Business Card Maker

How to design a business card

1. Pick your card size: 90 × 55 mm is the standard in Australia, New Zealand and much of Europe; 3.5 × 2 inches is the United States standard.
2. Choose one of the four templates — Minimal, Bold, Centred or Dark — and set your accent colour and font.
3. Type your name, job title, company and contact details, and upload a logo if you have one. Both the front and the back update live.
4. Keep important text inside the safe-area guide. Anything outside the trim line will be cut off by the printer.
5. Download the front and back as 300 DPI PNGs with a 3 mm bleed, or grab the two-page PDF, and send them to your printer.

Why use ZillaKit's business card maker?

Most free card designers give you a low-resolution image, a watermark, or a file that a commercial printer will reject. The three things a printer actually needs are resolution, bleed and correct trim size — and this tool gets all three right. Artwork is rendered at 300 dots per inch, which is the minimum for crisp printed text. A 3 mm bleed is added on every edge, so when the guillotine cuts slightly off-centre your background still reaches the edge instead of leaving a white sliver. And the trim size is exactly 90 × 55 mm or 3.5 × 2 in, not an approximation.

The on-screen preview shows both guides: the trim line where the card will be cut, and the safe area 5 mm inside it, where your text needs to stay so nothing important is shaved off. You can export with or without visible trim marks depending on what your printer asks for. Cards can be exported as PNGs — one per side, which is what most online printers upload — or as a two-page PDF sized to the bleed box.

Everything is rendered in your browser on a canvas. Your name, phone number, logo and design never touch a server, there is no signup, and there is no watermark on the artwork itself. If you want to change the colour after a first print run, just change it and export again.

FAQ

What size is a standard business card?

In Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe the standard is 90 × 55 mm. In the United States and Canada it is 3.5 × 2 inches (88.9 × 50.8 mm). This tool switches between the two, and the exported file matches the size exactly.

What is bleed and why is 3 mm added?

Bleed is extra artwork that extends past the line where the card is cut. Cutting machines have a small tolerance, so without bleed you can end up with a thin white edge where the background should have run right off the card. Three millimetres on each side is the standard requirement for most printers.

Is 300 DPI good enough for printing?

Yes. 300 DPI is the standard for commercial print. At 90 × 55 mm plus bleed, the exported PNG is roughly 1134 × 720 pixels, which prints sharply.

Can I design both sides of the card?

Yes. The front carries your name, title and contact details; the back shows your logo, company and a tagline. Both are exported separately, which is how most printers want double-sided artwork uploaded.

Should I include crop marks?

Usually not. Most online printers want a clean file with bleed and no marks, and they add their own. Tick "Draw trim guides in the exported file" only if your printer specifically asks for them.

Is my design uploaded anywhere?

No. The card is drawn on a canvas in your browser and exported on your device. Your details and your logo are never sent to a server.