Headstone Designer
The grey granite headstone seen from the front left
Single upright headstone in light grey granite with a serpentine top, seen straight on
The grey granite headstone seen from the front right

Letter a real stone, then send it

Headstone Designer is a free way to design your own headstone on a lifelike picture of a stone. Choose from twelve shapes, type the names, the dates and a line of words, add a symbol, and the letters appear where they would be cut, at sizes you can check in inches. There is no account, and nothing is ordered here: when it looks right, you send the link to your monument company.

New to this? Read how to design a headstone, with common sizes and cemetery rules, or the family guide to design your own headstone. Every shape is on the headstone designs page.

What happens after you send it

  1. Your monument company opens the link

    It shows this stone exactly as you lettered it, from the front and both sides, with the inscription written out and a proof sheet they can print.

  2. They reply with a price

    Nothing is ordered here and there is no account. The link only shows your design, and it is free.

  3. You approve every letter

    Nothing is cut until the monument company confirms every letter with you.

A headstone design proof sheet: the lettered grey stone from the front and at an angle, the inscription as text, the letter heights and a line to sign
A proof sheet for a sample family. Letter the stone above and this one becomes yours.

A proof to sign before anything is cut

Every design makes a printable proof sheet: the stone from the front and at an angle, the inscription as text, the lettering and symbol, the letter heights, and a line for your signature.

Download it or print it from the studio. Your monument company gets the same sheet when they open your link.

Questions

Does it cost anything? No. Lettering a stone, saving it and sending the link are free, and there is no account.

Is anything ordered when I send it? No. The link only shows your design. Your monument company replies with a price, and nothing is cut until they confirm every letter with you.

What if I do not have a monument company yet? On the last step, choose "Send it to us instead" and add your zip code. We pass your design to one that serves your area.

What can I change? The stone (twelve to choose from: uprights, hearts, lawn markers, pet stones and a bench), the family name or a pet's name, one or two people, dates in four styles, the words (with a library of about fifty lines), five lettering styles, and fifteen symbols, from a cross or a dove to a paw print, placed at the top, in both upper corners or between the names, in three sizes. The stone shows its size in inches and says when a line would cut too small.

Are the stones here real? They are demonstration stones, each an estimate: grey, red and black single uprights about 24 to 30 inches wide; a grey companion for two, about 36 by 27; a grey heart about 24 inches across and a double heart about 36; a flat marker about 24 by 12, a bevel about 24 by 12 and a slant about 24 wide; a pet marker about 18 by 12 and a pet upright about 12 by 14; and a bench with a backrest about 48 inches wide and 20 high. The letter heights are estimates from those sizes.

Are you a monument company? Put this designer on your own website.