Note on a napkin
A paper napkin on a café table with the kitchen's message handwritten across it in pen and initialled — an embossed border, a fold, a faint coffee ring, a pen beside it and the logo printed in the corner. A closure, a thank-you, a new menu coming, said personally.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Note on a napkin for posts that announce news or start a conversation, when the message is one sharp insight, a story or a quote. 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. 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
- The note says only what the post says, in its words; the signature names only who the post names.
Visual rules
- A dark wooden table (the palette's warm colour, else brown-grey); a white paper napkin, slightly turned, with an embossed diagonal border, a soft fold crease and a faint coffee ring in the palette's warm colour.
- The note handwritten big in dark pen, the signature right-aligned, the logo printed in the napkin's corner; a brand-colour pen beside it.
More Café & restaurant life templates
Cookie note
A golden 'fortune cookie' cracked open on a dark lacquer table, its paper slip laid out big beneath it with the offer or the news printed as the fortune
Diner's dish
A guest's own photo of their food, served back on the house plate: cropped round into the well of a white plate on a dark stone table, with fork and knife, and a linen…
Reserved table
A 'reserved' plaque in a brass holder on a white-linen table by candlelight
Cocktail dial
A bar clock for the 'happy hour': the window from start to end shaded on the clock face in the brand colour, the hands at the start, the kicker in tall condensed type…
Chafing-dish buffet
A catering buffet line: steel chafing dishes with their lids rolled back on a skirted, linen-topped table, a name tent in front of each dish
Truck awning
The 'food truck' in profile in the brand colour, serving hatch open under a striped scalloped awning, parked over this week's stops
To-go bag
A folded brown-paper takeaway bag with the brand's label on it and the order slip stapled over the fold, ticking off what is inside
KOT chits
Kitchen order chits hanging from the steel rail over the pass
Make a Note on a napkin 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.