--- type: product title: "Letterpress Business Cards" description: "Thick letterpress style business cards on 32pt or 48pt silk or velvet laminate, with foil, embossing, debossing or gilded edges, $251.36 for 250 cards." resource: https://www.4over4.com/product/letterpress-business-cards tags: ["Business Cards Printing", "product"] generated: by: "process:4over4-mapp-build" at: 2026-10-30T18:31:47.196Z timestamp: 2026-10-30T18:31:47.196Z sources: - resource: https://www.4over4.com/product/letterpress-business-cards title: "Letterpress Business Cards" status: stable --- # Letterpress Business Cards Thick letterpress style business cards on 32pt or 48pt silk or velvet laminate, with foil, embossing, debossing or gilded edges, $251.36 for 250 cards. ## Price and options - Starting price: From $251.36 for 250 - Rating: 4.1 from 10 reviews - Sizes (3): 2" x 3.5", 1.5" x 3.5", 2.5" x 2.5" - Paper types (4): 32pt Silk Laminated, 48pt Silk Laminated, 32pt Velvet Laminated, 48pt Velvet Laminated - Configurator options: Ink Color (3), Die Cutting (3), Foil Stamping (4), Number of Foil Colors Front (1), Foil Color 1 Front (1), Foil Color 2 Front (1), Foil Color 3 Front (1), Foil Color 4 Front (1), Number of Foil Colors Back (1), Foil Color 1 Back (1), Foil Color 2 Back (1), Foil Color 3 Back (1), Foil Color 4 Back (1), Embossing (4), Debossing (4), Spot UV (7), Edge Painting (2), Edge Painting Color (0), Edge Gilding (Foil) (2), Edge Foil Color (1), Rounded Corners (3), Proof Options (2) ## See Letterpress Business Cards in action An optional deboss presses your name or logo into a thick laminated card, with foil or raised spot UV as further options. Letterpress business cards are 32pt or 48pt silk or velvet laminated business cards, printed full color in-house and finished with foil stamping, embossing, debossing, spot UV or painted and gilded edges. You order them in 3 sizes from 250 cards for $251.36, on a 15 business day production run. Letterpress Business Cards: Key Facts - From $251.36 per 250 cards, with the per-card cost sliding from about $1.01 down to roughly $0.38 as the run climbs to 2,000. - 4 laminated stocks: 32pt and 48pt Silk Laminated, plus 32pt and 48pt Velvet Laminated, printed full color. - 3 sizes, the standard 2" x 3.5", a slim 1.5" x 3.5" and a 2.5" x 2.5" square, plus a custom size up to 3" x 4". - Full finishing menu: foil stamping, embossing, debossing, spot UV, edge painting, edge gilding, die cutting and rounded corners. - 15 business day standard production, printed in-house, rated 4.1 out of 5 across 10 reviews. ## Hand Over a Card That Feels Expensive At 48pt the card is about as substantial as a card gets, and a foil logo or an embossed monogram is something the client feels with a thumb. Letterpress business cards sit at the premium end of the lineup, starting at $251.36 for 250 and rated 4.1 out of 5 across 10 reviews. Order them for the card you hand over at a closing, across a gallery counter or inside a proposal folder. You can stack finishes on one card: foil on the logo, a debossed pattern on the back and a painted edge in your brand color. To compare them with the rest of the range, browse every style on [business cards printing](https://www.4over4.com/business-cards-printing), or build yours from the choices below. Four tiers run from 250 cards at $251.36, about $1.01 each, to 2,000, and a partner who hands out cards every week pays far less per card at the top. Each tier below shows the live total and what the step up saves. ### Print more, pay less per card 4 quantity tiers, 250 to 2,000 cards - Quantity: 250 cards - Per card: $1.01 - Box total: $251.36 - You save: 0% - 500 cards, 35% off, 65.4¢ per card - 1,000 cards, 62% off, 37.8¢ per card - 2,000 cards, 64% off, 36.6¢ per card $1.01 per card at 250, 36.6¢ at 2,000 ### What Are Letterpress Business Cards Letterpress business cards are premium, heavily finished cards printed full color on thick laminated stock, offered here in 3 sizes on 4 stocks. Clients order them when a plain card would undersell the meeting: a foil-stamped logo that catches the light, an embossed monogram that stands proud of the surface, a debossed mark pressed into the stock, a spot UV gloss over a matte field, or a painted and gilded edge. The thick stock and the raised or pressed marks make the card one people turn over in their fingers. If you want the everyday wallet card instead, the [Standard Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/product/standard-business-cards) cover that, and the letterpress version is the heavy, finished option. ### What Size Should a Letterpress Card Be The standard 2" x 3.5" fits a cardholder and gives an embossed logo and a line of foil type the most room. A slim 1.5" x 3.5" suits a single name and title, and a 2.5" x 2.5" square sets a monogram in the middle. For a larger size, a custom trim up to 3" x 4" is made to order. The specs panel below lists all 3 sizes, the 4 stocks and every finishing option. ### Letterpress Business Cards , Configured Your Way 6 option groups, 22 choices, defaults: 32pt Silk Laminated, 4/0: 4 Color Front; Blank Back Stock, finishing and layout decide how a letterpress card feels. #### Pick a stock that carries weight Start with the stock. The 32pt and 48pt Silk Laminated stocks give a smooth, soft-touch