Hallmark Run Certificate of Merit Badge
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A digital award of merit badge: MERIT struck as five dark punch marks on a canted pewter plate, made to read clearly on a profile, in an email or in a wallet.
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Updated 30 October 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio
See it where it lives
Drawn to read at small sizes
A badge is mostly seen small. These are its real sizes on screen.
On a profile
120 px
In a list of badges
64 px
In an email signature
40 px
What is on it
A badge people are proud to show
You write once
The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.
- Badge words
- Award of Merit
Filled in for each person
Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.
- The recipient’s name and the award, in the badge’s verified record
- The issue date and a credential ID
- A link anyone can click to verify it
Specifications
Sizes, fonts and colours
Sizes
- Badge
- 470 × 470 px, round · Reads at 120 px on a profile
Colours
- Paper#f8f5ee
- Ink#1f1d21
- Accent#5a2442
- Second accent#9a9893
- Muted text#67616a
Change any colour in the studio.
Design notes
The badge cuts the set down to its strongest shape: a canted pewter plate with an engraved inner line, AWARD OF in tracked capitals, and MERIT struck as five dark punch marks with ivory letters. It carries no name or date, so one badge serves every recipient, and the bold marks stay legible at small sizes in a feed or a wallet.
About
Merit Award Badge Template, Hallmark Run
An award of merit badge is the digital partner of the printed certificate: a small picture the recipient adds to a LinkedIn profile, an email signature or a school portfolio, and that anyone can click to check. It suits student honours, club awards and staff recognition alike, wherever a merit award deserves to be seen long after the evening it was presented.
More wording ideas for certificate of merit certificatesWords that go with it
The email and the post, written for you
Email to send with it
Subject: name, you have been awarded a Certificate of Merit
Hi name,
Congratulations. Your work stood out, and we are glad to recognise it with a Certificate of Merit. The reason for the award is written on your certificate, because we want you to remember exactly what you did so well.
Your certificate and badge are ready. You can download and print the certificate, and share the badge on LinkedIn or anywhere else you like; anyone who opens it can check that it is genuine.
Thank you for setting such a good example.
Warm regards
Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.
Post for the recipient to share
I am proud to have received a Certificate of Merit for my work this year. Thank you to everyone who supported me and pushed me to do my best, and to the team who took the time to recognise it. On to the next goal. #Achievement #Recognition
Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.
Certificate or badge?
Send both. They do different jobs.
Certificate
- A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
- Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
- Opens to a page anyone can verify
Digital badge
- A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
- Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
- One click shows who earned it and who issued it
How to send it
From template to everyone’s inbox
- 01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
- 02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
- 03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
- 04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.
The badge is a round image on a 470 × 470 px board, drawn to stay readable at 120 px, the size of a profile picture.
Libre Caslon Text (title, text), Hanken Grotesk (labels). All are Google Fonts, free for personal and commercial use, and you can swap any of them in the studio.
Yes. Every text, colour and drawing is its own layer in the studio. Add your logo in the logo spot; the design keeps its balance with a wide or a square logo.
Each person gets the badge with their own verified record. They add it to LinkedIn or an email signature, and anyone who clicks it sees who earned it and who issued it.
Yes. This design is part of a set: Hallmark Run Certificate of Merit Certificate and Hallmark Run Certificate of Merit Certificate, Portrait. Issue them together so the certificate and the badge read as one award for certificate of merit.
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