Pennant Template — Complete Guide

Pennant is a varsity invitation for the nights a team celebrates: a team banquet, an end-of-season party, an alumni game, homecoming or a sports-themed birthday. The cover is a gym wall painted with a stripe in your team colours, and on it hangs a big felt pennant with the event name in stitched block letters. Beside it, your cover photo hangs in a team-photo frame with a brass nameplate. The countdown is a stadium scoreboard and the reply form is a game ticket.

Pennant is one of Fotify's simpler designs: its look comes from two colours you choose — any colours at all — and a choice of sport.

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

Pennant 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 Pennant different

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

Signature design elements

• Two team colours — a team colour for the felt and a trim colour for the stitching, each picked from suggested swatches or from the colour picker
• A felt pennant — hanging from a wooden dowel, with a stitched border, your cover line in a chain-stitch script, the event name in tackle-twill block letters and your sport's emblem on its tip
• A chenille patch — an optional round patch with your jersey number, sewn on the pennant, only when you type a number
• A team-photo frame — your cover photo in a black frame and white matte, with a brass nameplate engraved with the date, the time and the place
• A stadium scoreboard — the countdown in LED dot-matrix digits on a dark board, with "Home" and "Guests" labels at the top
• A ticket-stub RSVP — the reply form on a game ticket with a perforated stub
• Always readable — whatever colours you pick, even a pale yellow or a near-black, the letters, the buttons and the lights are shaded until they read clearly

When to choose Pennant

Pennant suits the evenings when everyone wears the team colours:

• Team banquets and end-of-season parties — the schedule as a game plan on a coach's clipboard, the season's moments as trading cards and the team photos in a trophy case
• Alumni games and homecoming — your school colours on the felt, the year in the cover line ("Homecoming 2026") and the old team photo in the frame
• Sports-themed birthdays — pick the sport, type the birthday child's jersey number and let guests reply on a ticket

After the final whistle, the photos everyone took matter as much as the invitation. Guests can scan the event QR code and add their photos to the shared gallery. See how Fotify works for parties and birthdays.

For a graduation party or a class reunion, try Yearbook. For a festival-style weekend or a summer party, try Lineup.

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

Pennant 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 Pennant options are kept in case you switch back.

Pennant options

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

1. Team colour

The felt of the big pennant and the closing banner, the stripe painted on the wall, the small flags over each section, the buttons, the ticket stub and the frames of the trading cards. Pick it two ways:

• A suggested swatch — Scarlet (default), Royal, Navy, Kelly, Orange, Purple, Maroon or Black
• Pick any color — the last chip opens your device's colour picker, so you can match your team's exact colour. The colour's code is shown beside the chips

Any colour works. A colour in the middle of the scale, between light and dark, is made a little deeper or lighter on the felt so the letters always read on it, and the buttons and coloured text use the shade of your colour that reads clearly on the page.

2. Trim colour

The second team colour: the stitched letters and the stitching on the felt, the chenille patch, the scoreboard lights and the date badges on the trading cards. Suggested swatches: White (default), Gold, Silver, Sky, Orange and Black, or Pick any color. The trim colour is shaded the same way wherever text sits on it, and if it is the same as your team colour, the letters are lightened or darkened until they stand out.

3. Sport

The emblem stitched on the tip of the pennant, repeated on the section flags, the scoreboard, the trading cards, the game ticket and the closing banner: Star (default), Soccer ball, Basketball, Baseball, American football, Hockey sticks or Trophy.

4. Jersey number

Up to 3 characters, sewn exactly as you type them on a round chenille patch on the pennant — for example "10", "23" or "06". Leave it blank to show no patch. Pennant never makes up a number from your event.

5. Cover line

The script line stitched above the event name on the pennant (up to 60 characters). Leave it blank to use the default ("You're invited"). Try "End of season", "Homecoming 2026" or "Go Tigers!".

6. Closing line

The line on the felt banner at the end of the page (up to 80 characters). Leave it blank to use the default ("Bring your team spirit").

Every piece of text Pennant prints on the invitation — the cover line, the Count me in buttons, the nameplate labels, the section labels and titles, the scoreboard labels, the Admit one line on the ticket, the closing line — 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 (story, countdown, gifts, where to stay, getting there, FAQs) are edited in place the same way.

How each section is treated

Cover

A gym wall replaces the standard header, painted with a stripe in your team colour over a thin trim line:

• The pennant hangs from a wooden dowel and sways very gently. On it: your cover line (option 5) in a chain-stitch script, your event name in large block letters with a stitched edge, and your sport's emblem (option 3) on its tip. Long names step down a size so they stay on the felt
• The chenille patch (option 4) with your jersey number, sewn where the felt narrows into the tip, when you typed a number
• Your cover photo in a team-photo frame — a black frame and a white matte — keeping the horizontal crop you set. On wider screens it hangs beside the pennant; on a phone, under it
• The brass nameplate under the photo, engraved with the date, the time and the place. The time follows the Show time setting of your invitation's cover, and every guest sees the date you picked, whatever their time zone. Without a cover photo, the nameplate hangs on the wall on a small wooden plaque
• Count me in — 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 with a small felt flag in your team colour, its label in condensed capitals beside your sport's emblem, then its title in the heavy varsity slab and, for the story and gifts, your subtitle or gift message.

Message — the programme note

Your message sits on a card under a felt band in your team colour, stitched along its edge with your emblem sewn at its end, like the note in a game-day programme. A long message steps down a size so it is easier to read.

