Branding
Stationery Design
Stationery design for the business cards, letterheads, envelopes and folders you hand over every day. Matched to your logo and sized for the country you print in.
Before files go to a printer
- Bleed
- 3 mm / 0.125 in
- Color mode
- CMYK
- Fonts
- Outlined or embedded
- Images
- 300 ppi at print size
- Safe zone from trim
- 3–5 mm
General print standards. Your printer may ask for different values.
What stationery design is
Stationery design for the items you hand over every day
Stationery design covers the printed items your business gives out daily: business cards, letterheads, envelopes, folders and the forms that go out with invoices. Each one is designed to match your logo and brand, and set up at the paper size your printer stocks.
It is one of the most practical branding services we offer. It usually follows a logo or a brand identity project, while the brand files are fresh.
- Business cards
- Letterheads
- Envelopes
- Presentation folders
- Email signatures
Why it matters
What well-made stationery saves you
Cards that match across the whole team
A master card template with fixed text styles and room for the longest name and title. New staff get cards that match the old ones exactly.
Letters that look the same from every desk
An editable letterhead keeps margins and fonts in place. Without it, people paste the logo into a blank document and every letter looks a little different.
No reprint for one wrong digit
A misprinted phone number on a full box of cards is the most expensive typo in branding. A signed-off proof of every name, number and address prevents it.
The set
The items in a stationery set
Pick only the items you will use. A full brochure-style document about your company is a separate job: see company profile design. We agree the editable template formats before work starts.
Business card
For every staff member who meets clients. One print file per person, built from one master so the set stays consistent.
Letterhead
Two files: a print file for pre-printed paper, and an editable document your staff type letters and quotations into.
Envelope
Set to the size your printer stocks. DL for most of the world, #10 in the US.
Presentation folder
For sales meetings and tenders. Folders need the printer's own die-line, so it is requested before design starts.
Compliment slip and email signature
Small items that go out most often: with deliveries, samples and every work email.
Invoice and quotation template
An editable document for the accounts team, with the same type and layout as the letterhead.
Sizes by market
A4 or US Letter? It depends where you print
A letterhead built for A4 does not fit US Letter without rework, and a European card will not slide into an American card holder. Below, each item is drawn to scale: the solid outline is the metric size, the dashed one is the US size.
- Metric
- 85 × 55 mm
- US
- 3.5 × 2 in
- A4
- 210 × 297 mm
- US Letter
- 8.5 × 11 in
- DL
- 220 × 110 mm
- US #10
- 9.5 × 4.125 in
| Item | Pakistan | UAE | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business card | 3.5 × 2 in | 85 × 55 mm or 90 × 50 mm | 3.5 × 2 in |
| Letterhead | A4 | A4 | US Letter, 8.5 × 11 in |
| Standard envelope | DL, 220 × 110 mm | DL, 220 × 110 mm | #10, 9.5 × 4.125 in |
| Large envelope | C4, 229 × 324 mm | C4, 229 × 324 mm | 9 × 12 in |
| Bleed | 3 mm | 3 mm | 0.125 in |
Common printing standards, not rules. Printers differ, so confirm stock sizes with yours before final files. See how stationery is scoped on the branding pricing page.
Get stationery sized for where you print
Tell us which items you need, how many staff need cards, and which country you print in. We reply with a quote for that scope.
Get a quote
Request a stationery quote
List the items you need, how many people need business cards, and the country where you print. If your printer has given you a template or die-line, attach it.
- The items you need
- How many staff need cards
- Where you print: Pakistan, the UAE or the US
Stationery Design: common questions
What is included in a corporate stationery set?
Usually a business card, letterhead, envelope and email signature. Many businesses add a presentation folder, compliment slip, invoice or quotation template, ID cards and a rubber stamp. A good set covers only the items you will actually use.
What size is a standard business card?
In the US, 3.5 × 2 inches, which is also widely used in Pakistan. Europe and many Gulf printers use 85 × 55 mm. The difference matters for card holders and wallets, so confirm the size with your printer before files are exported.
Do you print the stationery?
Our work is the design and the print-ready files. Whether we also coordinate printing is agreed in your quote. The files have bleed, crop marks and CMYK colors, so any commercial printer can use them, in Karachi, Dubai or the US.
Can I get an editable letterhead for Word?
You should have one. A print-only letterhead is useless for the letters your staff type every day. We agree the editable formats with you, based on the tools your staff already use.
Can you design stationery without a full brand identity?
Yes, if your logo files are sound. If the logo exists only as a JPG or prints badly, it needs fixing first, since every item depends on it.