Free Business Card Maker — Print-Ready 3.5×2 in PNG at 300 DPI

What is the Business Card Maker — Print-Ready 3.5×2 in @ 300 DPI?

The Business Card Maker is a focused canvas tool that designs front and back of a US/Canada standard business card (3.5×2 in) at 300 DPI with 0.125" full bleed. Four layout presets (Left Accent, Centered, Split, Minimal), seven editable text fields, four-colour brand palette, separate front / back export to print-ready PNG.

Key features

• 1125 × 675 px export (3.5×2 in @ 300 DPI + 0.125" bleed)
• Four professional layouts (Left Accent, Centered, Split, Minimal)
• Front + back design with separate exports
• Seven text fields: name, title, company, tagline, email, phone, website
• Four-colour brand palette (background, accent, text, muted)
• Live preview with safe-area awareness
• Print-on-demand ready (MOO, Vistaprint, Gogoprint, local printers)
• Space Grotesk + DM Sans typography
• 100% client-side — no upload, no signup, no watermark

How it works

The tool renders both front and back of the card on dedicated HTML5 canvases at 1125 × 675 px — the exact pixel dimensions of a 3.5×2 inch card at 300 DPI with 0.125 inch bleed on every side. Layout logic is layout-specific: Left Accent draws an 18 px accent bar on the left edge then renders name (Space Grotesk 700 56 px), title (DM Sans 500 26 px caps in accent colour), company (DM Sans muted) at the top, and contact lines (email, phone, website) anchored to the bottom. Centered uses textAlign:'center' for a perfectly symmetric typographic block. Split fills the left 40% with the accent colour and renders company + tagline on it, then puts contact details on the right. Minimal uses light-weight typography and generous whitespace. The back side ignores the layout selection and renders a consistent typographic moment: the company name in large bold Space Grotesk centred over the tagline, both in the background colour against the accent-filled card — making front and back feel like a designed pair regardless of which front layout you chose. Export allocates an offscreen canvas at exact print dimensions (1125 × 675), re-runs the draw routine and exports with toBlob('image/png'). Filenames include side (front/back) and dimensions (business-card-front-1125x675.png) for organised file management. Everything runs client-side. Layout state, colour palette, text fields, both canvases and exports all stay in your browser. No telemetry, no daily limit.

Why use this tool

Most online business card makers either watermark exports, gate professional layouts behind subscription, force you to print through their service, or upload your data for marketing tracking. PikDraw runs in your browser, exports print-ready 300 DPI PNGs with bleed, gives full layout and colour control, lets you print at any service of your choice, and asks for nothing — no account, no email, no watermark, no daily limit.

Common use cases

• Freelancers preparing cards for in-person networking events
• New employees needing branded cards before HR's batch order
• Conference and trade-show prep at the last minute
• Pop-up shops and craft markets where vendors hand cards to customers
• Side-projects and indie launches needing cheap, fast brand presence
• Updating cards after a job change or rebrand without paying a designer
• Multi-language cards (one design per language, fast iteration)
• Print-test designs before commissioning a full brand identity

How to use this tool

1. Pick a layout — Left accent bar (classic professional), Centered (minimalist), Split colour block (bold modern), or Minimal (typography-focused). Switch instantly — your text and colours follow the layout change so you can compare side-by-side.
2. Fill in your details — Name, title, company, tagline (back of card), email, phone, website. Fields populate live as you type. Leave any field blank to omit it from the layout — the design reflows automatically.
3. Pick brand colours — Four colour controls — background, accent, text, muted. Use your brand palette: a deep background with one vivid accent reads premium; muted greys handle secondary text. The back side adopts the accent as its dominant colour automatically.
4. Preview both sides — Toggle Front / Back. The front shows your name, title and contacts in the chosen layout; the back shows company and tagline as a bold typographic moment in the accent colour. Together they make a complete printed card.
5. Export front and back PNGs — Each side exports as a 1125 × 675 px PNG — 3.5 × 2 inches at 300 DPI plus 0.125" full bleed (the print-standard size). Send both files to any print-on-demand service (MOO, Vistaprint, Gogoprint, local printer) for production.

