Letterpress Business Cards

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 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.

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, 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.

If you already have artwork, skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. Each letterpress business card template 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.

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.

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 put that front and center. If you want a raised, tactile element, the Embossed Business Cards lead with that, and the 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.

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 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.

Print Your Letterpress Business Cards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee 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.