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Business Card Maker

Design a business card in a minute: pick one of six designs, each in four suggested colors or your own, and type your details right on the card. Print a sheet at home, or send the print-ready file to a print shop.

Updated by Khokhar Sab

How do I make a business card?

Pick a design, then type your name, job title, company and contact details on the card, and add your logo if you have one. Pick a color, and choose what goes on the back: the design's own back, a QR code or nothing. Then download a print sheet, or one card with bleed for a print shop.

  1. Pick a design.
  2. Type your name, title and contact lines on the card.
  3. Add a logo (PNG or JPG), then pick a color and the back.
  4. Choose US or EU size.
  5. Download the print sheet or the print-shop card.

What size is a business card?

There is no single world standard. In the US and Canada, cards are 3.5 by 2 inches, about 89 by 51 mm. In the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and other Western European countries they are 85 by 55 mm. Pick your size under Size: the print sheet uses Letter for US cards and A4 for EU cards.

Other sizes exist too: 90 by 55 mm in India and Australia, 91 by 55 mm in Japan and 90 by 54 mm in China. Those are not offered here yet.

How do I print business cards at home?

Print the sheet at 100 percent or actual size, never fit to page, on thick card stock. For two-sided cards, print the first page, put the sheet back in the tray and print the second page; the back sheet is mirrored so it lines up when you flip on the long edge. Cut along the grey marks.

Print one test sheet on plain paper first and hold it to the light to check that front and back line up on your printer. Perforated 10-up card sheets use the same 2 by 5 grid on Letter.

What is a bleed, and do I need one?

A bleed is extra background beyond the edge of the card that the print shop trims off, so the color reaches the very edge without a thin white line. For a US card with a 1/8-inch bleed, the file is 3.75 by 2.25 inches. On a white card the bleed changes nothing, but print shops still expect it.

What does the QR code on a business card do?

It holds your name, company, job title, phone, email, website and address as a vCard, the contact format phones understand. Someone points their camera at it and taps to save you as a contact, with no typing. The code is made in your browser from what you typed, so it never expires and needs no account.

Want a QR code for something else, such as a link or Wi-Fi details? That tool is coming with our image tools.

Limits

  • Six fixed designs. You cannot move items by hand, and the paper and text colors belong to each design.
  • Print checks warn about a logo under 300 DPI, hard-to-read colors, a QR code with very small squares, lines that run into each other or sit too close to the edge, and an email or web address too long for one line. Small capital labels print at 6 pt and contact lines at about 7 pt.
  • RGB colors. Print shops print in CMYK, so bright colors can come out slightly duller.
  • Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean text print; Arabic shaping and emoji do not.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?

Yes. No sign-up, no watermark, no limit, including the print-shop file.

Can I add a logo?

Yes, as PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG. On a colored back it prints in one color by default, so it matches the card; you can switch it to the colors you uploaded. Without a logo, each design draws your initials.

Will a print shop accept the PDF?

It is a standard PDF at trim size plus bleed, with fonts embedded. Ask your shop which bleed and file type it wants.

Does it remember my card?

Yes, in this browser, so you can come back and change it.

How this tool was built and tested