Raised Foil Business Cards
Important Artwork Notice!
For better results, please make sure that foil coverage is less than 50%. Otherwise, the foil will be wavy and won't look good. The only time a 50% to 70% coverage is acceptable is with patterns, thin strokes or small shapes.
The raised foil file must be a vector art created in a vector based program such as illustrator. Otherwise, you won't have sharp edges on the artwork if you use a raster image for the raised foil mask file. We do not recommend having fonts smaller than 10 pt on the Raised Foil Artwork.
However, if you use fonts with thicker strokes or bold fonts, we do not recommend having fonts smaller than 12pt.
See Raised Foil Business Cards in action
Watch the Raised Foil Business Cards overview from 4OVER4.COM. A short walkthrough of options, premium stocks, live pricing and fast turnaround.
- From $86.78 per set of 100, with set prices at 250, 500 and 1000 that lower the cost per card as the run grows.
- 3 raised foil colors: gold, silver and holographic, pressed up off the surface so the shine has real texture under a thumb.
- Foil on the front or both sides, over a smooth 16pt Velvet Laminated Cover stock printed full color one side (4/0) or both (4/4).
- Standard 2" x 3.5" size, the classic wallet and cardholder fit, ordered in sets of 100, 250, 500 or 1000.
- 7 business day turnaround with a free online proof before anything prints, rated 4.9 out of 5 across 105 reviews.
A Business Card With Foil You Can Actually Feel
What sets these cards apart is touch. The foil is not flat ink under a coating, it sits raised up off the card, so the gold, silver, or holographic shine carries a real ridge along every line of the logo and the lettering. Sets of 100 start at $86.78 and are rated 4.9 out of 5 across 105 reviews. Hand one across a table and the other person feels the detail before they read a word, and that half-second of texture is what makes the card worth keeping instead of pocketing and losing.
Raised foil is one of our premium finishes inside the wider business cards printing range, a step above flat color for when you want the card itself to do some of the talking. The smooth 16pt velvet base does half the work, because a matte, almost soft surface is exactly what makes a raised metallic shine pop.
The price follows the same pattern as the rest of our cards. A set of 100 starts at $86.78, and the cost per card keeps dropping as you step up to 250, 500 or 1000. Tap any tier below to see the live set total and how much each jump saves before you commit.
What Makes Raised Foil Different From Flat Foil?
Raised foil is pressed so the metallic layer stands up off the card instead of lying flush with the surface. Run a finger across it and you feel a defined ridge along every stroke of the logo or text. On the smooth 16pt Velvet Laminated Cover base, that lifted gold, silver or holographic shine catches the light from an angle and reads as the most finished card in the stack. Flat foil and printed metallic ink look bright too, but they sit level with the paper, so they lose the part people remember most: the feel.
Which Foil Colors Can You Pick?
Three. Raised gold for the classic luxe look, raised silver for a cooler modern shine, and raised holographic for a finish that shifts color as the card moves in the light. Keep the foil on the front only, or carry it across both sides for a card that looks finished from every angle. Full color printing runs on one side (4/0) or both (4/4), so the foil has room to play against your photos, your brand colors or a clean dark background. Every option on this card is laid out below exactly the way the live configurator groups it, so you know what you can change before you change it.
Here are a couple of easy ways to make a raised foil card pull its weight.
Save the foil for one thing
Foil hits hardest when it is not fighting itself. Put it on the logo, the name, or a single icon, and let the rest of the card stay matte. A small patch of raised gold against a dark velvet field looks far richer than a card drowning in metal, and it keeps the cost of the run working for you.
Design it without a designer
You do not need a design background to lay one of these out. Start from a professionally built layout in our business card design templates, mark the area you want raised in foil, then change the colors and copy in the online editor in minutes.
Ready-to-Edit Business Card Design Templates
Already have your own artwork? Skip the editor and download a press-ready blank business card template built at the real 2" x 3.5" trim size, with the 1/8" bleed and the safe margin already drawn in. Mark which elements should print as raised foil, drop your art in and upload. For a metallic-finish reference you can also grab the metallic foil blank template and use it as a guide for the foil layer.
Press-Ready Blank Templates
How Many Raised Foil Cards Should You Order?
A card this tactile is built to be handed out, not hoarded, so order enough to actually give them away. A set of 100 starts at $86.78, and the per-card price keeps falling as you move toward 1000. Drag the slider below to set your quantity and watch both the set total and the true per-card cost update live, which makes it easy to find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.
How Do Raised Foil Cards Compare to Spot UV and Metallic Foil?
Raised foil is one of a few premium finishes worth weighing side by side. Raised Spot UV Business Cards give you the same lifted, you-can-feel-it texture in clear gloss instead of metal. Metallic Foil Business Cards lay the shine flat into the stock for a sleeker, level finish. Raised Holographic Business Cards push the rainbow shift even further. And if you want both effects on one card, Dual Raised Business Cards combine raised foil and raised gloss in a single pass. The chart below lines them up by starting price so the trade-off is in plain numbers.
See How a Finished Foil Card Lands
The shine is hard to picture from words alone. The gallery below collects raised foil cards printed in our own shop across the three foil colors, so you can see how gold, silver and holographic actually read in real light and borrow ideas for your own layout. Tap any card to see it larger.
Real Business Cards Our Customers Printed
How Fast Can You Get Raised Foil Business Cards?
Raised foil business cards print on a 7 business day turnaround, and you can lock in a free online proof first, so you sign off on the foil placement and color before the press runs. Prefer to save a step? Choose Straight To Production when you already trust your file. Drop your ZIP code below to add the realistic ground delivery window on top of production, so you see the full timeline before you order, not after.
Quality comes first at 4OVER4.COM, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Our New York and Florida facilities and rush delivery options keep the trip short when a date is tight.
Tips for a Raised Foil File That Prints Clean
Foil is unforgiving of a sloppy file, so the foil layer needs to be marked clearly and kept off the bleed. Run through the do's and don'ts below before you upload, on resolution, color mode, where the foil sits and the safe margin, and your cards clear preflight on the first try with no back-and-forth.
Wally makes your name catch the light
Why a raised gold ridge gets your card kept instead of tossed.
Raised foil sits up off the card, so people feel your name before they read it. A hundred start at $86.78 in gold, silver, or holographic. Pick your foil, front or both sides, and Wally presses the shine that gets you remembered.
See the Rest of Our Business Cards
Raised foil is one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a different finish or a lower-cost everyday card would serve you better, the rest of the family is one tap away. The plain Standard Business Cards run on the same presses for far less, and the whole set sits inside our wider business stationery collection. Each option below shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page.
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Why Print With 4OVER4.COM
Ordering print online means trusting a shop you cannot walk into, and plenty of companies will take your foil order. Here is the record that earns yours. The numbers below are the ones we hold ourselves to on every job, including on-time shipping, since we started printing business cards online in 1999. Read them before you commit your run.
Print Your Raised Foil Business Cards Today
At 4OVER4.COM, raised foil business cards start at $86.78 for a set of 100, in gold, silver or holographic, on a soft 16pt velvet stock, with foil on the front or both sides. Whatever you put under the foil, the card lands in a hand and earns a second look. Build your raised foil business cards today and hand someone a card they keep.
One last thing before you check out. A card this nice rarely travels alone, so here are the products our customers most often order alongside their raised foil business cards, each priced and ready to drop into the same cart.
