Business Card Guides

This rubric collects articles on choosing and setting up business cards. Size posts compare classic and square dimensions and separate trim size from artwork size. Stock articles look at uncoated, linen, kraft, hemp, pearl and writable papers, while finish posts explain soft touch, silk, lamination, raised spot UV, foil and painted edges. Others cover ultra thick and triple layer builds, round, square and folded shapes, clear plastic and magnetic cards, and what to print on patient referral cards. Read the stock or finish article before building your file.

Standard Business Cards

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Oct 13, 2026

Business Card Size in Inches: Trim and Bleed Guide

The standard U.S. business card size is 3.5 × 2 inches. Compare finished dimensions, square options, and the trim, bleed and safe-area requirements for your artwork.

Oct 11, 2026

Business Card Size: Measurements and File Setup

Find the standard business card size in inches and millimetres, compare other available formats, and check trim, bleed and artwork before ordering.

Oct 1, 2026

Can You Write on Business Cards? Pick a Writable Stock

Can you write on business cards? Compare stock and finish options, learn how to test your pen, and check writing space before placing an order.

Sep 29, 2026

What to Put on Patient Referral Cards

Decide what to put on patient referral cards, choose a format that fits your details, and check booking links, readable type and print files before ordering.

Sep 10, 2026

Uncoated Business Cards in Los Angeles: What Happens When Ink Meets Paper Instead of Plastic

Uncoated stock absorbs ink instead of holding it on the surface, which changes how your card looks, feels and takes a pen. Here is what we tell people in Sun Valley before we print a run.

Sep 4, 2026

Soft Touch Business Cards in Los Angeles: What the Finish Costs, What It Does to Your Colours, and When It Is the Wrong Card

Soft touch is a laminate, not a paper — it changes how your card feels, how your colours print and how it behaves after a week in a pocket. Here is what we tell people at the shop before they order.

Sep 2, 2026

Silk Business Cards in Los Angeles: What the Laminate Actually Does, and When It Is the Wrong Choice

Silk cards are a printed card sealed in soft-touch laminate — quiet, durable and fingerprint-resistant. Here is how they behave in real hands, what they cost at our shop in Sun Valley, and the two jobs they are bad at.

Aug 29, 2026

Laminated Cards in Los Angeles: Film Thickness, Sealed Edges and What Actually Fails

Lamination is a film bonded to a printed card, and how it is applied decides whether the card survives a wallet, a kitchen or a parked car in the Valley. Here is how we spec laminated cards, what they cost, and when a cheaper card is the right call.

Aug 28, 2026

Laminated Business Cards in Los Angeles: Film, Finish and the Edge Nobody Looks At

What lamination actually adds to a business card, how gloss, matte and soft touch behave in a wallet, and when plastic or a die cut is the better answer. Real prices from our Sun Valley shop.

Aug 22, 2026

Classic Business Cards in Los Angeles: What to Specify Before You Print a Run

A standard 3.5 × 2 card is the cheapest thing we print and the one people get wrong most often. Here is how we sort out stock, finish, file setup and quantity before a run goes on the press.

Jun 26, 2026

Business Card Printing in Panorama City: Stocks, Finishes & What to Choose

A practical guide to business card printing in Panorama City: which card stocks, finishes like foil and painted edge, and sizes to choose, and why.

Specialty Paper Business Cards

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Aug 30, 2026

Pearl Business Cards in Los Angeles: How the Shimmer Works and Which Artwork Survives It

Pearl stock puts a mica shimmer under your ink, which flatters some designs and destroys others. What the finish actually does, how to build a file for it, and when a different card is the better buy.

Aug 29, 2026

Linen Business Cards in Los Angeles: What the Texture Does to Your Ink

Linen stock is an embossed cross-hatch pressed into the sheet at the mill, and it changes how ink, hairlines and small type land. Here is what prints well on it, what does not, and what it costs at our Sun Valley shop.

