Business Card Thickness

Martin wrote:

What is the average paper thickness of a good business card?

Martin, thanks for the question.   Business card thickness depends on the business card.   If you’re printing plastic business cards, they’re usually the size of a credit card in terms of thickness.   That usually equates to .020″ to .030″.   If you’re printing paper business cards, that a different story, and different measurement.

Traditional business cards usually measure somewhere between 12 and 16 pts.   I personally prefer business cards to be 16 pts.   That makes them thick enough to be a very professional card, but not so thick they don’t fit in any kind of business card holder.

Hope that helps!

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