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Notecards

Uncoated stock that takes a pen properly, a matched envelope, and enough blank space to write something worth keeping.

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Folded and flat cards, greeting and occasion cards, place cards and enclosure notes, with envelopes cut to match.

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Formats

A notecard is defined by what is not printed on it. The value is in the handwriting, and every choice below exists to make that handwriting easier and better looking. If your message is going to be printed rather than written, a postcard will do the job for less.

Folded notecards

A single fold giving four panels, printed on the front and blank inside. The classic correspondence card, and the format people expect when a note is meant to feel personal rather than transactional.

Flat correspondence cards

One heavy card, printed on the front with a writable reverse. Less formal than a folded card, quicker to write, and cheaper per piece because there is no fold to score.

Thank-you and enclosure cards

Small cards that travel inside a parcel, a gift box or a bouquet. Printed with your name and left blank for a line written by hand, which is the entire reason they work.

Greeting and occasion cards

Eid, wedding congratulations, condolence, new year and appreciation cards. A printed greeting or calligraphy on the front, blank inside for a signature and a personal line.

Place and table cards

Small tent-folded or flat cards for seating, table numbers and menus at weddings, banquets and corporate dinners. Printed with the event branding and often hand-written with guest names.

Personal stationery sets

A boxed set of cards and envelopes carrying a name, a monogram or a family crest, printed on a chosen paper colour with the envelopes cut to match. Given as a gift, and used for years.

Sizes

Folded sizes are given as the flat sheet with the finished size after it.

  • A6 folded, 148 x 210 mm flat to 105 x 148 mm – the standard notecard. Enough room for a real note, and it pairs with a C6 envelope.
  • A5 folded, 210 x 297 mm flat to 148 x 210 mm – a larger card for greeting and occasion use, where the front carries artwork and the inside takes several lines.
  • Square folded, 296 x 148 mm flat to 148 x 148 mm – modern and distinctive, though square envelopes can attract a higher postal rate.
  • Flat card, 105 x 148 mm – the A6 correspondence card, printed one side.
  • Enclosure card, 90 x 55 mm – the small card that goes inside a parcel or a gift box, roughly business card size but on heavier stock.
  • Place card, 90 x 55 mm folded from 90 x 110 mm – a tent fold that stands on a table setting without a holder.

Custom sizes are available, and if you already have envelopes, send us one and we will cut the card to fit it properly rather than approximately.

Paper stocks and finishes

One rule governs this whole category: the surface that gets written on must be plain card. Matte and glossy coatings sit on top of the fibres, and ink written on them beads up and smears instead of drying. Glossy in particular will not take a pen at all. We can print a matte or glossy front with a plain inside if the front carries a photograph, but the writing side stays plain.

300gsm plain card

The house standard for notecards. Untreated on both sides, substantial in the hand, and it takes ballpoint, gel, rollerball and fountain pen cleanly. Enough weight to stand on a desk or a mantelpiece.

350gsm plain card

Heavier and stiffer, for flat correspondence cards and personal stationery. It holds a scored fold crisply and feels like a document rather than a handout.

Matte or glossy front

Where the front carries a photograph or a strong image, it can be printed on matte or glossy card while the writing side stays plain. Worth doing on greeting and occasion cards; unnecessary on a monogram.

Coloured and kraft stock

Ivory, cream, grey, black and natural kraft. A dark stock needs a white or metallic gel pen to write on, which is worth deciding before you print rather than after.

Die-cut shapes and edges

Because cutting is digital, the card can be any outline at no extra cost: a shaped flap, a curved edge, a notch, a punched hole for a ribbon or a tag. On an otherwise plain card, the shape does the work a printed flourish would.

Printed envelope liners

We make the envelopes here as well, so the inside of the flap can carry a printed pattern that is revealed only as the card is opened. It is the one place on a restrained set where being bold works, and very few local suppliers can do it.

Making sure it takes a pen

Worth ten minutes before printing, because a card that fights the pen gets used once and the rest of the box stays in a drawer.

