Designing Your Own Business Card: Getting Started

Nowadays, you don’t really need the services of a professional designer if you want to make your own custom business card. It can be surprisingly easy to get the job done in the comfort of your own home with the right software, and the degree of freedom and control you’ll have over the project is definitely worth the extra effort. Plus, you can avoid spending outrageous prices on something that’s normally not the most complicated job a designer would take on in the first place.

Prioritize Relevant Details

It might sound obvious, and it should be, and yet we still see plenty of people listing details like their home address in a large font, taking attention away from the things a contact would actually want to see. Your name, phone number, e-mail, and that’s pretty much it – don’t complicate it too much and leave any small details tucked away in a corner in a smaller font, or better yet, completely off the card.

Keep It Simple

This brings us to the next point – don’t make the design complicated and busy for the sake of making it “fancy”. Notice how most professional business cards are typically limited to simple, clean shapes like lines and squares, with perhaps a monochrome logo of the company in the corner. This will stand out much better than an overdone business card with all sorts of details all over it. It will also leave a better impression on your customers, as they’ll know that you have good taste.

Unusual Options Can Work Well

Don’t be afraid to think outside the box, and if something looks nice to you, don’t discard it as an option. White text on black background? Why not! There are various options that might look pretentious, but just because you’ve never seen something on another business card before doesn’t mean that it’s not a good choice. As long as you keep this within the confines of the other points we listed above, you should be fine.

Are you ready with your design? Once you want to transfer it to a real business card, get in touch with us and we’ll take a look at your order. The best printer in NYC is all you need to make sure that the design of your card will be taken care of the right way, by people who know what you’re trying to achieve. And that can make all the difference!