What Customization Options Are Available for Pennants?

Custom pennants typically include team name, mascot or logo, colors, year, and additional text such as league name or championship titles, with most manufacturers offering 2-4 color printing on felt or polyester fabric. Design complexity, color count, and logo intricacy affect both cost and minimum order quantities.

Standard Text Customization

Every custom pennant should include your team or school name prominently displayed as the primary identification element. Common text additions include the team mascot name, year or season, league or conference name, achievement titles such as State Champions or District Winners, and motivational phrases.

Text can be displayed in various fonts, though pennant manufacturers typically offer 8-12 standard fonts optimized for readability on fabric. Mixing more than 2-3 fonts creates cluttered designs - choose one primary font for the team name and one accent font for secondary text.

Logo and Graphics Options

Most pennant orders include one logo or graphic element as part of base pricing. This could be your school mascot, team logo, league emblem, or custom mascot illustration. For clean reproduction, vector files in AI or EPS format work best. High-resolution images at 300 DPI minimum are acceptable but may require artist cleanup. Simple designs with clear lines and 2-3 colors reproduce most reliably.

Complex logos with gradients, fine details, or many colors may require simplification depending on the material you choose. How felt and polyester handle different design and logo requirements is covered in detail in our felt vs. polyester pennant guide.

Color Choices

Felt color (base fabric): Standard felt comes in 20-30 colors covering all common team colors including red, blue, gold, green, purple, black, white, orange, and maroon. Your felt color choice is typically included in base pricing.

Print colors: Most standard pennants use 1-2 print colors on the felt background. Common combinations include white text on colored felt, team colors on white felt, or contrasting team color pairings. Each additional print color beyond the first two may incur a small setup fee per design. Full-color digital printing allows unlimited colors but requires higher minimums and additional cost per unit - your material choice plays a major role in what is possible here, which is why we cover this fully in the felt vs. polyester guide.

Design Layout Options

Common layout approaches include a classic horizontal design with the team name running across the widest part of the triangle, a multi-tier layout with team name at top, mascot logo in center, and year or achievement at bottom, and a split design using different colors or elements on each half. Border designs with decorative edges or stripes around the pennant perimeter are also popular for adding visual structure.

Special Finishing Options

Most pennants include either a stick sleeve, which is a fabric pocket along the left edge for mounting on a dowel rod, or grommets for wall hanging. Stick sleeves are standard and included in base pricing. Additional finishing options available from some manufacturers include sewn edges for a cleaner finish, fringe trim along the two angled edges, embroidery for a raised premium look, and metallic inks for special occasions.