Business card design decisions, understood.
Design readable business cards with practical guidance for logos, contact details, typography, QR codes, color and layout.
Start with What to put on a business card: the essential details and layout, the overview for this topic. Each guide after it answers a separate buying, preparation or troubleshooting question.
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What to put on a business card: the essential details and layout
A business card needs your name, title, company, one or two contact routes and a website. See what to add, what to cut and how to lay out both sides.
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Business card font size: the right size for every line
Most business card contact text is set at 8 to 10 points and the name at 12 to 16. See sizes for each line and how to run an actual size reading test.
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Minimalist business cards: make every element earn its space
Minimalist business cards use the fewest elements a new contact needs. Learn what to keep, how to build hierarchy and which papers carry a simple design.
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Business card color contrast: how to keep text readable
Business card color contrast: target at least 4.5 to 1 for small text, why paper lowers contrast, risky color pairs, white text on dark cards and QR codes.
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Business card back ideas with a clear purpose
The back of a business card works best with one job: booking, portfolio, notes, a QR code or services. Compare ideas and what each needs before you print.
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Vertical vs horizontal business cards: layout tradeoffs
A vertical business card is the standard 3.5 x 2 inch card turned to portrait. Compare line length, logo shape, holders and flip before choosing a layout.
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Where to put your logo on a business card
Where to put a logo on a business card: six proven layouts, how big the mark should be, clear space, front or back, and how to check it at actual size.
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Bilingual business cards: layout, fonts and translation
Plan bilingual business cards with one language per side or a shared face. Compare layouts, names, phone formats and fonts, then proof both languages.
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How to keep business cards consistent across a team
Keep business cards consistent across a team with a written specification, a template that fits every name, exact color records, clear approvals and reorders.
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Business card redesign: keep what customers already recognize
Plan a business card redesign that keeps the logo, color and layout cues customers already know, fixes a real problem and tests the new card at actual size.
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Business card design ideas that work in the hand, not just on screen
Eighteen business card design ideas grouped by goal, with the layout, type and paper choice that makes each one work when printed at 3.5 × 2 in.
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Free business card templates: how to pick one that prints cleanly
Where to find free business card templates, how to judge one before you edit it, and the file checks that stop a free design from printing badly.
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Business card with photo: when to use one and how to print it well
Put a photo on your business card the right way: who benefits, choosing the shot, resolution math, layouts that work, and the paper that keeps faces natural.
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Business card for two businesses: one shared card or two?
Running two businesses? Decide between one shared business card and two separate cards, with decision rules, layouts for dual cards and licensing notes.
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Business card mistakes that cost you clients and how to avoid them
The business card mistakes that cost clients and reprints: wrong details, tiny text, missing bleed, low resolution, poor stock and quantity, with quick fixes.
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