Countdown — the scoreboard

A dark stadium scoreboard in a deep shade of your team colour. Along its top, the Home and Guests labels, each with a small lamp pointing inward, and your emblem between them — they are only labels: no score is ever shown. Under them, one panel per unit with the number in glowing LED dots in your trim colour and the unit name under it. It counts down to your event's date and time in the venue's time zone, and shows your completed message once the moment arrives.

Gallery (Carousel) — the trophy case

Your photos stand on the glass shelves of a wooden trophy case lined with felt in your team colour: every photo is a framed print in the same upright shape, two to a shelf on a phone, three on a tablet and four on wider screens.

Story — trading cards

Every milestone is a trading card framed in your team colour: its photo in the card window (your emblem on felt when it has no photo), a badge in your trim colour with its date (your emblem when it has no date), its title on the team-colour nameplate and its text underneath. One card per row on a phone, two on a tablet and three on wider screens. Every milestone is laid out the same way.

Itinerary — the game plan

The schedule on a coach's clipboard in your team colour, with a metal clip and a playbook sheet with a faint grid. Under each day's date (or label), every entry is the same row: a small play arrow, the time in a team-colour chip, the entry in condensed capitals, its place and its note. A chalk play of X's and O's is drawn at the end of the sheet. Entry icons are not shown.

RSVP — the game ticket

"Are you in?" with your RSVP deadline under it, and the reply form on a game ticket. The stub, in your team colour, carries Admit one, your emblem, your event's name and date, and a decorative barcode — no seat, row or gate number is ever made up — and a perforated line with punched notches separates it from the form. The stub sits on top on a phone and at the start of the ticket on wider screens. The form's attend / decline choices appear as two selectable boxes with a rounded send button. On a save-the-date page, the ticket holds the save-the-date note instead of the form.

Location, Gifts, Event Details and Save the Date

These four sections share their structure with Fotify's other picker-coloured designs (Meridian, Thread, Prism and Duotone), dressed in Pennant's colours: cards with rounded corners on the painted wall, rounded buttons in your team colour, and titles in the varsity slab.

• Location — a map card beside an address card with your address, your directions and an Open in Maps 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 — every registry, payment option, charity and wishlist item is its own card in a grid, grouped under small labels (with a count) when you offer more than one kind. Payment details sit in an inset box with a Copy button, and long account numbers wrap inside the card. Pay links, scan-to-pay QR codes and wishlist reservations appear as buttons on each card
• Event Details — a card per topic: dress code with your suggested and avoided colours as swatches, where to stay with each hotel as a mini-card (distance, price range, promo code, notes and a Book button), getting there with an icon for each kind of transport, and a full-width FAQ card where each question opens on tap
• Save the Date (Calendar) — one card with the title and the event date on one side, and Google, Apple (downloads the calendar file) and Outlook buttons on the other

Closing

A wide felt banner with swallowtail ends and a stitched border: your emblem, your closing line (option 6) in stitched letters, the date and place, and a Count me in button outlined in your trim colour.

Sections that use the shared layout

These sections keep Fotify's shared layout and are dressed in Pennant'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 card with a stripe of your team colour along its top, with titles in the varsity slab and rounded buttons in your team colour. Photos in custom sections are capped in height so a tall portrait never takes over the page.

Pennant has no section of its own for a team roster or awards. To list the players or the award winners, add a custom section and place it wherever you like among the other sections.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Pennant only for sports teams? A: No. It suits any celebration with a team spirit: a homecoming, an alumni reunion, a company sports day or a birthday for a young fan. Pick the Star or the Trophy emblem if no single sport fits.

Q: Where does the jersey number come from? A: Only from the Jersey number option. Leave it blank and no patch is shown; Pennant never makes up a number from your event name or your dates.

Q: Does the scoreboard show a score? A: No. The Home and Guests labels at the top of the scoreboard are decoration, and you can rename them by double-clicking them in the live preview. The panels only count down to your event.

Q: Does the ticket show a seat number? A: No. The stub shows Admit one, your event's name and date, and a decorative barcode. No seat, row or gate is invented.

Q: I picked an orange (or another mid tone). Why does the felt look a little deeper? A: Pennant keeps the letters on the felt readable: a colour that sits between light and dark is made just deep enough (or light enough) for the stitched letters to stand out. The suggested swatches are shown exactly as they are.

Q: My team colour and trim colour are the same. Will the letters disappear? A: No. The letters on the felt are lightened or darkened until they read clearly, and the chenille patch always gets a stitched ring that stands out from the felt.

Q: I don't have a cover photo. Will the cover look empty? A: No. Without a photo, the pennant hangs on its own and the brass nameplate with the date, the time and the place hangs beside it on a small wooden plaque.

Q: Does Pennant work in right-to-left languages? A: Yes. In Hebrew and Arabic the layout mirrors: the section flags point the other way, the patch sits on the other side of the pennant and the ticket stub moves to the right. The pennant, the banner and the emblems are symmetric, the jersey number and the scoreboard digits keep their order, and the cover photo's crop stays as you set it.

Q: Does the page move? A: Only the pennant swaying very gently on its dowel. Guests whose device asks for reduced motion see a still page.

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 for parties and reunions: Yearbook for graduations and class reunions, or Lineup for a festival-style party
• Let guests share their photos of the night with a QR code: read about Fotify for parties and digital invitations with RSVP

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