# print/ — stationery templates

Business card (double-sided), A4 + US Letter letterhead, and an A4 invoice. Millimetre-exact SVG
plus a print-ready HTML sheet.

**Start with `PRINT-SPECS.md`** — it carries the trim/bleed geometry, the CMYK and Pantone table,
the production minimums, and the two colour decisions that need making.

## Quick facts

- All SVG user units are **millimetres**. Files open at true size with no scaling step.
- Card **85 × 55 mm** trim, **91 × 61 mm** with 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe.
- A4 **210 × 297**, bleed doc **216 × 303**, 20 mm margins.
- Guides live in `<g id="guides">` in the `*-guides.svg` files — **delete before press**.
- `print.html` prints the card 2-up plus both sheets. Print at **100 %**, never "fit to page".

## The two decisions

1. **Card front colour.** The brief's `#0F172A` has no usable Pantone match (nearest 289 C,
   ΔE 5.8). Brand Deepwater `#08222E` matches 5395 C at ΔE 1.7. Both files are supplied;
   Deepwater is recommended for print.
2. **Gradients on a two-ink job.** Pulse mint has no spot and is out of CMYK gamut, so the accent
   strip and letterhead rule become a tint ramp of Spot 2 rather than a hue shift.

## Before anything goes to a printer

These are RGB layout masters. SVG has no CMYK. Re-apply colour as CMYK or spot swatches in
Illustrator/InDesign, outline the live text, and export PDF/X-4 with the bleed box. Details in
`PRINT-SPECS.md` §1.