How to design a creative business card?

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A good business card is the making of a rising entrepreneur. A well-designed business card can have the ability to distinguish you from the crowd. The idea behind a business card is to represent you as briefly and at the same time as clearly as possible. The design should represent who you are, what you do and most of all shouldn’t be too exquisite for taste.

Simple yet elegant, that’s the motto behind designing a business card.


Here are 4 tips that will help you to design the ultimate card necessary to create the ultimate card: Get Creative: Try to think outside the box. You will come across loads of interesting designs and templates on the internet. It’s not necessary to just choose one of them and stick it onto your card. Someone might have already used that one. Don’t be afraid to mix and match two or three designs to create the ultimate card. However, you should always keep someone at hand who is experienced in such designing. Being creative is good, but it should be done with some restraints.


Design Principles: There are some basic norms that you should keep in mind while designing a card. These are the building block of the process: 

Always make sure to leave a minimum space for typography Work at 300dpu for best results and if your budget doesn’t support it, you can opt for 240dpi. Any lower and it may hurt the all over quality of the card CMYK is the best color space for such printing purposes and you should always choose it over RGB or sRGB

Maintain a ~5mm gap from the edges


Implement Special Finishes: A special finish refers to the use of spot-UV and metallic inks or foil blocking. It may pinch up the all over printing costs of the card, but the outcome is quite rewarding as well. Such designs render your card visually impressive, tactile and most of all, memorable to the person who has seen it. Common Pitfalls: While designing your card you should keep in mind to check for these factors before you proceed: 

Printer Bleed means when something is printed on paper, the ink is soaked up and may spread over the paper, depending upon its quality. it’s essential you check for this before you go making your design Opting to cover the entire border of the card with just a straightforward border is a bad idea as well as it may reveal any misalignment or uneven edges if the cut wasn’t properly done


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