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Ordering Business Cards

When you decide to place your order, you will be asked to indicate your preferences for several different components of the card. Those preferences are described here, allowing you to think about your choices before beginning the order process. You will also have the opportunity to enter any special instructions.

When you place an order, you will be able to indicate your choices and view a mock up of the card before giving your final confirmation. You will then be asked for your payment information and finally you will upload the artwork you want for the card. Learn more about how to prepare your artwork for upload.

Do you want a traditional 1-sided card or a 2-sided card?
If you opt for a 1-sided card, both your image and textual information will be on the front, the back will be blank.
If you choose a 2-sided card, your image may fill the front and your information will be on the back.
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Do you want the card to be in landscape or portrait orientation?
Which orientation will fit your image better?
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For a 1-sided card, do you want your information above or below your image?
A 1/2 inch high area (1 inch high for portrait orientation) will be reserved for your information. Do you want that area above or below your image?
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What color do you want for the information area?
The information area may be white with black text, black with white text or a color may be pulled from your image. If the color for the text area is pulled from the image, the color of the text will be black or white to give the most contrast.
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What information do you want in the text area?
For cards using portrait orientation, up to 6 lines of text will be centered one under the other.
For cards using landscape orientation, up to 3 lines of text may appear on the left edge of the card and up to 3 lines of text on the right edge of the card.
You will be asked to supply the information (name, title, address, phone, url, email, cell, etc) in the order that you want it to appear. Give carefull thought to what information you want on your card.
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Do You want a serif font or sans serif font for Your information?
This is an example of a serif font.
This is an example of a sans serif font.
Note: Neither of the above fonts is the exact font that will be used on the card, these are used here for illustration only, as they will more readily show on any computer screen.
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Since your image is not likely to fit exactly into the image area, how do you want the image handled?
A) You may choose to have the image reduced in size so it fits completely within the image area.
B) You may choose to have the image cropped, retaining the original size, and show only what fits in the image area.
C) You may choose to have a combination of the above 2 methods, partially resize the image, then crop it to showcase one area.

Note: Any method in which your image fills the card right to the edge requires a minimum 1/8 inch bleed. In other words, your image must stick out beyond the edges of the card at least 1/8 inch. That extra 1/8 inch (or more) will be trimmed off when the cards are cut. If your art completely fills the image area, a small sliver (at least) will always be trimmed away.

These 3 methods are illustrated below:

A) Reduce entire image to fit in image area. This will leave empty space around the image.

B) Keep the image full size and crop it to fill the image area of the business card.

C) Resize and crop the image to focus on one area and fill the business card.

8. click the learn more button to Get information on how to prepare your image for upload.