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
- 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?
“Not sure” is an option on every question on this page.
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?
