Business card design

[Nigel Jones]

On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 11:14 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 17:04 +0000, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > I originally advocated for that too, with the ID being boldface at the
> > end (nice design touch I saw elsewhere).  But I think there was a
> > concern about the text length.
> 
> The whole point is the text length.
> 
> It's not impossible to generate another key with the same ID. It is
> considered impossible to generate another key with the same fingerprint.
> 
> Putting the key ID on the card is pointless -- that's what the public
> key servers exist for. And you have to get the key from one of those
> anyway.
> 
> It's the _fingerprint_ we need, because if you've been handed my card in
> person, and the fingerprint matches, then you know you can _trust_ the
> key you've downloaded.
Lets emboss it round the sides :)

But seriously, maybe spread it over two lines or something if we have
to.

Or the other approach is, also allow to print the Key ID on the front,
and the fingerprint on the back?

- Nigel

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