Business Card Maker

85 × 55 mm in most of Europe and the UK, 3.5 × 2 inches (88.9 × 50.8 mm) in the US and Canada, and 91 × 55 mm in Japan. Choose a size or enter your own, in millimeters or inches.

The trim line is where the card is cut. Bleed is extra background past that line — usually 3 mm or ⅛ inch — so a slightly off cut doesn't leave a white edge. The safe area is a margin inside the trim where text stays, so nothing important gets cut off.

“Download print PDF”: one page per side at the exact card size plus bleed, with crop marks and the fonts embedded. Check your printer's requirements — some want no crop marks or a different bleed.

Yes. “Download sheet PDF” fits as many cards as possible on A4 or US Letter with cut marks. Print at 100% / Actual size on card stock (around 250–350 gsm, or 65–110 lb cover, if your printer takes it), then cut along the marks. For double-sided cards, the backs are mirrored so they line up when you flip on the long edge.

Not always. Screens show RGB color and printers use ink, so bright blues, greens and oranges often print duller. For exact brand colors, ask your printer for a proof.

Yes — enter a link and it's added to templates that use one, then checked with an independent decoder. For a QR code that saves your contact details to a phone, create a vCard QR in the Northlane QR Code Generator.

Your name, job title and company, then the one or two ways you most want people to reach you — usually phone, email and website. Add an address only if clients visit you, and a short tagline or list of services if your title doesn't explain what you do. Fewer lines in a bigger size read better than everything squeezed in; pick one of the 6 templates and leave out what you don't need.

Aim for 300 dpi at the size it prints. A logo printed 20 mm wide needs about 236 pixels across, and a design covering a whole 3.5 × 2 in card about 1050 × 600 pixels. The preview tells you the dpi your logo will print at; an SVG logo is vector and stays sharp at any size.

Yes. “Front PNG” and “Back PNG” save each side as a 300 dpi image — handy for an email signature, a website or a quick share. Send printers the print PDF instead, since it includes bleed, crop marks and embedded fonts.

Yes. Save the design as a file and open it again any time to change details, colors or the template; it keeps your logo too. You can also tick “Keep this design on this device” so it's waiting next time you visit in the same browser.

No. Your details and logo stay in your browser and PDFs are made on your device. You can save the design as a file, or tick “Keep this design on this device” to store it in this browser.