---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/templates/details/author-spotlight-collage'
title: 'Author Spotlight Collage Instagram Post (Vertical) Template'
description: 'Customize the Author Spotlight Collage Template, optimized for vertical Instagram Posts, with HTML/CSS to Image.'
---

# Author Spotlight Collage Instagram Post (Vertical) Template

Customize the Author Spotlight Collage Template, optimized for vertical Instagram Posts, with HTML/CSS to Image.

HTML/CSS to Image converts HTML and CSS or public webpages into images and PDFs. This is a reusable preset for its visual template editor: customize the design and variables, save it, and render new images with different data through the API.

[Try this preset in the template playground](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/templates/playground.md?preset=RYFYfXLZ)

## Template details

- **Preset:** Author Spotlight Collage
- **Variation:** Instagram Post (Vertical)
- **Size:** Instagram Post (Vertical)
- **Categories:** Creative, Quotes
- **Types:** Collage

## Examples

![Author Spotlight Collage preview](<https://content-images.htmlcsstoimage.com/media-assets/8bd860d3a5bdcde92d313b44a0ba5698f71b5b64ca982cf30331dd4d9ba18145/example-image-019ef56a-e99a-7b7f-833c-3875d1f4cf94.png?v=auto&iv=2>)

Example variable values:

```json
{
  "note1": "Margin note",
  "note2": "Draft fragment",
  "note3": "Studio board",
  "quote": "Some sentences are less like answers and more like doors.",
  "title": "Quote Moodboard",
  "author": "Mara Elian",
  "subtitle": "Lines, margins, and notes"
}
```

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