Today's specials blackboard
A café's 'today's specials' blackboard: the title hand-lettered in chalk over a swash, each special in chalk script with its note and the price circled — only when the post states one — in a brand-colour frame. The specials read like the board by the door.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Today's specials blackboard for posts that announce news or get people to act, when the message is several products or a menu, a list or an offer or deal. It is built first to announce news.
It reads each post’s goal and shape first, then its own words, the platform and the facts you have, and offers this template only where it fits.
Who it’s for
Made for Food & drink · Serves customers locally. The Director offers it only to brands of that kind, so it never turns up for a business it does not suit.
Platforms and sizes
| Size | Where |
|---|---|
| 4:51080 × 1350 px | Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, Reddit |
| 1:11080 × 1080 px | Ads |
| 9:161080 × 1920 px | TikTok |
| 2:31000 × 1500 px | |
| 16:91600 × 900 px | X, YouTube, Blog |
Single image. Each size is laid out for its canvas, not cropped; the sample above is the 4:5 version.
What it needs
Only your post. It is made from your copy and your brand kit — there is nothing else to prepare.
Rules the AI follows
Word for word from the template library. The Director follows the copy rules when it writes into the template, and the visual review checks every creative against the visual rules.
Copy rules
- Specials, notes, prices and the day come from the post; a price is circled only when the post states it.
- Names stay short enough to letter by hand (two to four words); notes are one detail, not a sentence.
- The sign-off is a real instruction or detail from the post, never an invented promise.
Visual rules
- A dark slate board filling the canvas inside a brand-colour frame, with faint chalk dust.
- Title in large chalk script over a chalk swash; specials in chalk script with notes below and prices circled in a brand-tint chalk.
- Logo and website sit at the foot of the board on the slate; small chalk sprigs flank the title.
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Make a Today's specials blackboard with your brand.
MarketiQ writes the post, picks the template that carries it best — this one, when it fits — and fills it with your logo, colours, facts and copy.