Creating & Setting Up Your Label
Video walkthrough: Custom Label Designer in Digit: Creating & Setting Up Your Label
This video covers how to access the designer, configure your label settings, and add fields to the canvas
Open the designer
To create a new label, navigate to Settings from the left sidebar and click on Labels.
From here, click + Add label in the top right corner to open the designer.
The designer opens in a three-column layout: the Fields column on the left, the canvas in the middle, and the Label Settings panel on the right.
Configure the Label on the Settings panel
Start in the Label Settings panel on the right before you touch the canvas. This is where you define the basics of your label:
Title — give your label a clear, descriptive name so it's easy to find later.
Width and height — set the size of your label to match your printer's stock.
Type — choose from Item, Manual Inventory, Production, or Receiving. The type you select determines which fields are available in the Fields column on the left.
Status — set to Active or Archived.
Default label — check this box if you want Digit to use this label by default when printing.
Preview with — select a real item from your inventory to visualize actual data on the canvas as you build, rather than relying on stub data.
📘 Digit Tip: Use the Preview with dropdown to test your label against a real item before saving. It's the fastest way to catch sizing or layout issues before sending labels to print.
Add fields to the canvas
When you open the designer, the canvas pre-populates with the default fields for the label type you selected. You can keep these, remove the ones you don't need, or add new ones from the Fields column on the left.
The Fields column is your toolbox. It's organized into the following sections:
Barcodes — We are currently supporting:
Barcode (Code 128) - generated from inventory serial number
Data Matrix Barcodes
GS1 128 Barcodes
QR Codes - generated from inventory serial number
Fields — item data drawn from Purchase Orders, Manufacturing Orders, and the item record. The available fields depend on the label type you selected.
Custom Fields — any custom fields you've configured for your organization.
Organization — your company name, logo, and location, plus your customer's logo, name, and address.
Shapes — graphic elements like boxes, lines, and circles.
Custom Elements — custom text and custom image uploads.
Fields that are already on the canvas show a checkmark and are highlighted in gray.
To add a field, click it, and it will appear on the canvas. From there, drag it into position anywhere you want. To remove a field, either click it again in the Fields column to uncheck it, or select it on the canvas and press the Delete or Backspace key on your keyboard.
If you try to exit the designer with unsaved changes, a confirmation modal will appear giving you the option to save or dismiss before closing. This safeguard is built in so you don't lose your work.
Customizing your label
Video walkthrough: Custom Label Designer in Digit: Customizing & Arranging Your Label
This video covers the element toolbar, resizing and rotating, alignment tools, shapes, and custom elements.
The element toolbar
Once your fields are on the canvas, you can fine-tune every element. The formatting toolbar appears at the bottom of the screen when you select an element and adapts based on the selected element's type.
When you select a field on the canvas, the formatting toolbar shows the following controls from left to right:
Element name — tells you which element you have selected.
Font size — adjust freely by typing a value into the field.
Text formatting — three options: regular, bold, and italic.
Title toggle — controls whether the field title (like "Internal SKU" or "Stock UoM") is visible above the field value.
High contrast toggle — gives the element a black background to help it stand out from the rest of the label.
Barcode toggle — displays a barcode on supported elements. Once toggled on, a value toggle appears alongside it; turn it off if you only want the barcode without the text value beneath it.
Text color — click the swatch to change the color.
Text alignment — align the text left, center, or right.
Layer order — move the selected element in front of or behind other elements on the canvas.
Reset aspect ratio — restores the element's original proportions if it's been stretched or deformed.
📘 Digit Tip: When High contrast is on, you won't be able to change the element's text color. Turn it off first if you need to adjust the color.
💡 Pro-Tip: Having both the barcode and value visible can limit how narrow you can make the element without distorting the field value. If space is tight, turn the value toggle off.
Resizing and rotating elements
When you select an element, resize handles appear around it:
Top or bottom handles — adjust the height.
Left or right handles — adjust the width.
Corner handles — scale the element proportionally.
Rotate handle (at the top) — drag to rotate the element freely on the canvas.
💡 Pro Tip: Dragging only the height or only the width handles will deform the element. To scale proportionally, use the corner handles instead. If something does get stretched, hit the Reset aspect ratio button in the toolbar to restore it.
Selecting multiple elements
To select multiple elements, hold Shift and click each one. To deselect a specific element, hold Shift and click it again.
To clear the entire selection, click anywhere on the canvas outside the elements.
The alignment tools appear in the toolbar when you have two or more elements selected.
There are two types of alignment:
Alignment to the element
Aligns the selected elements relative to each other. You have six options: align left, center, and right for horizontal alignment; align top, center, and bottom for vertical alignment.
Each element moves independently to snap to the reference point — the leftmost, rightmost, tallest, or widest element in the selection. This is useful when you want all elements in a row to share the same starting edge, or to line up a column of fields neatly.
⚠️ Heads up: Aligning to an element does not preserve relative positions; each element snaps independently to the reference point. If you want the group to move as one, use Alignment to canvas instead.
Alignment to canvas
Works the same way but uses the canvas edges as the reference point. You can align the selection horizontally to the canvas left, center, or right, and vertically to the top, middle, or bottom.
The key difference is that the entire group moves together; each element keeps its position relative to the others within the selection.
Adding shapes
In the Fields column on the left, scroll down to the Shapes section. You'll find three options: Box, Line, and Circle.
When you select a shape, the toolbar adapts to show shape-specific controls. From left to right:
Shape name — tells you which shape you have selected.
Border width — adjust how thick the border is.
Border color — click the swatch to change the color.
Fill color — only available for boxes and circles. Click the X next to it if you want the shape to be transparent.
Border style — choose between solid, dashed, or dotted from the dropdown.
Adding custom elements
The Custom Elements section at the bottom of the Fields column gives you two additional options:
Custom text — places a static text element on the label that you can type whatever you'd like into.
Custom image — uploads an image directly to the canvas. Useful for logos, stamps, or any other graphic element not covered by the standard fields.
You can add as many custom images as you need.
Managing your labels
Once your label is created, you'll find it in the labels table at Settings → Labels alongside all your other custom labels. From here, you can edit, archive, duplicate, or delete any label.
Filtering your labels
At the top of the labels table, you'll find filter tabs to narrow down what you're looking at:
All — every label in your workspace
Active — labels currently available for printing
Archived — labels you've taken out of rotation
Editing a label
To edit an existing label, click on its name in the labels table. The designer will open with that label loaded, ready for changes.
Once you're done, click the Update label button in the top right corner to save.
Archiving a label
If you no longer need a label but want to keep it for reference, archive it instead of deleting it. Open the label, switch its Status from Active to Archived in the Label Settings panel, and click Update label.
Archived labels stay in your workspace. You can find them under the Archived tab and reactivate them anytime by switching the status back to Active.
Duplicating a label
Duplicating is the fastest way to create a new label based on one you already have. From the labels table, click the three-dot menu at the end of the row and select Duplicate.
A new label will appear in the table, prefixed with "Copy of"; click into it to rename and customize it from there.
Deleting a label
To delete a label, click the three-dot menu at the end of its row and select Delete label.
A confirmation modal will appear; click Delete label in the modal to confirm.
⚠️ Caution: Deleting a label is permanent and cannot be undone. If there's any chance you'll need it again, archive it instead.
Your custom label is ready
That's everything you need to design and customize labels in Digit. Save your label, and it will be available the next time you print from any item, production order, manual inventory adjustment, or receiving record that matches the label type you selected.