Cover Letter Generator

Cover Letter Generator

Write a cover letter and download it as a PDF or a Word file. Free, no account, and it never leaves your device.

Your letter is written and saved on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no paywall on the download.

How it looks

Text size
Paper

You

Who it is to

The letter

Leave a blank line between paragraphs. The letter wraps and flows onto a second page by itself.

Signature

A photo of your signature. Read on your device and carried in the file.

Preview

Write something and the letter appears here.

This is the drawing the file is made from, not a picture of it: what you see is what prints.

What people write here

  • A cover letter to send with a CV
  • A motivation letter for a course or a scholarship
  • A letter of interest to a company with no vacancy posted
  • A follow-up after an interview
  • A short note to go with a portfolio
  • A resignation or notice letter

Why write it here

  • ✓Free, and the download is free too: the builders that rank above us let you write for nothing and then charge to save the file. Here the PDF and the Word file both cost nothing.
  • ✓Nothing is uploaded: the letter, your name and the company you are writing to are all handled on your own device.
  • ✓PDF and Word: the PDF for sending, the .docx for the employer who asks for Word or the form that only takes one.
  • ✓Three real letter forms: block, indented and modern, which are conventions rather than decoration.
  • ✓Your own signature: add a photo of a real signature and it sits on the line above your typed name.
  • ✓Machine readable: plain paragraphs, no tables and no text boxes, so the software that reads it does not garble it.

Your letter is nobody else's business

A cover letter says where you work now, what you are paid to do, and that you are looking to leave. That is not something to hand to a stranger's server in exchange for a PDF. Everything here happens in your browser: the letter is laid out on your device and the file is drawn there, so the text never reaches us and there is nothing for us to keep. No account, and no paywall on the download.

Questions about cover letters

Is it really free to download?
Yes, both formats. This is worth saying plainly because it is where most cover letter builders differ: several of the best known let you write the whole letter for nothing and then ask for a subscription when you press download. There is no payment here, no trial, and no account. Write as many letters as you like.
Can I get it as a Word file, not a PDF?
Yes. Download Word gives you a .docx, for the employer who asks for Word or the application form that will not take a PDF. It is written as plain paragraphs with no tables, text boxes or columns, which is what keeps applicant tracking software from misreading it.
How long should a cover letter be?
One page, three or four paragraphs. Say why you are writing, give one or two things you have actually done that matter for this role, say why this company rather than any other, and ask for a conversation. If it runs past a page here it simply continues on a second one rather than being squeezed, because shrinking the type to avoid a page break is what makes a letter hard to read.
Can I add my signature?
Yes. Photograph or scan your signature and add it, and it is drawn on the line above your typed name. It is kept as a PNG so the paper shows through it rather than a white box, and like everything else it is read on your device and carried inside the file.
Does it work in my language?
The tool is in twenty languages and the letter can be written in any of them. Names and text in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai and Hindi are drawn as artwork in the PDF, because the fonts embedded in the file have no glyphs for those scripts and would otherwise drop them silently.
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With the letter written, build the CV that goes with it, join the two into one PDF, or shrink it for an upload form that will not take the file.

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