The size of a business card must comply with international standards, if only because most manufacturers of accessories - business card holders, envelopes, wallets - focus on them. However, small assumptions in the direction of increasing or decreasing the size of the business card are still possible.
Instructions
Step 1
Turn on your computer and select Microsoft Publisher. Set the sizes of business cards you need or use the standard ones. Contact a design studio or advertising agency if you do not want to do them yourself, or do not yet have the opportunity to create high quality business cards.
Step 2
Choose a size based on your gender. So, it is believed that the standard size of business cards for men is 90 × 50 mm, for women - 80 × 40. Nevertheless, if you are an ardent supporter (supporter) of gender equality, it is advisable to stick to the values of standard sizes or close to them.
Step 3
If you keep in touch with other countries (business, friendly), you can choose the size of the business cards in accordance with the standards adopted in the other country. However, there are some nuances here. So, the European standard for business cards is 85 × 55 mm, but if you often communicate with representatives of the Scandinavian countries, it is better to stick to the values 90 × 55 mm (the same parameters are valid for Australia and New Zealand).
Step 4
If you work with Americans and Canadians, you do not need to understand the metric system adopted in those countries. It will be quite enough if you order business cards in sizes 88, 9 × 50, 8 mm, which is not difficult when contacting an advertising agency, or when working independently with Microsoft Publisher.
Step 5
If you have a business or friendly relationship with the Japanese or Hong Kong people, you will need business cards that are 91 x 55 mm and 90 x 54 mm, respectively. People in China will be happy if you follow the rules of Feng Shui when creating your business card. In accordance with Feng Shui, it is advisable to slightly adjust the standard sizes of business cards adopted in Russia (90 × 50 mm), since 5 is the number of luck, and 9 is the opposite. But this does not mean at all that you have to choose a different standard for creating business cards to please the Chinese (or follow this teaching of your own free will). It will be quite enough if its front side is divided into 2 unequal parts during design, the size of which will have favorable values (for example, 90 mm is 53 mm and 37 mm).
