The card that stands up in a stack of cards that lie down. Four portrait designs — a classic centered layout, a top-logo arrangement for round marks, a bold navy banner, and a modern blue rail — each with a live preview as you type. The PDF prints ten cards on the same Avery 5371-compatible stock as our horizontal cards, each design rotated into its slot; pop them out and hold them tall. Free, in your browser, no signup.
Vertical business cards, answered
How do vertical cards print on regular Avery business card sheets?
Rotated — each portrait design is turned 90° inside the standard 3.5" × 2" die-cut slot, so the sheet you print looks sideways but the popped-out cards read upright. That's how every vertical card on Avery 5371-family stock is produced; there is no special portrait stock to buy. Print at 100% scale and the perforations line up exactly like our horizontal cards.
When does a vertical card beat a horizontal one?
When you want to be remembered for the format itself — in a stack of horizontal cards the tall one is the card people pause on — or when your content suits a stack: a strong name, a round logo up top, and a short contact list read beautifully top-to-bottom. Long email addresses and multi-line titles are the trade-off; the live preview shows immediately whether yours fit.
Which of the four designs should I pick?
Classic Centered is the safe, editorial choice and needs no logo. Top Logo gives a square or round mark pride of place. Navy Banner is the boldest — a reversed header band that reads across a table. Blue Rail is the modern asymmetric one, with a slim accent stripe and a small logo. All four print on the same stock, so the honest answer is: type your details once and click through them.
Can I use the same details on both vertical and horizontal cards?
Yes — the form fields are identical to our horizontal generator, so you can build both in two minutes and print whichever sheet wins. Some people even keep both: horizontal for the wallet clip, vertical for the lanyard pouch and conference table.
Layouts, Avery compatibility list, and print guidance updated through July 2026.
