Templates
Business card templates
A working print-ready card has three rectangles: a bleed area for printer overflow, a trim line where the card is cut, and a safe area where all content lives. The templates here give you all three at the correct dimensions, ready to drop your design into.
Regional standards
Pick the right size for your audience
US Standard
3.5 × 2 in88.9 × 50.8 mm
The most common business card size in the United States and Canada. Equivalent to 3.5 × 2 inches.
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EU Standard
3.35 × 2.17 in85 × 55 mm
The widely used business card size across most of Europe.
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UK Standard
3.35 × 2.17 in85 × 55 mm
Same dimensions as the EU standard and used throughout the UK.
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Japan Standard
3.58 × 2.17 in91 × 55 mm
Slightly wider than the European card. The dominant size in Japan and parts of East Asia.
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Two ways to print
At home, or at a print shop
At home the cards are laid out several to a sheet and cut apart. With a 10 mm printer margin and a 4 mm gap, an A4 sheet takes 9 European 85 × 55 mm cards, turned sideways, and a Letter sheet takes 8 US 3.5 × 2 in cards — 10 if neighbouring cards share a cut line. The sheet layout calculator draws that sheet with its cut guides. Use card stock of about 250–300 gsm (roughly 90–110 lb cover) and check that your printer's paper path takes it.
At a print shop you send one card, not a sheet: the artwork at the trim size plus 3 mm (0.125 in) of bleed on every side, with text kept inside the safe area. The card generator draws all three lines at the size you choose. Either way, print one test at 100% and hold a card you already own against it before printing the batch.
Concepts