Free ex libris book stamp maker
An ex libris stamp marks a book as yours. The Latin means "from the books of", and the convention is a name, sometimes a device, and nothing else.
Making an ex libris stamp, step by step
- Open the stamp maker and pick the Ex libris stamp template, or type your own wording.
- Adjust the shape, the colour and the diameter, then add a logo and any lines that have to change.
- One image format is $1.50. The zip at $3.00 adds the vector, the print PDF and the Word file.
Start from an ex libris stamp template
Open the stamp maker with any of these
Every preview on this page carries a faint Stamp-Seal watermark. Your own download does not: the editor renders your stamp again, clean, as a transparent PNG, an SVG or a PDF. See the full template library.
Where an ex libris stamp is used
- Personal libraries
- School and institutional books
- Gifts and bookplates
- Second-hand book collections
Questions people ask
Is the ex libris stamp free?
Designing is free and unlimited. Downloading the ex libris stamp is $1.50 for a single image, or $3.00 for every format at once. One payment either way, with no subscription attached.
Can I add a date to the ex libris stamp?
Yes. A date, a time, or both, positioned wherever they fit the ex libris stamp. An empty date field means "whenever this is used", so the impression records the real day.
What format do I get?
A transparent PNG for dropping onto documents, plus a white-background PNG and a JPG. The $3.00 pack adds an SVG, a print-ready PDF and a Word file that keeps the date and serial as text you can retype.
Do I get a template or something I can edit?
Neither a static ex libris stamp template nor a stock image: a ex libris stamp generator you drive, and a ex libris stamp maker in the sense that matters, which is that nothing is fixed. Choose a ex libris stamp sample layout, rework the ex libris stamp design, build the ex libris stamp online and download when it looks right. The ex libris stamp price is $1.50 for a single ex libris stamp png or $3.00 for every format zipped.
What does ex libris mean?
From the books of. It is the conventional opening of a bookplate, followed by the owner’s name, and it has been used that way for centuries.
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