First, decide on the type of business card. Personal. Professional. Product-oriented, Service related, Promotional, or Marketing. Each type of business card has the design styles to follow.

If printing at the office, use the Avery.com papers, however, we do not recommend them if you have a background color extending out to the edge of the paper.

Canva.com and a few other websites are great alternatives to having a professional graphic designer at your finger tips.

We recommend .pdf, then png and .jpg, and then PSD files

Yes, you can with little assistance.

Readable Name, phone, and email address, and then clearly spell out the type of services provided in less than 4-5 words.

Not recommend. Printing and cutting the business card is a major challenge. No matter how much you try very likely will look unprofessional.

Most online printing places will print without any print-ready verification. They will print without any hesitation looking over your file.

There isn’t one we can recommend. We prefer Canva.com the most.

120 lb, 14 pt, 16 pt. paper. You can not find these papers to purchase at the local retail stores. Likely, these thick papers will not perform well with an office printer.

We recommend 16 pt CS paper, UV coated or uncoated. This card is sturdy and very reasonable in price. For more thicker business cards please visit our Most Common Business Cards

There are several guidelines in printing. You need follow them to have printed correctly. Please visit 10 Guides to design the business card the right way.

The concept of typesetting, in our opinion, refers to guidelines that help readers process the content they’re seeing by determining how texts are laid out. You can see business card layout elements as sets of letters, graphics, and sizes that should be positioned properly and aligned one another so that you are more likely to get attention to make the sale.

The addition of print finishing options will help your business card stand out from the crowd.

The papers are measured in 2 ways, weight of the paper and thickness of the paper. The weight of the papers are measured in pounds as well as gsm(metric measurement). The thickness of the papers are measured in points. The pound measurements are based on calculating the bulk weigh of a specific size of papers.

For an example
14 pt or 16pt paper thick and varies between 260-300gsm in weight.
120-130 lb paper refers to as the weight of the paper. The thickness of the paper varies between paper vendors but it’s safe to assume between 14-18pt paper.

Whenever you hear 14pt paper refers to digital press friendly with smoother surface paper.
Whenever you hear 130 lb paper refers to offset press friendly with slightly textured or matte paper.