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 PMS 072 under the colours to mask the metallic show
* 86 mm x 54 mm with 3mm bleed (92mm x 60mm)
* CMYK colours only
* NO SPOT Colours PMS 072 prints white over the foil
* 300dpi resolution for photos or images, minimum
• 1200 DPI for text and line art
* Fonts must be converted to outlines or flattened

Templates For Downloads
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.

Illustrator Template Landscape
Landscape
Portrait

Photoshop Template Landscape
Photoshop 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!

Images
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 DO NOT print well. 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.

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