{"id":64445,"date":"2023-06-15T09:35:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/?post_type=definition&#038;p=64445"},"modified":"2024-10-22T11:45:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:45:39","slug":"standard-card-size","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/definition\/standard-card-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Card Size"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Topps established the standard size for modern trading cards as 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches (6.4 cm x 8.9 cm). This size became standard because it was small enough to fit easily into card-collecting albums or <a href=\"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/definition\/card-sleeve\/\">sleeves<\/a> yet large enough to accommodate detailed artwork and text. It also allowed for efficient <a href=\"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/definition\/uncut-sheet\/\">printing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/definition\/die-cut\/\">cutting<\/a> processes, which made it cost-effective for card manufacturers. While there are some variations in size for certain types of cards, such as oversized or mini cards, the 2.5 x 3.5-inch format remains the most common and widely recognized standard in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/definition\/hobby\/\">Hobby<\/a>.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topps established the standard size for modern trading cards as 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches (6.4 cm x 8.9 cm). This size became standard because it was small enough to fit easily into card-collecting albums or sleeves yet large enough to accommodate detailed artwork and text. It also allowed for efficient printing and cutting processes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":64446,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"lexicon":[],"class_list":["post-64445","definition","type-definition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definition\/64445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/definition"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lexicon","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexicon?post=64445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}