How to make a photo collage that spells a name

Step by step

1. Choose Custom Shape. Or start from For Mom, For Dad or XOXO if one of those is the word you want.
2. Type the word. Up to seven letters. Shorter words give each letter more room — MOM and DAD read from across a room.
3. Select your photos. 20 to 60 photos. For a name, photos of that person across the years are the classic choice.
4. Make it theirs. Swap any tile, pick a style and add a subtitle — a date, a nickname, a message.
5. Export and give it. PNG, JPEG or PDF up to 8K, ready to frame.

Words that work best

• Short and bold: MOM, DAD, NANA, LOVE, HOME. Three to five letters is the sweet spot.
• A baby's name: filled with their first year of photos — a classic nursery print.
• A pet's name: every photo of them, from puppy to now.
• A place: a city or a family home, filled with the trips and the people.

How the letters stay readable

Memopix draws letters from a heavy, rounded typeface and spaces them so they don't merge, because thin serif strokes and tight spacing fall apart when every stroke is made of photo tiles. That's why a name collage from Memopix reads as a word from across the room, not as a blob.

Gift ideas

• Mother's Day and Father's Day: MOM or DAD made from photos the kids collected.
• Weddings: the couple's new surname, from both families' photos.
• Memorials: a loved one's name, from photos shared by everyone who knew them.

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