Business Cards

A practical guide to the fields, wording, privacy and paper choices that make an appointment card easy to write at the desk and easy to read later.

A practical stamp card guide to grid layout, reward wording and unlaminated paper that takes a stamp and a pen at the counter.

Which business card finish suits florists, jewellers, architects and interior designers, and how the pressed and digital ranges compare.

Letterpress and foil stamped cards are tooled from your file, so vector artwork, solid masks and PMS colour names decide how cleanly proofing runs.

Gold foil business cards are made four different ways, and the right choice depends on your design, deadline, budget, and how you want the finish to feel.

A practical look at cotton paper for business cards, from fibre and coating through letterpress, foil and the 18 to 23 working days.

Letterpress printing is a relief process that presses a raised inked plate into soft cotton paper, leaving text you can see and feel.

Foil stamping is a heated die process, but the word foil hides several metallic finishes. Here is how hot foil, digital foil and cold foil compare.

See how embossing and debossing differ, and what that direction means for letterpress, foil stamping and embossed foil business cards.

A practical map of premium business cards: pressed cotton finishes, digital velvet finishes, flat foil and duplex, with prices and production times.