How to Make Custom Stickers

We put together some pointers for uploading and creating custom name stickers.
It's actually pretty easy.

Contents

• What Are Custom Stickers?
• Creating Custom Sticker Images
• Things to Remember When Making Custom Stickers

What Are Custom Stickers?

Custom stickers let users create unique stickers by entering their own name or any other custom text in the blank caption.
Users can change their custom caption as many times as they like after buying the sticker set.

How to use custom stickers

• Check Custom Stickers Already on Sale!

  Custom stickers are shown with a "Ⓣ" icon.
  Enter any text in the field marked "Create a custom caption!" to preview your caption.

  
  

Creating Custom Sticker Images

Configure Caption Style Settings

Editing Your Caption Styles

• Image preview

  All images from the uploaded base files will be shown at the bottom.
  Click a sticker image to show it in the upper preview window and edit its caption styles.

• Undo and Redo buttons

  Undo: Undo the last edit.
  Redo: Undo the last Undo action.

• Preview button

  Saves your current settings and lets you preview your caption in all images at once.

• Sale region

  Shows the countries/regions where your stickers will be available for sale.
  If you can't find the right font, consider going back to the Product Details page and changing these settings.

• Sample text and max characters

  Start by choosing a maximum number of characters.
  This is the character limit users must follow when editing the caption.
  We recommend setting a limit between 4 and 6 characters.
  Enter sample text to use to preview your caption settings on the preview screen.
  Be sure to test the maximum number of characters allowed for your caption when previewing in both half-width and full-width characters.
  Note: Characters in vertical direction captions will always be in full-width.
  Your sample text will appear on the preview screen right away.

• Font

  Select the font for the caption's text.
  The number of available fonts depends on your sale region settings.
  If you can't find the right font, consider going back to the Product Details page and changing your sale region settings.
  Custom sticker font list

• Font size and outline weight

  Adjust the size of caption text and its outline's thickness.
  Drag the slider or enter values directly into the boxes on the right.

• Direction and alignment

  Set either horizontal or vertical text direction.
  Note: Characters entered in a vertical direction caption will appear in their full-width character forms.
  Align text to appear on the left, on the right, centered, or justified.
  Note: Some languages don't support all text alignment settings.

• "Apply Style to All Stickers" button

  This applies the current placement and font settings to all other images in the sticker set.
  Note: This will overwrite the placement and curvature settings for all stickers in the preview screen.

• Importing and exporting style files

  Import: Apply the text style settings from another sticker set into the editor.
  
  Export: Convert your current text placement and font settings to a file that you can then save to your computer.

• Back and Save buttons

  Back: Go back to the previous page. Be sure to click Save to keep any changes before going back.
  Save: Save your current style settings.

Placing and Rotating Your Captions

Importing and Exporting Style Files

A style file contains all your captions' placement, font, and other settings from the editor.
By importing a style file, you can use the exact same caption settings from another sticker set.
Note: Please do not change the style file's filename.

• Importing

  Import a style file

  custom-{sticker_id}.style

  Upload File

  1. Click Upload File.
  2. Browse and select "custom-{sticker_id}.style" from your computer.
  3. Once the filename appears in the editor, click Import.
  4. The settings from the file are applied to the current set.

• Exporting

  Exporting Your Style File

  Export

  1. Click Save.
  2. Click Export.
  3. Download and save the exported style file to your computer.

You can export the style file for your sticker set after it goes on sale by going to Manage Items > (Your sticker set) > Sticker Images tab > "Preview Caption Styles."

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  Open the Sticker Images tab for a set whose status is at least "Waiting for Review" and then click "Preview Caption Styles."

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  Click Export to download the sticker set's style file for later use.

How do "custom-{sticker_id}.style" files work?

The file will include the text alignment and font settings chosen from the editor.
{sticker_id}Note that "{sticker_id}" will be replaced by your sticker set's sticker ID.

Check Your Captions in Preview

Saves your current settings and lets you preview your caption in all images at once.
You can change the sample preview text at any time while on this screen.
Enter any caption within the max number of characters and click Preview. The new caption will be applied to the preview.
Previewing will automatically save your style settings.
Some Japanese text may not appear correctly when vertical. Be sure to check all captions on the preview page.
Some Chinese (Traditional) text may appear with extra space between characters in the editor when vertical. Be sure to check all captions on the preview page.

Creating a New Custom Sticker Set

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  Click New Submission > Sticker.

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  Enter sticker details.

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  Upload image files.
  Click "Edit Caption Styles" and configure your captions.

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  Save your style settings and preview your captions.

Things to Remember When Making Custom Stickers

Preparing Your Custom Sticker Images

Design with the Caption in Mind

• Horizontal
• Vertical

Be sure to provide a space for users' captions when designing images for your stickers.
Each sticker can have only one caption.
Note: Vertical text direction is only supported for Japanese and Chinese (Traditional) language captions.

Keep It Varied

Consider a range of designs (both vertical and horizontal) for a richer variety of expressions.
Note: Vertical text direction is only supported for Japanese and Chinese (Traditional) language captions.

Character Limits

You can set the maximum number of characters the user can enter in a caption.
Consider the maximum character length ahead of time when designing your images.

• 日本語
• English/Bahasa Indonesia
• 中文（繁体）
• ภาษาไทย

Text Visibility

Use Large Text

We recommend keeping text as large as possible.
Captions that might appear visible in the editor may be too small when shown on actual mobile devices.

Add Outlines

Add outlines to your text whenever possible to help it stand out against users' chat screen backgrounds.
White or gray outlines work best with dark-colored text when shown against a dark theme's background.

Caption Location

Make sure your captions stay within the margins.
If the caption field is off the editor screen and no longer clickable, restore it with the Reset button.
Check that your caption is where it should be on the preview screen.

Note the margin of 25 pixels from the left and right and 15 pixels from the top and bottom of the image shown in gray in the sample pictures.
Placing the start, center, or end points of your caption in this area will likely cause the edges of the caption to be cropped. Stickers with the caption in these areas may be rejected during the review process.

• Margin Start point Center point End point

Check Your Character Limit

Make sure that all characters within the character limit are visible.

• 3 characters
• 4 characters
• 5 characters
• 6 characters

Some Languages Need More Space

Different language scripts may appear in different sizes even when part of the same font.
Make sure that each script shows up correctly when previewing your captions.