A Set That Looks Like One Set

What it is for

Five designs from one template are not a set; they are five designs from one template. This covers what has to be held constant — and what must vary — for a series to read as one identity.

The skill Copy

Consistency across a set comes from fixing a few things absolutely and letting
everything else vary.

Fix, and never change between pieces:
- Two typefaces, and the exact sizes for heading / body / caption.
- Three colours: background, text, one accent. Not a palette — three.
- The margin. One value, used on all four sides, on every piece.
- Where the logo sits. Same corner, same size, every time.

Let vary:
- Image, subject, headline length, accent placement.

Then check the set, not the piece:
- Put all of them on one screen at thumbnail size. Identity survives at
  thumbnail size or it does not exist. Anything that reads as a different
  brand at 10% is wrong regardless of how it looks at full size.
- Any piece where the accent colour is doing a different JOB than in the
  others — heading in one, button in another — breaks the set. Pick one job.

Ask Canva's AI for variations of ONE piece at a time, with the fixed values
written out in the prompt. Asking for a whole set at once returns five
templates.

How to install it Copy

1. Open the tool and start a new conversation, project or template.
2. Paste the text below wherever the tool keeps standing instructions
   — usually called system prompt, instructions, or persona.
3. Save it so it applies to every run rather than a single message.

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