Not sure if I understand your problem here.
Can you post an image of it?

yeh i was in a bit of a rush, sorry if it was a bit incoherent. :S

i'll post up an image tomorrow.

Business cards are so small, i think that whatever aesthetically looks the best will out. I personally don't use grids for business cards. Most layouts don't have equal space top and bottom anyway.

you might want to check the dimensions there though - and be sure it'll fit in the credit card slots in someones wallet etc, if thats what you want.

I totally agree with Matthew. Business cards are so small and every C.I. (corporate identity) is so different that a grid is perhaps not neccesary.
Just go with you feelings.

Ren

no matter what my project is, I always set up a grid to
help achieve harmonious proportions. setting up a
business card grid doesn't take a lot of time, so it's
always worth a shot. and there's no rule that says
head and foot margins should be indentical (in fact,
there are many that state the opposite).

the most important thing to remember is that a grid is a
guideline. for consistancy's sake, try to be strict when
there are a lot of items based on the same grid.
business cards, however, aren't a widely applicable
format, so following the grid exactly isn't going to do a
whole lot for you. raise or drop your lowest rule as you
see fit -- in the end it's the harmonious whole that
matters, not your adherence to a grid.

Depends on the design of the business card. But basically, yeah, I work with grids on whatever project I do. I mostly start out without a grid to get the intuitive proportional feeling right and then start building a grid pattern that suits the design - in more complex Corporate Design cases there also is a special logic in the background, a kind of larger DNA of grids and patterns that connect the variuous media, so in such cases I work within the patternparametern I pre-established. Either way, it just helps organize matters and keeps the work tidy :-D.

Thinking about grids. For something as small as a business card I don't consciously use grids. But I am ruler fanatic, constantly using exact measurements, snap to guide and point. Which in a lot of ways is like using a grid, it is just invisible.

Hmmm.... I don't use set grids for business cards, but I tend to lay it out first, then establish guides. Works well for me. As designers, we have 'grids' in our minds anyway ;-)

The top margin of my business card is way bigger than the bottom! I lined everything up at the bottom :-P

Hey! Let's see all of your business cards!

OK, good idea. I'll start. Go here if you dare...

http://www.typophile.com/forums/messages/30/11987.html?1056141122

Ren

> Hey! Let's see all of your business cards!

Cool idea. Show yours. (New thread, perhaps?)