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The one thing I did spend a little time on was kerning. I won’t get deeply into how to use Inkscape, and anyway I stuck mostly to the basics. I imported Moo Cards’ template into Inkscape and started designing from there. VistaPrint which constantly tries to trick you into buying add-on products(!), and (b) they have a great feature whereby you can have several different “backs” on your double-sided cards as part of the price. I thought I may as well use Moo Cards for printing, since (a) they have a fun and easy-to-use site, unlike e.g. I suspect I’d have similar problems with Adobe products.

It’s tremendously capable, and also free, though it can be a bit frustrating to use occasionally. Inkscape is to Adobe Illustrator what The Gimp is to Photoshop. I knew there were a few elements I wanted to include:Ī brief summary of my skills and where I’ve workedĪ plug for my blog and other social media presenceĪfter messing around with Powerpoint for a few minutes, I decided that it would be better to use Inkscape if I wanted something attractive. So, I decided to put together my own business card design from scratch. But isn’t who you are much more than your job? (Maybe what I’m thinking of is more of a “personal card” than a “business card”.) They include your title, company, name and contact info.

Plus, I think that most business cards give only an extremely limited understanding of who the card-holder is. Even a hip business card seller like moo has a fairly limited selection of standard, rather drab-looking business cards.

I wasn’t very satisifed with the existing options out there. I wanted to write a quick post about creating my own business cards, which I did a few weeks ago.