bizcard uk - the business card company

Specialists in printing business cards

Creating your card and design tips

If all the information below seems a little daunting then please give us a call first. We can’t offer you software support but we can give advice on how we would like your files and / or copy presented. We’ve tried to give as much information below but please call us if we can help further. Alternatively let us build it for you with our complete design service.

Designing

Designing a business card for the first time takes a little thought.

  • choose size to fit in wallets (ie. 85 x 50mm);
  • use easy to read typefaces and for clarity do not use more than 3 (2 preferably);
  • keep information clear and concise with essential information only and;
  • use the reverse of the card for further information such as location, directions or pricing;
  • make your card an advertisement;
  • let your card give the right impression;
  • have a strong, identifiable logo if possible;
  • add colour for impact.

We have a complete design service available and can scan from your supplied originals and even existing cards. See file formats for helpful hints on sending us completed files.

Creating

This will of course depend upon what you have available. We can take any of the file formats listed here. We would rather not take designs created in a word processor as you must be sure that all elements of your design are sent and we cannot be sure that the design will reproduce accurately.

File formats

We can accept most formats but the output to your printed cards varies depending not  only on your design content but also the file format used. Most design programs can save in a number of file formats, such as TIFF, PNG, JPEG, JPG, GIF, EPS and others.

  • The highest quality is a TIFF file and we are happy to accept these, but TIFF files are large and are rather excessive for a business card.
  • EPS format is also an option which we are able to use but as with TIFF the files can be very large and have little impact on the quality of business cards.
  • PNG file format is great for web site images but is not suitable for print. There is no advantage is sending us files in this format.
  • GIF file format is useable but is not really good enough quality for print work, ideally files should be saved in JPG / JPEG format instead.
  • JPEG / JPG format is our favourite. It provides a balance of quality for text lines and photographic images. Ideally these should be at a minimum of 150dpi.