Business Card, Letter Heads & Envelopes

Business card

A Business card is a card bearing business information about a company or individual. They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid. A business card typically includes the giver's name, company affiliation (usually with a logo) and contact information such as street addresses, telephone number(s), fax number, e-mail addresses and website. It can also include telex, bank account, tax code. Traditionally many visiting cards were simple black text on white stock; today a professional business card will sometimes include one or more aspects of striking visual design.

Letterhead

A letterhead is the heading at the top of a sheet of letter paper, usually consists of a name and an address, and a logo, and sometimes a background. Letterhead may also refer to a piece of letter paper imprinted with such a heading. There are various legal constraints on the items included in a letterhead.

Choosing the right letterhead design that reflect the business is very important. It shows how you value your business and tell others that you handle even the slightest thing professionally. Other important factors such as colors, images and design placements should be given some attention. Different businesses utilize different colors and layouts for better branding and identity.

Letterhead is most often created using an offset printer both to achieve maximum cost efficiency when printing in high volumes, and to ensure production quality when printing items that make use of a bleed.

Envelope

An envelope is a flat, flexible container, made of paper or similar material that has a single opening and a flap that can be sealed over the opening. The envelope is usually sealed by wetting an area of the flap. A recent development in envelope is a thin strip of plastic, which is removed to reveal an area of the flap with an adhesive that does not need moistening.

Window envelope

A window envelope is a conventional envelope with a plastic window to allow the recipient's address to be printed on the paper contained within. The window permits text on the letter itself to be used simultaneously as the address of the recipient and the return-address of the sender, reducing the need to print the addresses onto the envelope itself.