Business Card Weight?

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Is 110 lb paper stock a little light for business cards?
What is a nice weight that isn't unusually thick?
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kona0
If your business card weighs 110lb it's gonna be really hard for someone to put it in their wallet.
Think something smaller and lighter.
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- ;) nice.exador1
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- predictable joke is predictable.CanHasQBN
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monNom0
depends on the paper. some 90lb stock has as much rigidity as 120lb in another stock. ask to see a sample.
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CanHasQBN0
just do 120. you won't regret it. trust me.
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- never trust anyone who says "trust me"CanHasQBN
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MrT0
US paper weights are confusing, anyone got a simple explanation?
I've been spoiled by – how much does a square metre of it weigh?
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- doesnt it go by the ream of the uncut sheets. its been a while since print schoolzmantrakid
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VectorMasked0
100lb cover is kind of the most common weight.
It feels too flimsy to me. I tend to prefer 110-130 as the lightest for the cards I do, although I did not too long ago a run with 100lb cover that looked like what interstellar subway passes would look like and felt pretty good.
I like 130DTC or heavier whenever possible. My previous cards were around 220 DTC. Solid enough to break a toe if dropped. The new ones will be cotton 110lb cover, lil flimsy but great feel.
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doktornomore0
@MrT and @mantrakid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap… and personally I'm going with these: http://www.professorprint.com/sh… - just in case I need to ninja my way out of a business meeting. =)
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heavy as possible
BE A MAN
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Raniator0
400gsm
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- This is the first post I have understood.JamesBoynton
- Exactly. 110lbs is fucking EPIC. Are these people giants?Raniator
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utopian0
God dam it you ask a lot of questions!
80lb. cover
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- he's starting a new squatting businesssine
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maikel0
I actually tried the 600 gsm by moo and they feel wront...
over 400 gsm starts losing sophistication.
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tank020
be a man!
600 gsm!
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- damn thats the 470 :/
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Centigrade0
We just got 570gsm Colourplan cards. Chunky but fun.
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- Which works out to 28pt. Took me ages to get my head around US paper weights! Bonkers.Centigrade
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