  • Uncoated throughout. Every stock we carry for notecards is untreated on both sides, so there is no surface anywhere on the card that will reject ink.
  • Weight is about the surface, not just the feel. At 300gsm and above, ink from a rollerball or a fountain pen stays on its own side of the card instead of showing through.
  • Texture and fine nibs disagree. Laid and felt-finish stocks look excellent and can feather with a very fine nib or wet ink. A smooth uncoated sheet is the safer choice if you know a fountain pen is coming.
  • Dark stock needs a plan. Ordinary ballpoint disappears on black, navy or deep green card. Either supply a white gel pen with the set, or print a light panel where the writing goes.
  • Do not put artwork under the writing area. A pattern or a photograph behind handwriting makes both harder to read. Keep the writing panel plain, or drop the artwork to a light tint.
  • Test with the pen you will actually use. Ask us for a sample of the stock and write on it. It is the only reliable check, and it costs nothing.

The same applies to anything filled in by hand at an event: place cards, table numbers and guest names all need a surface that takes a marker cleanly.

What to print, and what to leave blank

Restraint is the design principle here, and it is the opposite of every other item in this catalogue. On a flyer, empty space is wasted money. On a notecard, empty space is the product.

  • Print the outside, leave the inside open. Artwork, a monogram, a greeting or calligraphy on the front. Inside stays blank except for a small mark at the base if you want one.
  • Keep your logo small and low. A discreet logo at the bottom of the inside back panel reads as good manners. The same logo printed large above the writing area turns a personal note into a leaflet.
  • Skip the pre-printed sentiment for business use. A printed thank-you message with a printed signature is read as a mailshot. Two hand-written lines under a blank card are read as a person. The card costs the same either way.
  • For Eid and occasion cards, print the greeting on the front and leave the inside for a signature and a line. That is what makes a corporate card get displayed on a desk instead of filed.
  • Never print corporate boilerplate inside. Addresses, branch lists, taglines and social handles belong on the back of the card at the smallest legible size, if at all.
  • Rule the inside faintly if your team writes crookedly. A very light blind rule or a blank-lined panel keeps handwriting straight without looking like a form.
  • Order more than you need for one occasion. A blank notecard has no expiry. It works for a thank-you in March and a condolence in September.

Envelopes, and why the pairing matters

A notecard without a properly matched envelope is half a product. The card and the envelope are seen together, and the fit is the first thing anyone notices.

  • The envelope must be larger than the card, by around 5 mm on the width and the height. An envelope cut to the exact card size is difficult to fill without bending the corners.
  • Standard pairings: A6 folded card into a C6 envelope, A5 folded into C5, square 148 mm card into a 160 mm square envelope.
  • Order both together. Paper colour varies between batches and between mills, so an ivory card ordered now and an ivory envelope ordered later rarely match exactly.
  • Printed liners inside the envelope flap are the one place to be bold, because the pattern is revealed only as it is opened. It pairs well with an otherwise plain card.
  • A pointed flap reads as personal correspondence; a straight flap reads as business. Choose to match the card.
  • If the card is being posted, leave the envelope front clear for the address and keep the return address to the flap.

We print the envelopes alongside the cards, cut to the size and colour you have chosen, with a printed liner if the set calls for it.

Urdu and bilingual notecards

This is the category where Urdu calligraphy earns its place most obviously, because the card is personal by definition and a printed English greeting often is not what people would actually say.

  • A folded Urdu card opens from the right. If the front carries Urdu calligraphy, the fold usually sits on the opposite edge from an English card. Confirm the opening side with us before we score and fold.
  • Eid, wedding and condolence cards are the natural home for Nastaliq calligraphy, and it sits beautifully as a single ink colour on a coloured or kraft stock.
  • Leave the inside blank whatever the language. The person signing will write in whichever language they prefer, and pre-printing an Urdu sentiment removes that choice.
  • Send Urdu as outlines or a print-ready PDF with fonts embedded. Nastaliq letters join and reshape, so live text in a font we do not hold will break apart.
  • Working in InPage? Export to PDF and send that rather than the .inp file.
  • Give Urdu room around the fold. A sloping Nastaliq baseline set close to the crease will be creased through, so keep 8 mm clear of the fold line.

Sindhi, Pashto and Arabic follow the same rules. If you have the wording but not the calligraphy, tell us and we will set it.

Why businesses print their notecards with Zarvex

Notecards are simple to print and easy to ruin, almost always by finishing them like a brochure.

Writing surface kept uncoated

Every notecard stock we carry is uncoated on both sides, so there is no surface on the card that rejects ink. Samples are available so you can test the paper with your own pen before committing to a run.

