How thick is 48-point?

Thickness in printing is measured in points, and one point equals 0.001 inches (0.0254 mm). That makes a 48-point stock 0.048 inches, or roughly 1.22 mm, thick. It sits in the ultra-thick range and is about as thick as a penny, which gives cards a bold, weighty presence in the hand.

• 48 pt is well above the 30 pt of a standard credit card, so it reads as a genuinely thick, luxury card.
• Great for painted or exposed edges, since the extra caliper gives the edge a visible band of color.
• Ideal when you want the physical heft to signal quality before anyone reads a word.

Here "point" measures the physical thickness of the stock, not font size as it does in typography. A higher point value means a thicker, sturdier card.