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Spot UV or “Spot Gloss” as it’s also known, is a way of applying shiny gloss elements to certain parts of your business cards, while leaving other areas of your card with a “matte” finish. The effects are often spectacular.

There are a few ways to effectively spot gloss a business card. The main ways are as follows:

1.Add gloss to the text and logo elements of your card to make your text really stand out

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We love this spot UV card! The way the spot UV covers the seams of the barrel, wine spots, and barrel bands is very ingenious

2. Add Spot gloss to parts of the actual design  – highlight visual elements  such as a guitar strings or the entire design area to add a “pop-out” visual look!

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The spot UV has taken the place of text! The actual "hidden" text was just a black area of space that the designer has added a spot too! Amazing effect created

3. Create a Spot UV “off-design” ,ie, putting a gloss finish on a plain black, red, or even white background can create a subtle text effect in which a glossy finish takes the place of actual printed text! (see example above)

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There are many ways to use Spot UV print effects to create superbly original business cards. If you want your cards to stand-out from the crowd then my advice is to spot gloss your cards and craete a unique finish!

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Whether you choose Glossy Business Cards or Matte Business Cards, there are benefits and drawbacks to each!

Matte Card

Rather than being shiny and reflective, a matte card has a “light-absorbing” eggshell finish!

Major Benefits:

Unlike Glossy Business Cards, You can write on them with a pen!

This is perfect for people who want cards that they can add extra information too, such as real estate agents who like to add property info to each personal business card that they’re handing out.

For coffee shops and other small businesses that use business cards for “buy ten cups get one free” style offers, then it would also be preferable to make matte cards that can be stamped or initialed.

They have a very “tactile” feel!

Quality matte cards from companies such as Overnightprints.com have this “silkiness” that is very pleasing to the touch. If you want to convey “elegance” and “sophistication” then this is a print finish that you might want to use.

Glossy Business Cards

Major benefits:

A Glossy Business Card is Sturdier!

With the addition of a glossy UV coating, a glossy card is thicker, sturdier, and more protected from the elements than a glossy card! A glossy card is quite hard to permeate even with a small amount of liquid or moisture, whereas a matte card is less sturdy and is not so impervious to wet fingers and so forth!

Glossy Cards can make Print Colors really “pop”

By adding a gloss finish to your prints, the color of your prints become brighter and more reflective. If you are going for a really colorful, eye-catching look to your prints, then you should choose a gloss finish!

The Alternative:

Spot UV

Matte and Gloss are literally like night and day! But there’s something that some print companies offer that give you the best of both worlds, and that’s Spot UV!

Spot UV is a print technique that combines matte and gloss finishes in a very cool way. By spot glossing areas of your design, you can make design features, such as logos, shapes, people, etc stand out like never before! The technique combines the best of both matte and gloss world, providing sophistication as well as color-popping bright and reflective color.

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