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    Eye Candy: Cool Letterpress Business Cards
    July 20, 2008

    Cool Letterpress Business Cards

    We printed some very cool letterpress business card designs this week and wanted to share a few of our favorites with you. These three cards are unique in their own way. The first card was printed by us at Dolce Press but designed by Cara Kleid (left).  We thought this 2 color card emphasized a nice way to combine illustration with a creative font layout.

    The second card (center) we designed and printed for Tina Chang who wanted an elegant card with a flair so, we decided to do a subtle background in transparent white so the card wasn’t overpowered with color. The transparent white is an easy way to get a color 1 shade darker than the paper.

    The last card (right) was again printed by us at Dolce press but designed by David Caso. We actually took 1 of his cards, scored and folded it.  When we spoke with David, he told us that he had different intentions for the card. He was going to cut the 3.5 x 2.5 business card and dry mount them to make a duplex card. He is also considering adding rounded corners. When he is done putting the finishing touches on this great card, he promises to send us a few to photograph for the blog. So if your interested in seeing the finshed card, definitely check back on our blog.

    Cara Lynn Kleid Letterpress Business Card (closeup) Tina Chang Letterpress Business Card (closeup)
    David Caso Folded Business Card

    Check out our flickr letterpress card album for more business card designs.

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    • Reno

      Letterpress is underutilized these days. As new technology emerges too often we overlook previous technology that can offers very specific and unique qualities that can not be achieved any other way.

      Great work!

    • Matt Lilly

      Texture can certainly make your business card different. My favorite is the second one.

    • Bill Sherman

      Hi,

      What stock is each of these printed on? They are fantastic!

    • letterpress-Fan

      hmm.. thank you very much. usefull information

    • Janet26

      Cool. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks! Good job. :)

    • http://onparker@google.com Simonbike

      I love your blog!

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    • Anthony

      That is great, You made an ordinary business card look extraordinary.

    • unesqueskyday

      good resourse Anyway by sight very much it is pleasant to me

    • Jeff R

      How do I get in touch with you or someone in my area to have business cards made?

      Thanks,

      Jeff

      • http://www.dolcepress.com Alexandra

        Hi Jeff,

        Where are you located? You can reach us by phone (516.353.9284) or email (contact@dolcepress.com), we often work with clients from other parts of the country or world. If you are out of the U.S. the best way to get in contact with us is via email.

        - Dolce Press Staff

    • http://businesscarddesignideas.com/ Maureen

      I’ve seen this card around before! You guys printed this? That’s awesome!
      The classic appeal is the best. You can never go wrong with the classic letterpress design, but more so when it’s given some edgy design touches to it. That’s a really great business card.

      I hope it’s okay that i feature this card on my blog one of these days. Check it out it you have the time.

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    • Superstar Aria

      This one is cool superb design beautiful art . i like them!

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