Tri-Fold Brochure Size
A tri-fold brochure is printed on an 11 × 8.5 inch (Tabloid half / Letter landscape) sheet and folded into three equal panels. The flat sheet is 3300 × 2550 px at 300 DPI. Each panel is approximately 3.67 × 8.5 in (93.2 × 215.9 mm). The most common format for product brochures, service menus, and trade show handouts.
Specifications
| Pixels | 3300 × 2550 px (at 300 DPI) |
| Millimetres | 279.4 × 215.9 mm |
| Centimetres | 27.9 × 21.6 cm |
| Inches | 11 × 8.5 in |
| Aspect ratio | 11:8.5 |
| Colour mode | CMYK |
| Bleed | 3 mm (0.125 in) |
| Safe zone | 5 mm (0.25 in) from panel fold |
Tri-Fold Brochure in Pixels at Different DPI
The pixel count changes with DPI setting — choose the right one for your output.
| DPI | Width (px) | Height (px) | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 792 | 612 | Screen preview, PDF viewers |
| 96 | 1,056 | 816 | Windows screen standard, digital documents |
| 150 | 1,650 | 1,275 | Medium-quality print, home printers |
| 300 | 3,300 | 2,550 | Professional print, commercial offset |
Design Tips
- →Set up the flat design at 11 × 8.5 in with fold marks at 3.67 in from each edge. Allow 5 mm of live-area clearance from each fold to prevent content from being cut off during folding.
- →The front cover panel is the rightmost panel of the outer side — design this first for immediate visual impact when picked up.
- →The inner left panel (which folds behind the cover) has slightly less width than the other two (≈3.63 in vs 3.67 in) — this allows the panel to fold inside without buckling. Check your print supplier's fold compensation spec.
- →Use consistent typography and colour across all 6 panels but vary layout structure so each panel reads as a distinct section.
How to Make Tri-Fold Brochure Designs in Playyy
Three steps, no design software. Set the size once — from the size options or straight in your prompt — and every design comes out at 3,300 × 2,550 px.
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Open Playyy
Playyy runs in your browser, so there's nothing to download. Sign in and you'll land on the Home page.
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Type your prompt and set the Tri-Fold Brochure size
Describe what you want in the input box on the Home page, then set the size whichever way is quicker. Pick Tri-Fold Brochure from the size options right underneath — print, poster, and social formats are all in that list. Or just say it in your prompt, like "Tri-Fold Brochure at 3,300 × 2,550 px", and Playyy matches it. Either way you get 3,300 × 2,550 px at 300 DPI, with no converting from millimetres or inches.
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Create your Tri-Fold Brochure design and export it for print
Playyy generates the design at the full 3,300 × 2,550 px — that's Tri-Fold Brochure at 300 DPI, the resolution commercial print expects. Allow 3 mm (0.125 in) of bleed and export a print-ready PDF. Colour mode: CMYK.
Create Tri-Fold Brochure designs with Playyy
Type a prompt, pick Tri-Fold Brochure from the size options underneath it, and export at 3300 × 2550 px — no design software needed.
Start designing free →Frequently Asked Questions
What size is a tri-fold brochure?+
A tri-fold brochure flat sheet is 11 × 8.5 inches (279.4 × 215.9 mm) — a Letter page in landscape. At 300 DPI, that's 3300 × 2550 pixels. When folded, each of the three panels is approximately 3.67 × 8.5 inches.
How do I set up a tri-fold brochure in pixels?+
Design the flat sheet at 3300 × 2550 px (300 DPI, 11 × 8.5 in). Add vertical fold guides at 1100 px and 2200 px from the left edge. The outer left panel (back), centre panel (inside centre), and right panel (front cover) each measure 1100 × 2550 px.
What size is a trifold brochure?+
11 × 8.5 in flat (279.4 × 215.9 mm), folding down to roughly 3.67 × 8.5 in per panel. At 300 DPI the flat artboard is 3300 × 2550 px. A4 landscape (297 × 210 mm) is the equivalent outside the US.
Are all three trifold panels the same width?+
No, and this catches people out. The panel that folds innermost must be about 3 mm narrower than the other two so it tucks inside cleanly. A typical US trifold is 3.69 in, 3.69 in, and 3.62 in across — check your printer's template rather than dividing by three.
What is the panel order on a trifold?+
On the outside sheet, the right panel is the front cover, the middle is the back, and the left is the inside flap seen first when opening. Getting this wrong is the single most common trifold error — always proof from a folded paper dummy, not from the flat file.