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I've been facing the dreaded business card making drama...my head hurts! So I've decided to print some mini cards through Moo.com. I need some input on the font and the card overall. Like it, hate it? My name, phone and email will be on the back. And for those of you who don't know, Moo cards are half the size of a regular business cards. Thanks for any input.
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First one is good, but the pictures of pregnancy are highly overrated.

I like them very much, especially the first shot.

chauncey wrote in post #6343666
First one is good, but the pictures of pregnancy are highly overrated.

But, they are a fact of life and women would grab that card before they would one of a macro spider:p

I love the first one.

My vote is for the first one!

My vote is definitely for the second, love that idea!

i think the first one. as the preggo pics might be somethign a woman would grab, i think the man holding the baby is so precious, women love that too!

I think I may have been a bit confusing, but I wasn't deciding on which one to use. I'm creating maybe 25 different cards and needed help deciding on a font and layout. Here are two more shots to show you what I mean. They will have my info on the back.
Thanks!
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I guess it's because I'm slower than the average bear.
Are you asking if your work is up to snuff (I like it), or what?

chauncey wrote in post #6347329
I guess it's because I'm slower than the average bear.
Are you asking if your work is up to snuff (I like it), or what?

I guess I'm just wondering what everyone thinks about the idea of the pictures with the font and the layout. Is the font okay? I'm trying out some other fonts...I'm just not sold on this one. And do the pictures work...meaning will they look okay printed on a business card that's half the size of a regular card (MOO.COM)? I want to print several different biz cards instead of 250 cards with the same image on them, so I'm choosing about 25 different images to print. Does that make sense? I'm sorry...I think staring at these cards for the last two evenings is making me incoherent.
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they look good as is and since the photos draw your attention the font is less important. Are the cards really long and short like that????

i really like both of them a lot.. well all 4 actually... maybe get a mix of them printed?

then again im not into business for myself.. so im not the freatest when it comes to that.


but i think they are all fabulous.

shannon

Just a personal opinion for what it's worth:
a.) I think the layout's great
b.) The font weight, point size and tracking is fine, but is a bit odd for the eye to register with it's mis-shaped "i" and "s" ... but that same trait forces the viewer's eye to focus on it which may have been your intent.
c.) The pregnancy sonogram (sp?) image will be almost indiscernable when printed. I did something similar with the same size card but small objects had little detail to them and zero "impact" for the viewer at that size. At roughly 1/4" for the fetus image in your layout it'll be tough to discern it, but I like the concept.

DavidPhoto wrote in post #6347403
they look good as is and since the photos draw your attention the font is less important. Are the cards really long and short like that????

Yep. They're MOO cards. They're half the size of a regular business cards.

shannyD wrote in post #6347422
i really like both of them a lot.. well all 4 actually... maybe get a mix of them printed?

then again im not into business for myself.. so im not the freatest when it comes to that.

but i think they are all fabulous.

shannon

I was planning on printing about 15-25 different images. I wanted some input first thoug, so thanks!

slivr wrote in post #6347481
Just a personal opinion for what it's worth:
a.) I think the layout's great
b.) The font weight, point size and tracking is fine, but is a bit odd for the eye to register with it's mis-shaped "i" and "s" ... but that same trait forces the viewer's eye to focus on it which may have been your intent.
c.) The pregnancy sonogram (sp?) image will be almost indiscernable when printed. I did something similar with the same size card but small objects had little detail to them and zero "impact" for the viewer at that size. At roughly 1/4" for the fetus image in your layout it'll be tough to discern it, but I like the concept.

This is the kind of input I was talking about. Thanks! I've found a few other fonts I think will look better. I'll post some in a minute. I didn't think about the sonogram shot not showing up. Good point. I have some other maternity shots that will work better. Thanks again for the constructive critique.
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I think they are all great. I think the font is great also. Nice to see that you are keeping it simple on the front and not "flooding" it with too much text or worried about filling every possible space. I do however like the ones with the black backgrounds better than the grey.... not sure why... they just seem to jump out to me more.