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Classic ↗Guidesample — Wren Halloway is invented
Your card is made on this device and never uploaded. No account. How we handle data.
Click any text on the card to jump to its field. Empty a field to drop that line.
A real, scannable QR code, generated on this device. Most phones offer to save the details as a contact.
A full vCard. Most phones offer to save it as a contact.
QR-code makers put the minimum on a card at 20 to 25 mm; this tool fails a code under 20 mm and flags one under 25 mm. The 4-module quiet zone required by ISO/IEC 18004 is drawn inside this measurement.
What this code actually encodes
BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Wren Halloway;;;; FN:Wren Halloway ORG:Halloway Bindery TITLE:Bookbinder TEL;TYPE=CELL:+1 555 0142 EMAIL:[email protected] URL:https://example.com END:VCARD
Encoded live on your device as a 57 × 57 grid at error-correction level M. Nothing is sent to a server to make it.
Scan it off the screen before you print. Why the size matters.
Six grids. Each one previews your own words.
Left-aligned, name low, details stacked under a rule.
Six schemes, each checked for contrast and ink coverage.
Warm paper, near-black, one burnt accent.
One ink on plain stock is usually the simplest run to print. If the design still works there, it should hold up on richer stock too. Foil raises the organisation to 10 pt, the minimum MOO gives for foil and spot gloss.
A card is not one thing. It is eight — these are what a press sees.
drag
or arrow keys
The safe area and the trim are the two lines that decide whether your details survive the guillotine. What these mean.
Seven checks against published print thresholds and a few of this tool's own cautious lines. They re-run as you type.
These are common thresholds. Presses, stocks and standards differ, and your printer's own specification always wins over this panel.
- pass
safe area
all 6 inside
against 3 mm inside the trim
- check
minimum type
smallest is 7 pt
against 6 pt absolute, 8 pt advised
Legible on smooth coated stock. Uncoated, linen or cotton will soften it.
- pass
foil minimum
1 element foiled
against 10 pt under foil or spot finish
- pass
ink coverage
185% at its heaviest (accent)
against 300% — the SWOP 2013 limit; GRACoL 2013 allows 320% and FOGRA39 profiles range from 260% to 330%
- pass
contrast
16.99 : 1
against 4.5 : 1, WCAG 2.2 AA for body text
- check
QR code
22 mm, 57x57 modules at 0.34 mm each, level M
against 20 mm minimum, 25 mm advised, 4-module quiet zone
The individual squares are under 0.4 mm, this tool’s own cautious line. On uncoated stock, ink spread can close small squares up — test a printed proof.
- pass
bleed and gamut
0 elements to the edge, 3 mm bleed applied
against 3 mm past the trim on all four sides
Every millimetre, written down
Computed from the card itself, not typed in. A printer could work from this.
| element | position | size | face | colour | CMYK | ink |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR code | 55.0 × 16.5 | 22.0 × 22.0 | — | #101318 | 34/23/0/91 | 147% |
| organisation | 8.0 × 10.0 | 10 pt | mono | #9c470d | 0/55/92/39 | 185% |
| name | 8.0 × 22.0 | 12 pt | display | #101318 | 34/23/0/91 | 147% |
| role | 8.0 × 27.4 | 7.5 pt | body | #101318 | 34/23/0/91 | 147% |
| hairline | 8.0 × 31.2 | 16.0 × 0.3 | — | #9c470d | 0/55/92/39 | 185% |
| 8.0 × 36.4 | 7 pt | mono | #101318 | 34/23/0/91 | 147% | |
| phone | 8.0 × 40.0 | 7 pt | mono | #101318 | 34/23/0/91 | 147% |
| site | 8.0 × 43.6 | 7 pt | mono | #101318 | 34/23/0/91 | 147% |
Made on this device. Your card is never uploaded.
Vector, 85 × 55 mm plus 3 mm bleed, crop marks, TrimBox set, fonts embedded. Colours are RGB.
at 300 dpi. For a signature or a screen.
Vector, editable anywhere, typefaces embedded. Nothing is locked.
Send the PDF as it is — the bleed and crop marks are already in it. Its colours are RGB, so tell your printer to convert with their own profile.What to tell your printer.