

• Location — a map card beside an address card with your address, your directions and an Open the map button. When a map can't be shown, the map card draws a pin with the venue's coordinates; without coordinates the address card spans the row
• Gifts — gift lists, monetary gifts, charities and wishlist items, each on its own card, grouped under small labels when you offer more than one kind. Payment details sit in an inset box with a Copy button. Pay links, scan-to-pay QR codes and wishlist reservations appear as buttons on each card
• Event Details — a card per topic: what to wear with your suggested and avoided colours as swatches, where to stay with each hotel as a mini-card, getting there with an icon for each kind of transport, and an FAQ card where each question opens on tap
• Save the Date (Calendar) — one card with Google, Apple (downloads the calendar file) and Outlook buttons

RSVP

"Will you join us?" with your RSVP deadline under it, and the reply form on a deckled card — torn paper edges, a fine rule inside them, a second sheet just beneath — with a papercut corner at its top. On a save-the-date page, the card holds the save-the-date note instead of the form.

Closing

Two papercut doves facing your motif, your closing title (option 7), the date and place, and the same Reply button as on the cover.

Sections that use the shared layout

These sections keep Fotify's shared layout and are dressed in Ketubah's style:

• Photo upload, QR code, Table assignment, Playlist, Sub-events, Special treatments and custom sections

Each sits in the same column as the rest of the page on a paper card with a fine double rule, with titles in the display face and square-cornered buttons. Photos in custom sections are capped in height so a tall portrait never takes over the page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Where does the Hebrew line come from? A: Only from the Hebrew line option, exactly as you type it. Leave it blank and it isn't shown. Ketubah never works out a Hebrew date, a Hebrew name or a translation for you, and it adds no verse or blessing you didn't write.

Q: Does Ketubah work in Hebrew? A: Yes. When the invitation is shown in Hebrew, the whole layout mirrors to read right to left and the text switches to the Hebrew serif David Libre, with titles in Bellefair's Hebrew. The papercut is symmetric, so the cover looks the same in either direction, and the cover photo's crop stays as you set it.

Q: Can I write our names in Hebrew on an English page? A: Yes. Hebrew words on an English page use Hebrew-capable faces, and the Hebrew line sets its own direction from its first letter.

Q: Will the order of the day show a chuppah if I don't add one? A: No. The programme shows only the entries you add, with the names you give them.

Q: I picked a pale colour. Why does the papercut look deeper? A: A pale colour would vanish on the paper, so Ketubah deepens it in its own hue until the papercut, the text in your colour and the buttons read clearly.

Q: I don't have a cover photo. Will the cover look empty? A: No. Without a photo, the chuppah shelters a lace medallion with your motif.

Q: Does the page move? A: Only the papercut on the cover, which cuts itself in once when the page opens. Turn it off with the Cut-in animation option; guests whose device asks for reduced motion see it already cut.

Next steps

• See How to Customize Your RSVP Invitation for the template gallery and how to try a design on before applying it
• Let guests share their photos from the wedding with a QR code: read about Fotify for weddings and digital invitations with RSVP

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