Saturday, February 28, 2009

Business Card Dimensions

Today there several flexable business card dimensions available, with creativity options that are only as limited as the imagination. The industry has advanced technologically in the last few years, which has benefited the average consumer by providing greater flexibility and ease of use in designing you card design characteristics (dimensions & layout), ordering your personally designed cards online if desired, and also in discounted pricing - in fact currently you can even order 250 business cards for free believe it or not.

Some of the more common available dimension options are:

  • Document Trim Size (Horizontal): 3.43" x 1.93" / 87mm x 49mm / 1028 x 579 pixels
  • Document Trim Size (Vertical): 1.93" x 3.43" / 49mm x 87mm / 579 x 1028 pixels

  • Full Bleed Size (Horizontal): 3.54" x 2.05" / 90mm x 52mm / 1062 x 615 pixels
  • Full Bleed Size (Vertical): 2.05" x 3.54" / 52mm x 90mm / 615 x 1062 pixels

What is the primary reason that someone would choose one dimension above another? Preference is one possible motivation as larger cards stacked with smaller cards will protrude in comparison to the smaller dimension versions, which ensures it will not be lost in the shuffle if stacked together. Likewise, larger cards will conceal the smaller dimension business cards to master greater attention and foucs when stacked together.

Another reason that larger business cards may sometimes be required to smaller ones is due to the bleed of the artwork graphics. The full bleed variety dimensions are suggested for finished artwork for best results in most cases.

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Kind Regards,

Randall