Preferred Formats
While we can accept art in virtually any format, our preferred formats are:
- Adobe Illustrator .ai, .pdf or .eps
- Corel Draw .cdr
- Adobe Photoshop .psd
- Raster (bitmap) Images- 300+ dpi at print size
- Text Documents – .doc, .txt, .rtf etc.
Special notes about formatting:
- For Vector formats such as illustrator, please outline all text (convert to curves)
- For all formats, embed all placed/linked images
- For Photoshop images, please leave ALL working layers intact (do not flatten art).
- For compressed bitmap images (such as jpg) please choose maximum quality (minimum compression) for best results.
- Please do all artwork in CMYK color mode. While RGB format art will look brighter on your monitor, all printing is done CMYK and RGB will give you a more inaccurate representation of the final product. When in doubt, printing on an inkjet printer will give you a fairly accurate representation of final output.
Specs and Templates
Poker Size Templates
All images for poker sized cards should be 2.625″ x 3.625″ (this includes outer bleed). Actual card size is 2.5″ x 3.5″. ALL non-bleed elements MUST be entirely within the live image safe area of 2.125″ x 3.125″.
Click HERE for Poker Size Back Template
Click HERE for Poker Size Face Template
Click HERE for Poker Size Jumbo Pip Face Template
Bridge Size Templates
All images for bridge size cards should be 2.4″ x 3.625″, including bleed. Card size: 2.25″ x 3.5″. ALL non-bleed elements MUST be entirely within the live image safe area of 1.875″ x 3.125″.
Click HERE for Bridge Size Back Template
Click HERE for Bridge Size Face Template
Click HERE for Bridge Size Jumbo Pip Face Template
Click HERE for Bridge Size Tuckbox Template
Design Notes
Standard playing cards are rotationally symetrical… that is to say regardless of which way you hold the card, it appears the same. In designing your cards you may choose to follow this pattern, but cards containing large amounts of text or images will often be asymetrical. This is completely your call.
