How To Setup and Design Business Cards in Adobe Illustrator

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In this video, I demonstrate how to setup and design business cards using Adobe Illustrator.

Any questions, send me an email at mlocke@mlwebco.com

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• business card design
• design business cards
• business card
• adobe illustrator tutorial
• business card tutorial
• business card inspiration

[kueebreeze]

if i send it to a printing company, do i save it as a pdf or ai file? does it matter?

[mlwebco]

@kueebreeze PDF or AI are fine with most printing companies. Either is ok.

[kangashack]

how do you print on both sides though...

[mlwebco]

@kangashack To print on both sides, you have to just repeat the process for the back. You'll end up with two files (front and back). You send both files to your printing company and they'll do the rest and print it double sided.

[kingnobles310]

You didnt mention how to print a page of cards. No one prints just one card. The hard part is more so in figuring how to print off a page of cards.

[mlwebco]

@kingnobles310 This example is primarily for getting your cards printed at a professional print shop. Now and days, the cost of getting business cards are so cheap that printing a page of cards is never a good idea.

[kylevovin]

As I work for a printing company and create Business Cards on a day-to-day basis, before to start creating your artwork I would recommend creating a box the size of your Business Card (i.e. 90mm x 55mm) then select "Object - Path - Offset path and offset it " -3mm" then hit Ctrl + 5 this will convert it to a guide. I find it helps in creatings a guide for text so you don't have text too close to the edge of the card. (Note: These sizes are the standard Australian Business Card sizes)

[kylevovin]

Just watching how you started your tutorial, a few points for people I've noticed here in the comments asking how to do the front and back of the cards.

If your using CS5 you can create Multiple Artboard within the one .ai document. You can set this when you have the window for the size of your artboard open, there's an option for "number of artboards" set this to 2.

[PupiFalco]

3.5 x 2.0 seems way to little...even when you have it on Illustrator, and fit the image at 100%, it seems way too small. When I fit the image at 150%, then it seems like the standard size for a Business Card.....Can you please help me with this? Thanks!

[MejJalTok]

Can you go over how you design the icons? I always wanted to do that. Also if you know how to do icon with distress edges and light splashes that would be nice too. I always wanted to do that as well, but never knew how.

[frea1able]

Great info. I just paid a fortune to Kinkos for cards.

[Blueorchid824]

Many thanks!

[eoghanflynn]

@something377 Ye what is the font you are using?

[evajoseph100]

the design business cards in adobe illustrator is used in business and how to set up the designed cards in business illustration, business cards are easy to gain it is a more cheaper.

[2diefor8694]

pls can somr one help , what did to press to bleed to bring the white to the front , im so stuff

[Rorschackh]

Thank you.