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A business card is a card that includes business information about a company or an individual. Business cards are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and contact reference aid. A business card typically includes the giver’s name and contact information such as street address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address and website. In company business cards the brand identity is applied, using the logo, the corporate colors, fonts, layout and philosophy.
Traditionally, most business cards were simple black text printed on white paper, but today a wide visual design and typographic variety is applied in professional business cards, in several materials such as creative papers, plastic, wood, metal, fabric etc in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
Business cards can be printed using either offset (CMYK or Pantone) or digital (only CMYK yet) printers. Offset pantone printing has the advantage of solid color printed in contradiction to CMYK printing that in closer examination reveals small cyan, magenta, yellow and black dots. Business cards can also be coated with UV glossy coats using Offset-UV printing. The coat is applied just like another ink using an additional unit on the press. UV coats can be applied as a spot coating, offering the option of some areas to be coated, and other areas to be left uncoated, creating additional design potential.
The most common aspect ratios of business cards range from 1.42 to 1.8. The most common business cards sizes are:
• 88.9 x 50.8 mm / 3.5 x 2 in (United States and Canada)
• 91 × 55 mm / 3.582 × 2.165 in (Japan)
• 85 x 55 mm / 3.346 × 2.165 in (United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Greece)
• 90 x 55 mm / 3.54 × 2.165 in (Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Taiwan, Sweden)
• 90 x 54 mm / 3.543 × 2.125 in (Hong Kong, China, Singapore)
• 85 x 48 mm / 3.346 × 1.889 in (Iran)
• 90 x 50 mm / 3.543 × 1.968 in (Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Latvia, Mexico, South Africa)
You can order a business card online, since printable business card files, or even actual printed cards can be sent easily all over the world! Just make sure that the designer you’ve chosen has the potential to create an artwork that you really like and matches your style, by checking his graphic design portfolio.
