Blog cover and featured image guides
Sizing, design, formats, and the details that make blog cover, featured, and Open Graph images look sharp everywhere they appear.
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How to Keep Text Readable Over a Photo
Why a flat wash fails, and the scrim-and-grayscale fix that does not.
AI-Generated vs Stock vs Custom Cover Images
The honest tradeoffs between AI art, stock photos, and a custom typographic cover.
Before and After - Fixing Bad Blog Covers
The five ways covers fail, and the one-move fix for each.
Choosing Fonts for Blog Covers
Type that still reads at thumbnail size - heavy weight, a screen sans, sized small, one display face.
Social Image Sizes for Bloggers
One 1200x630 file covers nearly every share, with Pinterest and Instagram the only exceptions.
Featured Image Layouts by Post Type
Match the cover layout to the job the post does, and the design picks itself.
WebP vs JPG vs PNG for Blog Images
When to reach for each, and why WebP wins most of the time.
Export a Retina-Sharp Cover at 2x
Why a cover sized to its slot looks soft on retina, and the one-rule fix.
Open Graph Image Size - the 1200x630 Standard
The one file size every platform turns into a link card, and the tag that declares it.