Scored before folding

Folded cards at 300gsm and above are creased on a scoring rule first, so the fold is sharp and the fibres do not split. An unscored heavy card cracks white along the fold, right where the eye lands.

Envelopes cut to match

Cards and envelopes made together from the same paper, with the right clearance so the card slides in without bending. Printed flap liners and custom sizes are made in the same job.

Die-cutting with no die charge

Any outline cut digitally from your artwork, with no die to pay for. Shaped cards, rounded corners, punched holes for ribbon and matching cut envelopes are all one operation rather than four separate charges.

How ordering works

01. Pick format and stock

Choose a product from the range above, then set folded or flat, the size, the paper colour and texture, any die-cut shape, and whether envelopes are included.

02. Send your artwork

Upload the front artwork and anything for the inside, or send your monogram, wording or Urdu calligraphy on WhatsApp and our designers will set it.

03. Approve the proof

You get a proof showing the outside and inside spreads with the fold marked, plus the envelope if one is included. Check the opening side before approving.

04. Print, fold and deliver

Printed, cut, scored, folded, trimmed and boxed with the envelopes, then delivered in Karachi or couriered nationwide. Files and cut paths stay on record.

Getting your artwork press-ready

Standard print setup, with two additions: the fold and the cut path.

  • Supply folded cards as two flat spreads, outside and inside, each at the full flat sheet size rather than as four separate panels.
  • Keep 8 mm clear of the fold line on both sides of it. Folding shifts slightly, and anything sitting on the crease looks broken.
  • Cut paths come as a separate vector layer, in a spot colour named CutContour, set to overprint and not printing. That covers shaped edges, rounded corners and punched holes.
  • Bleed 3 mm on all outer edges with a 5 mm safe area inside the trim.
  • Leave the writing area free of background artwork, or reduce it to a light tint. If you want a ruled writing panel, supply it as a very light grey rather than black.
  • On dark or coloured stock, remember that ink prints onto the paper colour rather than onto white, so pale tints will shift. Judge those on the proof.
  • 300 DPI, CMYK, rich black at C40 M30 Y30 K100 for large dark areas, fonts outlined or embedded.
  • Files: print-ready PDF is best. We also accept AI, EPS, CDR from CorelDRAW, packaged INDD and layered PSD built at final size.

No artwork yet? Send your name, monogram or the wording you want on the front, along with the paper colour you have in mind, and our design team will set it before the job goes to proof.

Notecards by trade

Who signs the card decides the tone, and how many go out decides the format.

Corporate client relations

Eid, new year, appreciation and condolence cards sent to clients and partners. A printed greeting outside and a hand-signed line inside is what separates a card that stays on a desk from one that goes straight into a drawer.

Online stores and D2C brands

A card in the parcel with two lines written by hand. It costs a few rupees per order and it is the cheapest thing a small brand can do that a large one structurally cannot.

Weddings and event planners

Thank-you cards, place cards, table numbers and menu cards as a matched set. Order the envelopes at the same time so the paper colour is identical across the whole suite.

Hotels and guest houses

Welcome notes left in rooms, turndown cards and thank-you notes for returning guests, on stock the front desk can write on quickly and legibly.

Salons, clinics and studios

A short note after a first visit or a significant treatment. In businesses built on returning customers, this is a retention tool rather than stationery.

Schools and academies

Appreciation notes to parents, achievement cards for students and thank-you cards for staff and donors. Bilingual sets reach far more households than English-only ones.

Quantities, pricing and reorders

Everything here is printed digitally, so there are no printing plates and no setup charge to spread across the run. That changes the arithmetic in your favour at small quantities: a run of fifty is priced sensibly rather than carrying the cost of a press being made ready. It also means a custom shape, a second design or a different name on every piece adds nothing to the price. Quotes are in PKR.

QuantityCost per piece
25 – 100Highest per piece, though still viable
250Noticeably lower
500Best value on most jobs
1,000 and aboveQuoted per job

Notecards are unusual in that the stock does not go stale, so the ordering logic is different to everything else on this site.

