Visiting card maker for India, Pakistan and the Gulf
Written for readers who say visiting card, and for the presses that print them.
A free visiting card maker with the measurements shops in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Gulf work in: 90 x 54 mm, 85 x 55 mm or 3.5 x 2 inches. Fill it in, choose a layout, and carry away a 300 DPI file the press down the road can open.
Your details
Type, and the visiting card on the right updates as you go. Nothing here is uploaded until you download or publish.
Shown with the 3 mm bleed the printer trims off. 3.5 × 2 in (US and Canada).
10 cards on one US Letter page, 2 across and 5 down, with cut lines, on the Avery-compatible 8371 / 5371 grid.
300 DPI, the front or back you are looking at. Free, no watermark, no sign-up.
Make it a digital visiting card too — free →Your card on their phone, updating itself, with a QR that never goes out of date.
Pick a design
Every design prints at 300 dots per inch, with the bleed and crop marks a printer asks for. Pick one, then its colours and, where it offers a choice, its lettering.
The word, and why it has its own page
Across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Gulf the little card you hand over is a visiting card, and that is what people type into a search box. The tool is ours either way; this page simply speaks the word that is used at home.
The size matters more than the word. A press in Karachi or Ahmedabad works to 90 x 54 mm, an office in Dubai or Sharjah usually to 85 x 55 mm, and both sit in the size list here beside the American measurement.
The card is guessed from where you are reading and can be changed in the size menu. Whatever you choose, the file is drawn to that measurement exactly, with the extra edge a cutter needs.
The sizes, and what fits on a page
Every measurement below is the one the maker draws to; the last column is what a home printer can hold.
| Size | Where it is the usual one | On one page |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5 × 2 in | United States, Canada and much of India | Ten on A4 or US Letter |
| 85 × 55 mm | United Kingdom, Europe, the Gulf, Singapore and Malaysia | Ten on A4 |
| 90 × 54 mm | India and Pakistan, the size most presses there cut to | Ten on A4 |
| 91 × 55 mm | Japan | Ten on A4 |
Making one, step by step
Set the size first
Open the size menu and choose 90 x 54 mm, 85 x 55 mm or the American measurement. Doing it first saves rereading the layout afterwards.
Put your details in
Name, designation, firm, mobile, email and address. A logo can be added from your phone, and so can a photograph.
Take the file to the press
Download the PDF. It carries the bleed and the cut marks a press expects, so nobody has to redraw your card at the counter.
After the file
Getting it printed, or keeping the same details somewhere that never needs reprinting.
Printable cards
Ten to a page with cut lines, for card stock you already have in the drawer.
Printable cards→Every template
Sorted by style and by trade. Tap one and it arrives in the maker, ready for you.
Every template→Business card builder
Build one that lives at your own address and can be edited after you hand it over.
Business card builder→Claim your address
Pick the name your card answers to, fill it in, publish. The first one costs nothing.
Claim your address→Digital business cards
What one is, how people save it, and what it does that paper cannot.
Digital business cards→Questions from this side of the world
Which size should I choose in India or Pakistan?
90 x 54 mm is what most presses there cut to, and it is in the size menu by name. If your printer asks for the American measurement instead, switch to it and download again; nothing you typed is lost.
And in the UAE, Saudi Arabia or Qatar?
85 x 55 mm is the everyday size across the Gulf, so a reader in those countries opens this page with that one already chosen.
Will a local press accept the file?
Yes. They are asked for a PDF with bleed and cut marks and that is what the download is. Take it on a phone or send it by message; there is no special software at either end.
Can I put two languages on the card?
You can type any words the form accepts, and many people put the English side on the front. Right-to-left lettering is not drawn by the designs here yet, so an Arabic or Urdu side is one to set at the press.
Is this different from the business card maker?
It is the same tool with the local word and the local measurements in front. The other page is written for readers who say business card, and it opens with the American size.
The other three doors
One tool, four pages, because the words people search with are not the same everywhere.
- Business card makerThe plain, fast version for readers who use the western word and the 3.5 x 2 inch size.
- Name card makerThe same again for Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, where the card is called a name card.
- Business card builderFor a card that sits on a link instead of on board, so a changed number never means a reprint.
Your card, in your own word
Pick the size your press uses, type your details and download. It costs nothing and no one is asked to register.