Free resources that may make these questions easier to answer. All open in a new tab.
Sizes and paper
- Paper Sizes – standard dimensions for everything from business cards to posters
- Paper Weights and Stock Types – what card stock, cover and text weights actually mean
- Postcard Sizes – standard and maximum postcard dimensions
If you are mailing it
- USPS postcard size rules – the dimensions that decide postcard rate vs letter rate
Color and type
- Coolors – generate color schemes with one keystroke
- Adobe Color – build a palette, or pull one out of a photo
- ColorHexa – color families, tints, shades, gradients
ColorSafe – for WCAG color guidance - Fontpair – browse font combinations
Images
Here is every question on the form, so you know what is coming. Never send passwords through this form.
Step 1: Contact Info
- Your name
- Your email
- Your phone number
- Your website, if you have one
Step 2: The Piece
- What are we making – business cards, brochure, poster, banner, packaging, something else?
- Tell me about the project
- What should this piece accomplish?
- How many do you need?
- What finished size do you have in mind?
Step 3: Production
- Folding or binding – flat, trifold, stapled booklet, something else?
- Full color, spot color, or black and white?
- Any special finishes – lamination, foil, die cutting, rounded corners?
- What paper stock do you want?
- Do you already have a printer you work with?
- Will this be mailed?
Step 4: Readiness and Timeline
- What do you already have – logo, photos, written content, existing artwork?
- How ready is your written content, 0 to 5?
- How ready is your visual content, 0 to 5?
- When do you need it in hand, and what is driving that date?
- What is your budget?
- Anything else I did not think to ask?
“Not sure” is an option on almost every question on this form, but the more detail you provide, the faster we can get started if there is a fit.