surface, while 32pt and 48pt Velvet Laminated read softer still, almost suede in the hand. The 48pt options are about as substantial as a card gets. Set your ink coverage to 4/0 for full color front with a blank back, 4/1 to add black on the back, or 4/4 for full color on both sides. #### Layer the finishing that fits Finishing is what you order letterpress for. Foil stamping presses metallic foil onto the front or back. Embossing raises an element above the surface, debossing presses it in, and spot UV lays a glossy layer over a chosen area. Edge painting adds a band of color around the card edge, and edge gilding runs a metallic foil edge instead. Die cutting shapes the card and rounded corners soften it with a 1/8" or 1/4" radius. Two finishes on one mark, such as foil over an emboss, give a logo both shine and height. #### Design it without a designer Start from one of thousands of free, professionally built layouts in our [business card design templates](https://www.4over4.com/design-templates/business-cards), then change the colors, copy and logo in the online editor in minutes. Keep the foil, emboss or spot UV areas as solid shapes with no hairlines, since fine lines do not hold up in a die. ### Ready-to-Edit Business Card Design Templates 6 free business card templates to edit online, with orders from $251.36 for 250 - [Ambitious Execution Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/designer-coming-soon) - From $251.36 for 250 - [Time-saving Quality Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/designer-coming-soon) - From $251.36 for 250 - [Reinvented Model Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/designer-coming-soon) - From $251.36 for 250 - [High-performance Execution Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/designer-coming-soon) - From $251.36 for 250 - [Robust Development Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/designer-coming-soon) - From $251.36 for 250 - [Winning Infrastructure Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/designer-coming-soon) - From $251.36 for 250 [Browse more templates](https://www.4over4.com/design-templates/business-cards) If you already have artwork, skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. Each [letterpress business card template](https://www.4over4.com/blank-templates/letterpress-business-cards) is built at the real trim size with the 1/8" bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your design never crowds the cut. Grab the size that matches your order below, drop your art in, and upload. ## Wally makes a card people keep in the top drawer Why a thick, foil-and-embossed card gets remembered, not recycled. Letterpress business cards start at $251.36 for 250, printed in-house on thick 32pt or 48pt laminated stock. Add foil stamping, embossing, debossing, spot UV or a painted edge, pick your size, and Wally turns a plain handoff into a card that feels expensive and gets kept. ### Press-Ready Blank Templates 8 blank layouts, starting at 2" x 3.5", with the cut and safe margins marked - [3D Lenticular Business Cards From $251.36 for 250](https://www.4over4.com/blank-templates/3d-lenticular-business-cards) - [Black Business Cards From $251.36 for 250](https://www.4over4.com/blank-templates/black-business-cards) - [Business Cards From $251.36 for 250](https://www.4over4.com/blank-templates/business-cards) - [Cotton Business Cards From $251.36 for 250](https://www.4over4.com/blank-templates/cotton-business-cards) [Browse more](https://www.4over4.com/blank-templates/business-cards) ### How Much Do Letterpress Business Cards Cost Letterpress business cards start at $251.36 per 250 cards, and the per-card price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 2,000, so the run size sets the cost per card. A set of 500 runs $327.15, 1,000 runs $377.68 (about $0.38 each), and 2,000 runs $731.35, with the biggest per-card drop landing between 250 and 1,000. Set your count on the slider below to read the total and the per-card cost; 1,000 cards at $377.68 cost only $50.53 more than 500. ### Letterpress Business Cards Price By Quantity 250 for $251.36 ( $1.01 each) up to 2,000 for $731.35 ( 36.6¢ each) - $251.36 $1.01 per unit, 250 250 units 2,000, Up to 64% less per unit at 2,000 ### How Fast Can You Get Letterpress Business Cards Letterpress business cards print on a standard 15 business day production run, and that longer timeline is on purpose. Foil stamping, embossing, debossing, spot UV and edge treatments are finishing steps that take real time to do well, and rushing them is how a premium card ends up looking cheap. Before anything prints you get a choice: request a free online proof to check the layout, the finishing placement and the color, or send the file straight to production if it is already press-ready. Every job is printed in-house rather than farmed out, so the finishing stays consistent across the whole run. ### How Do Letterpress Cards Compare to Other Premium Cards Letterpress combines finishes on one thick, laminated card; the siblings below each lead with a single effect. If a metallic foil logo is the whole point, the [Foil Stamped Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/product/foil-stamped-business-cards) put that front and center. If you want a raised, tactile element, the [Embossed Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/product/embossed-business-cards) lead with that, and the [Debossed Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/product/debossed-business-cards) press the mark into the stock instead. The chart below lines letterpress cards up against those siblings with the starting price of each. ### The smart pick in business cards Letterpress Business Cards beside Standard Business Cards, Kraft Business Cards, Die-Cut Business Cards, out of 135 business cards styles $17.57 [Standard Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/product/standard-business-cards), and 73 more at this price, the cheapest way into the category - Most-reviewed style in the category, 2,866 reviews, free business cards, the category's top-reviewed pick at 4.9★ #### Letterpress Business Cards - Min price $251.36, Paper / stock 32pt Silk Laminated, Finish ·, Default qty 250, Turnaround 15 business days, Rating ★ 4.1 (10) #### Standard Business Cards - Min price $17.57, Paper / stock 14pt Gloss Cover, Finish Standard Finish, Default qty 100, Turnaround 3 business days, Rating ★ 4.9 (303) #### Kraft Business Cards - Min price $24.75, Paper / stock 18pt Kraft Uncoated Cover (100% PCW), Finish ·, Default qty 100, Turnaround 5 business days, Rating ★ 4.7 (6) #### Die-Cut Business Cards - Min price $26.37, Paper / stock 14pt Gloss Cover, Finish Standard Finish, Default qty 100, Turnaround 3 business days, Rating ★ 4.9 (107) ### See the Rest of Our Cards Letterpress business cards are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full [print product range](https://www.4over4.com/products) any time. If a plainer card, a heavier finish or a different stock suits you better, each option shows its own starting price and links to its product page. ### More From Professional Business Cards 135 products in the Professional Business Cards range, including Standard Business Cards, 3D Lenticular Business Cards, Metallic Foil Business Cards - [Standard Business Cards From $17.57](https://www.4over4.com/product/standard-business-cards) - [3D Lenticular Business Cards From $690.88](https://www.4over4.com/product/3d-lenticular-business-cards) - [Metallic Foil Business Cards From $222.13](https://www.4over4.com/product/metallic-foil-business-cards) - [Mini Cards From $17.57](https://www.4over4.com/product/mini-cards) - [Premium Prestige Business Cards From $36.62](https://www.4over4.com/product/premium-prestige-business-cards) - [Spot UV Business Cards From $76.88](https://www.4over4.com/product/spot-uv-business-cards) - [Velvet Laminated Business Cards From $87.15](https://www.4over4.com/product/velvet-laminated) - [Die-Cut Business Cards From $26.37](https://www.4over4.com/product/die-cut-business-cards) [Browse all of Professional Business Cards](https://www.4over4.com/business-cards-printing) ### Print Your Letterpress Business Cards Today At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by five guarantees and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size, stock and finishing you pick, each letterpress card carries the finishes you stacked on it. Choose your stock, layer on the finishing, and print your letterpress business cards today. ## Letterpress Business Cards: Frequently Asked Questions ### How thick are letterpress business cards? They print on four laminated stocks: 32pt and 48pt Silk Laminated, and 32pt and 48pt Velvet Laminated. Both weights are far heavier than an ordinary business card, and the 48pt version has enough body that the pressed impression is obvious to the fingertip. Silk has a smooth coated hand, while velvet feels softer and less reflective. ### What is the minimum quantity and the price? The minimum is 250 cards at $251.36, about $1.01 a card. The per-card cost slides to roughly $0.38 as the run climbs to 2,000. The entry price is higher than a standard printed card because each sheet is pressed and finished by hand rather than run straight off a press. ### How long does production take? Standard production is 15 business days, and the cards are printed in house. The longer schedule covers die making, pressing, and any of the additional finishing steps you select. Shipping transit is added after production, so plan a launch or an event well ahead. ### What finishing can I add on top of the letterpress? The finishing menu includes foil stamping, embossing, debossing, spot UV, edge painting, edge gilding, die cutting and rounded corners. Foil stamping can run up to three foil colors on the front, each chosen separately, so a logo and a border can carry different metals. ### What sizes are available? There are 3 sizes: the standard 2 inch by 3.5 inch, a slim 1.5 inch by 3.5 inch, and a 2.5 inch by 2.5 inch square. Custom sizing goes up to 3 inches by 4 inches, which is wider than most business card products allow, and die cutting can shape the card beyond a rectangle. ### Can these cards print full color as well? Yes, the laminated stocks are printed full color, so photographic or multi-color artwork is possible alongside the pressed and foiled elements. That means you are not limited to one or two flat inks the way a traditional letterpress-only job would be. Questions about Letterpress Business Cards? [See answers](https://www.4over4.com/help/business-cards)