What We Print

Letterpress Business Cards

A business card is the strongest initial impression you can make. Letterpress, foil, edge painting, and custom die-cutting set yours apart from anything that came out of a copy shop.

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Blind embossed square letterpress business card on thick cotton stock

What We Can Do

Choose one technique or combine several. Most of our best work layers multiple methods on the same card.

Letterpress A polymer plate presses into soft cotton paper — Crane's Lettra, Classic Crest, and similar stocks — leaving a deep, tactile impression that speaks for itself.
Foil Stamping A heated metal die transfers metallic or pigment foil to the surface. Gold, rose gold, copper, silver, black, and more — in matte or glossy finishes.
Duplexing & Triplexing Two or more printed sheets are mounted together after printing to create a card with extraordinary thickness. The layers can be different colors, creating a visible colored core at the edge.
Edge Painting & Gilding Color mixed to your specification, painted onto the trimmed edges. Edge foiling — or gilding — applies metallic leaf to the edge instead for a more formal finish.
Blind Debossing A letterpress impression with no ink — just the impression itself pressed into the paper. Clean, modern, and subtle. A clear varnish can be used in place of ink for a similar effect.
Blind Embossing The inverse of debossing — a raised impression with no ink. Where debossing presses in, embossing lifts out.
Die-Cutting Custom shapes cut from virtually any design you can imagine — rounded corners, arches, circles, diamonds, or fully custom silhouettes.
Duplexed business card with gold foil deer and black letterpress ink

Cards with real weight

Duplexing mounts two printed sheets back-to-back after printing, creating a card that is noticeably thicker than standard stock. Triplexing adds a third layer — often in a contrasting color — that shows as a stripe along the edge.

The result is a card that feels substantial in the hand and communicates quality before anyone reads a word.

Quadplexed black business card with copper foil stamping for a spirits brand

Cotton paper. Copper foil. Four layers thick.

This card for a spirits brand uses four layers of black cotton paper mounted together — a process called quadplexing — finished with copper foil stamping on the face.

The card has a thickness and presence that no digital print can replicate. When someone picks it up, they know immediately that what you do is different.

We can match almost any combination of paper, ink, foil, and thickness you have in mind. If you're not sure where to start, tell us about your business and we'll help you find the right approach.

Edge painting & gilding

After printing, we mix custom edge paint colors to your specification and apply them by hand to the trimmed edges of your cards. The result frames the card and adds a detail that is only visible when held at an angle.

Edge foiling — also called gilding — applies metallic leaf to the edge instead of paint, for a more formal, luminous finish.

White foil and white ink letterpress on kraft paper with blind deboss
Custom die-cut shaped letterpress business card
Diamond-shaped die-cut business cards with copper foil stamping

Custom shapes. Any shape.

We love making die-cut business cards. Custom dies can cut your cards into almost any shape you can imagine — rounded corners, arches, circles, diamonds, or a silhouette specific to your brand.

Die-cutting can be combined with letterpress, foil, or any other technique. The cut is made after printing, so the face of the card can be as detailed as you like.

Every Detail Covered

From paper selection to finishing, we handle the full production process in-house.

Print Techniques

  • Letterpress
  • Foil stamping
  • Digital full color
  • Digital white ink
  • Blind deboss & emboss

Construction

  • Duplexed (2-layer)
  • Triplexed (3-layer)
  • Quadplexed (4-layer)
  • Colored core layering
  • Custom paper sourcing

Finishing

  • Edge painting
  • Edge foiling & gilding
  • Die-cutting
  • Rounded corners
  • Multiple team sets
White foil on black paper business cards with an infinite loop design

Ready to make an impression?

Fill out a quote request or give us a call — we're happy to talk through the options and help you find the right combination for your brand.

Or call us at 1 (800) 213-6408