DIY: Business cards in LaTeX
Business card can be handy in many cases, and it's not a big deal to create it at home. Let me show one of the methods. Prerequisites We need to have: matte presentation paper (weight 44 lb/165 g/m 2 in my case); razor paper trimmer (I've used X-ACTO 12" Personal Paper Trimmer , but can't recommend it - it has a habit to stuck in the middle of the trimming process); printer (don't know about laser printers, but ink one works fine for me); LaTeX software. The last point can be challenging, because LaTeX is not so smooth and user friendly as it can be. My basic recommendations: install Perl (it's required by auto-pst-pdf package); update/install all the required LaTeX packages (e.g., some Linux distributions provide incredible old LaTeX packages); use "-shell-escape" command line option for pdflatex command; if nothing helps, don't use "auto-pst-pdf", but build DVI/PS file, and convert it to PDF. Single business ca