Search for the frame or symbol, see the picture, then follow the key-press recipe on the device.
Use it at labelarium.com. Skip the buried Frame/Symbol menus and the insertion sheet. Unofficial, free, and offline once you save a pack. Deepest on the Brother PT-D220 and PT-D210. Also DYMO, NIIMBOT, Brady, Phomemo, and other Brother models.
Plain HTML/CSS/JS, zero dependencies, hosted on GitHub Pages.
Phone UI (iPhone frame).
| Shot | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Home | Brand chips and square tiles for every supported maker |
| Device home | Section tiles for one model (search, symbols, frames, preview, …) |
| Symbols | Pictograph category with on-device steps |
| Frames | Numbered frames with sheet crops |
| Keyboard | Annotated keyboard map, tap to zoom |
| Preview | Live tape + key-press recipe fields |
| DYMO LM160 | Same shell on a non-Brother pack |
Ten models. Search, pictures, and the key path work the same on each. The two everyday Brother handhelds are the ones where you can actually put the paper sheet away.
- Brother PT-D220, PT-D210, PT-D610BT, PT-P710BT (CUBE Plus)
- DYMO LabelManager 160, LabelManager 280
- NIIMBOT D110
- Brady M210, M211
- Phomemo M110 (support pages; no official PDF catalog)
PT-D220 and PT-D210 are indexed well enough to search instead of paging the device. The counts are how much of the sheet is in the index:
- PT-D220: 30 symbol categories (371 pictograph glyphs, each with a name, keywords and its position on the device), 99 frames + underline, 25 templates, 14 fonts, 11 styles.
- PT-D210: 27 symbol categories (311 pictograph glyphs, each with a name, keywords, a per-item crop from the official D210 guide, and its position on the device), 99 frame slots on the sheet (01 is Off, 02 is underline), 27 templates (17 text + 10 pattern), 14 fonts, 10 styles (no I+Solid). Counted from the D210 insertion sheet: 621 symbols (310 Basic including boxed/circled 1-99, plus 311 pictographs). Brother lists 617.
Both of those include 22 shortcuts, how-to guides, every LCD error message, and a label previewer that writes the recipe of key presses for the design you built. Other packs follow the same shell with whatever the official guide (or support pages) documents for that model.
Design a label (tape, colour, fonts, style, frame, margins, length, mirror, two lines) and get the exact key-press recipe for the device. Steps tick off on tap. "Save this label" stores the design locally so it can be recalled with its recipe later.
On iOS: Share → Add to Home Screen. On Android/Chrome: menu → Install app.
The site is static files under site/: no build step, no environment variables. A fork can stay on GitHub Pages, or
run node scripts/prerender.mjs first (the Pages workflow does) so every /d/… URL has a real HTML file and
returns 200 to crawlers, then drop the site/ folder on Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, or any web server. HTTPS is required for installation and
the offline cache.
Routes are ordinary paths (/d/brother-pt-d220/symbols), not #/ hashes. GitHub Pages serves site/404.html
(a copy of the app shell) for those paths; keep it in sync with site/index.html.
Serve site/ as the web root. There is no build step.
python3 -m http.server -d site 8080Open http://localhost:8080. On a phone on the same Wi-Fi use http://<your-computer-ip>:8080.
Installing as an app (and the offline cache) requires a secure context: localhost, or any HTTPS host.
Python's built-in server does not rewrite deep paths: after the first load, in-app links still work, but a
refresh on a deep path 404s unless the host rewrites to the shell.
site/ deployable web root (GitHub Pages artifact)
index.html app.js style.css app shell (History API router, search, views, previewer)
404.html GitHub Pages SPA fallback (keep in sync with index.html)
robots.txt sitemap.xml crawlers; path URLs on labelarium.com
<key>.txt IndexNow key (Bing); pinged after Pages deploy
sw.js manifest.webmanifest PWA: precached shell, cache-first runtime, "Save offline" per device
CNAME labelarium.com
devices/index.json list of label makers
devices/<id>/ device.js data + img/ assets from the official guide
icons/og.png Open Graph image (1200×630)
icons/devices/ homepage / rail printer SVGs
docs/screenshots/ phone product shots for this README
fonts/ bundled Bodoni Moda + Jost (SIL OFL)
docs/og/ Open Graph source material (not in the Pages artifact)
Pull requests and pushes to main run .github/workflows/ci.yml. That check
confirms required files exist under site/, that site/CNAME is labelarium.com, and that every
device id in site/devices/index.json has a matching device.js.
Publishing to labelarium.com uses .github/workflows/pages.yml,
which uploads the site/ folder on push to main. After deploy it pings IndexNow
with the sitemap so Bing (and other IndexNow engines) hear about URL changes. Set the repository Pages source to GitHub Actions
(Settings → Pages → Build and deployment → Source), not a branch deploy. That is a one-time repo setting
and is not assumed to be switched yet.
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Want a model that is not listed yet? Request a label maker and I will add it. PRs for app fixes are welcome; start with CONTRIBUTING. We follow a code of conduct. Vulnerabilities go to SECURITY, not a public issue. Everyday bugs and requests live in Issues. Coffee still lives on Sponsors.
Brother, DYMO, NIIMBOT, Brady, Phomemo, and related product names and logos belong to their
respective owners. Labelarium is unofficial and not affiliated with those companies. See
TRADEMARK.md.
Code is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE. In short: you may use,
study, change and share it, but if you run a modified version for others over a network you must offer
them the modified source under the same licence. The name and marks are separate; see TRADEMARK.md.
Bundled fonts are under the SIL Open Font License (site/fonts/). Device imagery under site/devices/*/img is
reproduced from each manufacturer's user guide (or support pages) for reference purposes.