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Artwork Specifications (Foil Business Cards)

DIY Design Guidelines

Please read and follow these guidelines carefully for the best print for your Foil Business Cards. Failure to do so will result in delays.

SUMMARY (Artwork Specifications )

CMYK Cards accepts files from all major MAC OS and Windows applications
PDF, EPS formats are preferred
Use an opaque white under the colours to mask the metallic show
86 mm x 54 mm with 3 mm bleed (92mm x 60mm)
CMYK colours only
NO SPOT Colours
300dpi resolution, minimum
Fonts must be converted to outlines or flattened

Templates For Downloads

We've included most popular file foil business cards templates FREE. You may download them using the links below. They are automatically set to proper bleed size and colour mode for easy foil business card creation. Simply use these templates to create your artwork and your files will be ready to print.

	Photoshop Template Landscape Photoshop Template Portrait
	Illustrator Template Landscape Illustrator Template Portrait
	MS Publisher Template Landscape MS Publisher Template Portrait
	MS Word Template Landscape MS Word Template Portrait
	MS PowerPoint Template Landscape MS PowerPoint Template Portrait

Size and Bleed

Size is an actual size of your foil business cards, while bleed is the extra amount of colouring you need to add around the edge of your design. The cards are printed on one sheet. When we cut the cards to size, the bleed provides a margin for errors, ensuring that your final product is crisp and professional!

Laying-Out Artwork

Resolution

All images must have a minimum resolution of 300dpi (dots per inch) when printed. Images that have a lower resolution may print pixilated or fuzzy.

Images taken from the internet often have a resolution of only 72dpi and will very rarely print very well.

Colours - RGB Versus CMYK

Your web designer keeps asking for things in RGB and your printer needs them in CMYK. You've always wondered what the difference is and now it's time to dig in and find out!

RGB is the normal color scheme used for computer graphics, while CMYK is the standard for printing color images. Because the computer screen displays light, the more colors that are added, the more light is added, thus the lighter your resulting color. Because the CMYK color scheme is used in combining inks, the more colors you combine, the darker your resulting color.

Some RGB colours that appear on your screen can not be printed in CMYK. You must be careful when selecting colours on your business card, as some colours will print “dull” when compared to your computer screen.

In the diagram below, the colours on top are RGB colours the way you see them on your computer screen. When printed in CMYK, they would appear as the colours on the bottom, slightly duller.

Programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator can convert all colours to CMYK. Programs such as Microsoft Word cannot, so you must manually select colours which are not at risk.

Fonts

Fonts in your artwork need to be “converted to outlines” or “flattened” into a graphic. This will eliminate the chance of fonts not displaying correctly and not printing the way you intended.

If you are using a program such as Microsoft Word, Powerpoint or Publisher, it is recommended that you use our online templates, as the file is already set with the correct options.