A Handy Guide for Business Card Design

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Types of Business Card Design and Standard Business Card Size

Usually, there are 5 types of Business Card design. For better understanding, here also shows you their corresponding free Business Card template pictures as below.

1) Standard US & Canada Business Cards

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2) Micro Business Cards

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3) Square Business Cards

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4) Folded Business Cards

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5) Custom Business Cards

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Attention:

Your business card choosing depends on what you would like to portray to your company or occupation. Although the standard business card size is 3.5” x 2”, making it in custom size helps them stand out from the rest. Here are some custom business card sizes that are available here.

3.5” x 1.75” – slim

3.5” x 1.5” – extra slim

2” x 2” – square

2.5” x 2.5” – larger square

2” x 3” – short

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Wanna customize your own one? Download and unzip, then open the project by Photo Collage Maker.

Make your cards look more interesting and exciting by choosing among different business card sizes. Below is the total 5 business card format that you can take for better reference.

Format Millimeters Inches
Standard US & Canada Business Cards 89 x 51 3.5 x 2
Micro Business Cards 25 x 76 1 x 3
Square Business Cards 57 x 57 2.25 x 2.25
Folded Business Cards 83 x 51 3.25 x 2
Custom Business Cards 89 x 45
89 x 37.5
51 x51
51 x76 3.5 x 1.75
3.5x 1.5
2x 2
2.5 x 2.5
2 x 3
What Other Constitutes an Effective Business Card Design?

1) Use a Online Business Card Maker

When searching online, you will find many business card design tools. These tools can easily help you to personalize your own business cards. With only one of them, you can explore your imaginative side and dig your hands into crafting your own style of business cards. So just choose a business card maker, for example, AmoyShare Photo Collage Maker to design your own unique business card.

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After download, AmoyShare Photo Collage Maker will be operated at your command without complicated steps and operations. Unlike professional programs used for creating graphic designs, its user friendly interface allows you to explore and manipulate your design at will.

2) Distinct Information:

The main purpose of a business card is to make it easy for people to contact you. Include only the contact information that is absolutely necessary. For example, email, phone, cell, website, address, name and job title.

3) Your Company Brand

A business card conveys your brand by introducing brand elements, such as logo, colors and fonts. It is imperative that your card to be consistent with your other branded materials.

4) Business Card layout

The business card design itself must present both your contact information and brand elements on a very small space. So it is best to keep your business card layout clean and organized. This can be achieved by making sure there is negative space on the card. Negative space allows your eyes to rest and focused your attention on what's most important.
 
The standard US and CANADA is what i prefer and also the folded card. that is what provision is also made f 😉 :yes: :great: or in my wallet.
 
The specifications seems great. However, recently I found a site http://www.puremetalcards.com/ which provides the finest quality metal business cards and metal membership cards customized to meet the particular needs of a person. :great:

I found some of their products quite interesting so I listing their specifications below:

1. Carbon Fiber (Gloss Finish) Cards

Metal: Carbon Fiber

Weave: Standard 3K Twill

Finish: Gloss or Matt

Business card dimensions:

85.0mm x 54.0mm (3.35” x 2.13”), 89.0mm × 51.0mm (3.5″ x 2.0″) or customizable
Thickness:

0.3mm, 300 micron (0.012”) flexible card
0.6mm, 600 micron (0.024”) rigid card
Effects:

1 to 2 colors for text
Corner radius: customizable
Personalization:

Unique name, number, date etc..


2. Carbon Fiber (Matt Finish) Cards

Metal: Carbon Fiber

Weave: Standard 3K Twill

Finish: Matt

Business card dimensions:

85.0mm x 54.0mm (3.35” x 2.13”), 89.0mm × 51.0mm (3.5″ x 2.0″) or customizable
Thickness:

0.3mm, 300 micron (0.012”) flexible card
0.6mm, 600 micron (0.024”) rigid card
Effects:

1 to 2 colors for text
Corner radius: customizable
Personalization:

Unique name, number, date etc..
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