Biz Card Thickness
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- Louno
Hi guys,
What would you say is a good thickness for a business card...
The card is for a "multimedia" studio, so it must be good quality.
The printer i asked quote for told me he could only do 12pt if in cmyk...
- agentfour0
350g
12pt??? go somewhere else
- skt0
12pt is the size of the text.
Has nothing to do with the thickness of the card.
350gsm for the card.
- designerror0
250g/m2 is a good thickness
- designerror0
and 12pt font in cmyk is bullshit
6pt is possible
- Concrete0
I'm thinking about doing some business cards on 500gsm dutch board.
Is that too thick?
- scoops0
I tried to do that once.. the printer quoted me a NASA budget to do it.
- designerror0
lol
- johndiggity0
down with the metric system.
120lb.
- karlo0
its up to you...
300 as standard
Out business cards are printed on 540gsm and 660gsm colourplan from GF Smith
Ta
Karlo
- karlo0
for the record... ours cost 57p each - but... first impressions count...
Get one job - they are all paid forTa
Karl
- mirrorball0
Id go for 400gsm
500 - 640 gfsmith wow!!! you could use that as a weapon!
- Dancer0
how many colours Karlo do you have a pic?
on a side note, does colour plan come on one board with 2 colours or a single colour twice on 2 boards
- ebon0
i love the feel of 120lb cover card.
- karlo0
No ink on it whatsoever...
Its a deboss...
We are getting a reprint at the moment and will be having various foils put on there too...
- Louno0
uhm what is this 300gsm , 400gsm ...
From where i come from printer all say that thickness is in points, its not the fonts , its like .12 , .14 .16 ... so basicaly what does 400gsm translate to ? its like the weight ? and also, is 400gsm a good thickness because everything in here went from 250 to 600 or something... thank you !
- lherb0
I'm not sure what gsm is, it sounds like a European measurement.
Your printer should be able to understand 120 lb card stock though, which is a good quality weight for cards.
Not sure what the equivalent is in points but 12pt sounds low...
Hope this helps,
- horton0
12pt is the size of the text.
Has nothing to do with the thickness of the card.
350gsm for the card.
skt
(Mar 30 07, 06:26)i hope this was sarcasm.
- gramme0
I wouldn't go any heavier than 160 DTC.
- horton0
if he's talking pt weights in cardstock you probably want something closer to 15-16.. which would be comparable to 120lb i believe.
mind you 15pt this, 120lb that... all relevant to the actual paper being used. a coated card is going to feel a lot heavier than uncoated.
and anything thicker is just silly designer wanking in my opinion... who wants more bulk in thir wallets?
- gramme0
and anything thicker is just silly designer wanking in my opinion... who wants more bulk in thir wallets?
horton
(Mar 30 07, 07:50)To a certain point though, a nice substantial card speaks of strength & permanence IMHO. I've seen some really nice cards printed on 160 lb. cover, they didn't seem too heavy.