SIZE, LAYOUT AND PRINT

We always recommend standard size for business cards, which is 85 x 55 mm or 3.5 x 2 inch (1050 x 600 px). From our experience, some printers might print them as of 84 x 55 mm and remember, business cards include “bleed area”, which is an extra space for design elements, which will fall of the Art-board area, meaning they go beyond the cut edges (Picture 1). This is important so you don’t end up with business cards, that have white edges, while a card itself is coloured, or it includes a photography or basically any vector design. It’s even more important to consider this if you want an edge of any colour. Printers will guaranty you accuracy up to 2 - 3 mm or 0,08 - 0,12 inch, which means if you have 5 mm or 0,2 inch of edge, you just might end up with a business card that will have an edge on one side 5 mm or 0,2 inch and on the other only 2 mm or 0,08 inch and that will not be aesthetically pleasing.

For these and many other reasons, we suggest, you consult with the designer, before making any bigger decisions. In retrospect, business cards are not expensive, so you can order new ones and recycle the old ones. Some printers even provide free print trial before the big day of your final print, but it can also cost you from 25 up to 100 EUR, depends on the printer.