Business Card Font Size

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Hey all,

I would be interested to know what the most common font size is used on business cards I use 8pt, mostly. I'm curious to see if there is a standard for most.

Thanks

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Depends on the font as well, not all fonts are created equally... especially some of those free ones.

Most designers will use between 9pt and 12pt - it can be tempting to go bigger but there's no need usually.
 
Thanks everyone. That's really helpful :)

I've been look at some BC designs online and some of the text seems really small.

Thanks for your input.
 
Depends on font of course and all a matter of personal preference but I'd say you're bang on with 8pt for text details - anything much bigger can look clumsy.
 
davidw said:
Depends on font of course and all a matter of personal preference but I'd say you're bang on with 8pt for text details - anything much bigger can look clumsy.
Yes - I wouldn't go much smaller than 8pt, but I've seen templates for BC's with fonts as small as 6pt. Barely legible once printed I'm sure.
 
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