Design a certificate in NyvarraStudio

NyvarraStudio is where certificate designs live. Designs belong to your organization, so everything you issue can reuse them.

1. Open NyvarraStudio and pick a design from the collection, or start blank.
2. Add your logo, signatures and wording. Upload your own fonts and images if you need them.
3. Place data fields where each recipient's details should go.
4. Publish, and choose the certificates that should use it.

Free includes one custom design; Organization, Institution and verified Campus provide unlimited custom designs, as do qualifying credit packs while their perks remain active. Everyone can browse and use the full collection.

Published designs don't change under certificates already sent. Edits apply to new certificates only.

Start with the right workspace and screen

Open NyvarraStudio from the issuer that should own the design. Use a desktop or sufficiently large tablet: the editor needs at least 1024 × 600 CSS pixels of available browser space. A phone or a heavily zoomed browser can be too small even when the device's physical screen has more pixels.

Build the layout in a practical order

1. Choose a library design or a blank page. Set the page size and orientation before carefully positioning objects.
2. Add the background, border, logos and fixed wording. Keep the space around the verification QR code clear.
3. Add fields for variable content such as recipient name, title, registration number and dates. Fixed text repeats unchanged for everyone; a field is filled from certificate data.
4. Use the object and text controls to position, align and style the content. Check that important objects are not hidden behind the background or other layers.
5. Add signature artwork you are authorized to use, or use a managed signature slot when you need a signatory's recorded approval. These are different workflows.
6. Preview actual recipient data and inspect the longest names and the fullest text. Check the output after changing fonts or importing artwork.
7. Wait for the draft to save, then publish. Return to the set's Design area, choose the intended published version and check its field mappings.

Draft, published version and issued certificate

A draft is your editable work. Publishing creates a version that can be used for issuance. An issued certificate keeps the version and data it was created with. Saving a draft does not mean a set has switched to it, and publishing a new version does not silently rewrite previously issued certificates.

If the output is wrong

• Blank name or detail: inspect the field mapping and the recipient's saved value.
• Unexpected sample wording: confirm the text is a field and is mapped to real data, rather than ordinary text typed onto the canvas.
• Different font or missing characters: verify the font is available and contains the required script; preview the actual name.
• Text overlaps or gets cut off: adjust the box, line breaks, font size or fit behavior and preview the longest value again.
• Publish blocked: read the preflight warning and fix its specific object or missing asset.
• Draft changed in another session: preserve the work you need, coordinate with the other editor, then reload and reconcile. Repeated saving is not a safe way to overwrite someone else's version.

For more on versions and conflicts, see Publish and maintain designs. For signatory permission, see Managed signatures.