BusinessCard Maker

The most common size in the US and Canada is 3.5 × 2 inches (88.9 × 50.8 mm). Most of Europe uses 85 × 55 mm, and Japan uses 91 × 55 mm. This tool makes the US size, which fits standard card holders and wallets almost everywhere.

For print, 300 dpi is the standard. At 3.5 × 2 inches that's 1050 × 600 pixels, the exact size of the PNG you download here.

Keep important text at least 1/8 inch (about 38 pixels at 300 dpi) inside the edge. Cutting is never perfectly exact, and text close to the edge can get clipped or look crooked.

Less is more. A card is there to help someone remember you and find you later, so it only needs a few things:

• Your name, big enough to read at arm's length
• One line on what you do, like a job title or "Wedding photographer"
• One phone number and one email address
• One website: your main site, or a link-in-bio page that lists everything
• A QR code, so people can open your page without typing

Print QR codes at least 2 cm (about 0.8 in) wide, dark on a light background. This tool always puts the code on a white tile, so it scans on dark designs too. Test it with your phone camera before you print a batch.

Point the code at a page you can update. If your number, job or handles change, the cards you've already handed out still send people somewhere current.

Keep a quiet zone of plain space around the code and don't print it smaller to make room for more text. A code that scans first time does more for you than an extra line of details.

At home, use Print a sheet. It lays out 10 cards at actual size on US Letter paper with light cut lines. Set the scale to 100%, not "fit to page", print on card stock (around 250 to 300 gsm) if your printer takes it, and cut with a paper trimmer for clean edges.

Print shops usually ask for bleed: an extra 1/8 inch (3 mm) of background on every side that gets trimmed off. Designs with a plain background colour are easiest, because the shop can extend the colour for you.