Who should use this

Freelancers and consultants who need cards fast, indie founders shipping side-projects, agency designers iterating on client card concepts, employees creating personal/networking cards alongside corporate ones, conference attendees printing last-minute cards, multilingual professionals who need parallel-language designs, and anyone who needs a print-ready 3.5×2 inch card without uploading personal details to a third-party SaaS.

How to get started

Fill in name, title, email and phone. Pick a layout (Left Accent is a safe default), tweak brand colours to your palette, export front and back PNG. Upload both to MOO or your printer of choice. First print-ready file in under three minutes.

Best practices

• Keep critical text inside the safe area — anything within 0.125" of the trim risks being cut off
• Use one accent colour at brand-saturated strength — multiple accents compete at this scale
• Proof on screen at 100% zoom, then print a single test card before ordering bulk
• Match the back accent to your website / social banner for cohesive brand recognition
• Spell-check every field carefully — reprinting hundreds of cards because of a typo is expensive
• Stick to two fonts max (the tool defaults to Space Grotesk + DM Sans) for typographic clarity

Pro tips

• Keep critical text inside the 0.125" safe area — anything closer to the edge risks being trimmed.
• Use a single accent colour for the strongest brand signal; multiple accents fight at this scale.
• Spell-check carefully — reprinting 500 cards because of one typo is expensive.
• Print one test card before ordering 500 — proof colour and trim on actual stock.
• Match the back accent colour to your social-media banner / website hero for cohesive brand identity.

Expert insights

Limitations to be aware of

• No image / logo upload in v1 — typography + colour only (often more memorable for small cards anyway)
• US/Canada size (3.5×2 in) only — UK/EU 85×55 mm and JP/CN sizes on roadmap
• Single layout per export — design front and back separately, no spread editing
• RGB PNG export — most print-on-demand services handle CMYK conversion in-house

Frequently asked questions

What size and DPI does the tool export?

1125 × 675 px — that's 3.5 × 2 inches (US/Canada standard business card) at 300 DPI with 0.125 inch full bleed on every side. 300 DPI is the universal print standard; anything lower shows pixelation under close inspection. 0.125" bleed gives printers margin for trimming so your background colour reaches the very edge without leaving a white border.

What is bleed and why does it matter?

Bleed is the area beyond the final trim line where your background extends. Printers stack cards and trim them together — without bleed, a 0.5 mm trim misalignment leaves a thin white sliver. The 0.125" bleed in the export means your background safely reaches the edge of the final 3.5×2 in card every time.

Where is the safe area?

Inside the bleed, keep critical text and logos at least 0.125" from the trim line (the inner edge of the safe zone). The tool's default safe-area inset is 75 px from each edge of the bleed canvas — anything inside that rectangle is guaranteed visible after trimming.

Can I print these at any print-on-demand service?

Yes — 1125 × 675 PNG at 300 DPI with bleed is the standard upload format for MOO, Vistaprint, Gogoprint, Helloprint, Saxoprint and most local print shops. Upload front and back separately; the service handles colour conversion (RGB to CMYK) and stock selection.

What about CMYK vs RGB?

The export is RGB PNG, which is what 99% of print-on-demand services request (they handle the CMYK conversion in-house with controlled colour profiles). For high-end offset printing where you need exact Pantone matching, ask your printer for their preferred CMYK workflow and adjust accent colours to their PMS reference before sending.

Can I add a photo or logo image?

v1 is typography + colour only — clean, fast, brand-cohesive. Image upload (logo PNG, photo background) is on the roadmap. For now, design the back as a typographic moment (large company name + tagline in accent) which often outperforms a small logo for memorability.

What fonts are used?

Space Grotesk for the headline (name, company) — modern geometric, distinctive, free via Google Fonts. DM Sans for body (title, contacts, tagline) — clean humanist sans, excellent at small print sizes. Both render identically in browser preview and exported PNG.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The whole design — your name, contacts, colours, layout choice and exported PNGs — stays in your browser. No data leaves the device, useful when designing cards for unreleased projects or under NDA.