The Cover Maker Blog

Everything about covers that make your profile look right: correct sizes, design, colour, typography and best practices for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter/X.

Social media cover formats drawn at the same scale: LinkedIn profile, Twitter/X, Facebook and LinkedIn company.
Reference · 6 min read

Social media cover sizes: the complete table

A table of cover dimensions for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, YouTube and Twitch, plus each network safe area and how to choose resolution and file format.

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Anatomy of a professional cover: breathing margin, main message, support line, clear corner for the avatar and a discreet signature.
Tutorial · 6 min read

How to create a professional cover, step by step

The complete method for a professional cover: a single message, visual hierarchy, contrast, typography, breathing room and a final test. No design background needed.

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Comparison between a cover with elements stuck to the edges and misaligned and the same cover with constant margin and one alignment.
Design · 6 min read

10 design tips for covers that convert

Ten objective design principles for social media covers: hierarchy, contrast, breathing room, alignment, mobile testing and what to cut before publishing.

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Colour pairing comparison: pairs with strong difference in lightness stay readable, pairs with similar lightness become unreadable.
Colour · 6 min read

Colour psychology for covers: what actually holds up

How to choose your cover palette: what colour psychology really supports, the 60-30-10 rule and why lightness matters more than hue.

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Comparison between weak type hierarchy, with four lines of similar size, and strong hierarchy, with contrast in size and weight.
Typography · 6 min read

The best typefaces for covers: how to choose and pair

How to choose cover typography: legibility first, serif or sans serif, how to pair two typefaces and the minimum size that works on mobile.

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Scale comparison between the LinkedIn personal profile banner (1584 × 396 px) and the company page cover (1128 × 191 px).
LinkedIn · 6 min read

LinkedIn cover: the right sizes for profile and company

LinkedIn uses two different cover sizes: 1584 × 396 px on personal profiles and 1128 × 191 px on company pages. See where the image gets cropped and what to write.

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Facebook cover diagram showing the central 640 px safe area and the 90 px strips cropped on mobile.
Facebook · 6 min read

Facebook cover for business: size and safe area

Complete guide to the Facebook page cover: 820 × 312 px, where mobile crops it, what to put on it, what to avoid and a checklist before publishing.

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Twitter/X header diagram at 1500 × 500 px, showing the bottom-left corner covered by the avatar and the prime composition zone.
Twitter/X · 6 min read

Twitter/X header: size, safe zones and ideas

How to build a Twitter/X header: 1500 × 500 px, where the avatar covers the image, what to write and a checklist before publishing.

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Comparison between a cluttered cover with five competing messages and the same cover fixed down to one readable message.
Mistakes · 6 min read

The 7 most common cover mistakes

Tiny text, information at the edges, too many contact details, stretched images: the seven mistakes that ruin social media covers and the fix for each one.

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The same visual identity applied to three formats: Twitter/X header, LinkedIn banner and Facebook cover, keeping colour, typeface and message.
Branding · 6 min read

Consistent visual identity across every network

How to keep colour, typography and message coherent across social networks: what to fix, what to adapt per format and how to build a mini brand guide.

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