Aug 28, 2026

Hemp Business Cards in Los Angeles: What the Stock Does to Your Artwork

Hemp paper is uncoated, warm-toned and absorbent, which changes how your card feels and how your ink prints. Here is what to expect, what it costs against a standard card, and which designs survive the switch.

Aug 28, 2026

Kraft Business Cards in Los Angeles: What Prints on Brown and What Doesn't

Kraft stock has no white base, so half of what you can print on a white card disappears on it. Here is how we set up kraft business cards so they still read across a counter — and what they cost against a plain white card.

Thick & Layered Business Cards

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Sep 11, 2026

Ultra Thick Business Cards in Los Angeles: What You Are Actually Paying For

Ultra thick cards sell with the hand before they sell with the eye — but the thickness changes your design, your card case and your per-piece math. Here is what we go through with people in Sun Valley before we print.

Sep 10, 2026

Triple Layer Business Cards in Los Angeles: What the Stripe Actually Costs You

Triple layer cards sell on a band of color you can only see from the side. Here is what is in the stack, how to design a front that does not fight the edge, and when a thinner card is the better buy.

Aug 30, 2026

Painted Edge Cards in Los Angeles: Stock Thickness, Edge Color and What Goes Wrong

Painted edge cards are sold on a colored stripe most people never see until the box arrives. Here is how thickness, edge color and artwork interact — and when a thinner card is the smarter buy.

Foil & Spot UV Business Cards

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Sep 1, 2026

Raised Spot UV Business Cards in Los Angeles: What Actually Gets Raised, and What It Costs

Raised spot UV puts a clear, glossy, physically raised layer over part of a printed card. Here is how the effect works, how to build the file, when it is worth the money over a plain card, and what it costs at our Sun Valley shop.

Aug 31, 2026

Raised Foil Business Cards in Los Angeles: How the Foil Gets There, What It Costs, and When to Skip It

Raised foil puts a metallic element physically above the surface of the card — you feel it before you read it. Here is how the process works, what the file has to contain, and where foil earns its price against a plain card.

Aug 27, 2026

Foil Business Cards in Los Angeles: What the Shine Actually Costs and How to Design for It

Foil stamping, digital foil and metallic ink are three different products that people ask for with the same words. Here is how each one behaves, what it costs at our shop in Sun Valley, and the file mistakes that turn a $93 card into a reprint.

Jun 27, 2026

Foil Business Cards: Gold, Silver & When the Splurge Pays Off

Gold vs silver, flat vs raised foil, and exactly when luxury business cards earn back their cost. A practical guide from Angels Print in the San Fernando Valley.

Plastic & Magnetic Business Cards

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Aug 29, 2026

Magnetic Business Cards in Los Angeles: Where They Stick, What They Cost, and When to Use One

Magnetic business cards start at $91.25 for 100 pieces at our Sun Valley shop — but stainless fridge doors are not magnetic, and the card that sticks is not the card you hand out at a mixer. Here is where they actually hold, how to design one readable from six feet, and when to print something else.

Aug 19, 2026

Clear Business Cards: What Actually Prints on Transparent Plastic

Clear and frosted plastic cards look great in a photo and fail in a stack when the artwork ignores how transparency works. Here is how we set them up, what white ink does, and what a run actually costs.

Shaped & Folded Business Cards

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Sep 4, 2026

Square Business Cards in Los Angeles: What the Format Buys You, What It Costs, and Where It Goes Wrong

A square card gets kept differently than a rectangle — and it fails differently too. Prices, design limits, holder problems and file setup from our shop on Lankershim.

Sep 2, 2026

Round Business Cards in Los Angeles: What the Circle Costs, What It Buys, and How to Set Up the File

Round business cards get kept and shown around — and they also fall out of wallets and eat your layout. Here is how the cutting works, what the shape adds to the price, and how to build the artwork so it survives the die.

Aug 26, 2026

Folded Business Cards in Los Angeles: Fold Types, Scoring, and What to Put Inside

A folded business card gives you four panels instead of two — but only if the stock is scored properly and the artwork is built for the fold. Here is how we set them up at our Sun Valley shop, and when a flat card is still the better buy.