  • Print blank rather than occasion-specific if you want one order to last. A card with your monogram and nothing else works for a thank-you, a condolence and a congratulation. A card printed with a specific year or event does not.
  • Order the envelopes in the same run, always. We make them here from the same paper, which is the only way to be certain an ivory card and an ivory envelope match.
  • Occasion cards are the exception. For Eid or a specific event, work out the list properly and add a margin, because a leftover dated card has no second use.
  • Store them flat and dry. Uncoated stock absorbs humidity, and cards stored loose in a damp cupboard will curl before they are used.

Reorders are simple. Your file and cut path stay on record, so a repeat run needs no new setup and no new proof unless the artwork has changed.

Notecard printing FAQs

Runs start at 25 cards, which suits personal stationery or a small event. Printing and cutting are both digital, so there is no plate charge and no cutting die to pay for, and a custom shape costs the same as a rectangle. Cost per card falls as the run grows, most noticeably at 250 and 500.

Folded cards feel more formal and give you a private inside surface, which suits condolence, congratulation and occasion cards. Flat cards are quicker to write, cheaper per piece with no fold to score, and better suited to short thank-you notes and enclosure cards that travel in a parcel.

They can, and they should. We cut envelopes to match the card size and paper colour in the same run, with around 5 mm clearance so the card slides in without bending the corners. Ordering envelopes separately months later rarely gives an exact colour match, since paper batches vary.

Plain card, every time. It is untreated on both sides, so ballpoint, gel, rollerball and fountain pen all dry cleanly. Matte card takes most pens acceptably. Glossy card does not take pen at all, which is why we only use it on a printed front where the inside stays plain. A card nobody can write on is not a notecard.

It can. Laid and felt-finish stocks look excellent but the surface texture can spread wet ink from a fine nib. If you know a fountain pen is coming, a smooth uncoated sheet is the safer choice. Ask us for a sample and write on it with your own pen before deciding.

Blank, for almost every business use. A printed message with a printed signature reads as a mailshot; two hand-written lines read as a person, and the card costs the same either way. Print the greeting on the front if you need one, and keep your logo small and low on the inside back panel.

Yes to both, and neither carries an extra tooling cost. Cutting is digital, so a shaped edge, a curved flap, rounded corners or a punched hole for ribbon are all cut straight from your artwork. Envelopes are made here too, so the flap can carry a printed liner that shows only as the card is opened.

Yes, and this is where Nastaliq calligraphy works best, set as a single ink colour on a coloured or kraft stock. Note that a folded Urdu card usually opens from the opposite edge, so confirm the opening side with us before we score and fold. Send Urdu as outlines or a print-ready PDF, and export from InPage to PDF rather than sending the .inp file.

Ordinary ballpoint disappears on dark stock. Either supply a white or metallic gel pen with the set, print a light panel where the writing goes, or use white ink printing for any fixed text. Tell us at the order stage, because white ink is a separate printing pass and has to be built as its own layer.

Yes. Send us one of the envelopes and we will cut the card to fit it with the right clearance, rather than working from a stated size that may not match what you actually hold.

Print-ready PDF is best. Supply folded cards as two flat spreads, outside and inside, at 300 DPI in CMYK with 3 mm bleed and fonts outlined. Keep 8 mm clear of the fold line, and send any cut path as a separate vector layer in a spot colour named CutContour. We also accept AI, EPS, CDR from CorelDRAW, packaged INDD and layered PSD.

Across most of them, and the list keeps growing. The notecards we print regularly go to corporate client relations, online stores and D2C brands, weddings and event planners, hotels and guest houses, salons, clinics and studios and schools and academies.

The trade matters less than what the job has to do. Two businesses in completely different lines often need the same size, stock and finish, and two shops in the same trade often need entirely different ones. If your line of work is not named above, tell us what the notecards have to do and where they will be handled, and we will tell you what suits it.

Yes. Orders are couriered anywhere in Pakistan, including Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar, Hyderabad and Quetta, and delivery within Karachi can be arranged directly. Cards and envelopes are boxed flat so nothing arrives curled or bent at the corners.

Pick a product from the range above and order on the site, or send your requirement on WhatsApp with the size, folded or flat, the paper colour, any shaped cut, whether you want envelopes and the quantity. We will come back with a quote in PKR before anything moves forward.

Ready to print your notecards?

Pick a product from the range above, or send your monogram or wording on WhatsApp and tell us the paper colour you have in mind. We will come back with stock, cut and envelope options and a quote in PKR.