Card stock

"Pasteboard" redirects here. For the software tool, see Clipboard (computing). For the bowling ball surface (coverstock), see Bowling ball § Coverstock technology.
Card stock for craft use comes in a wide variety of textures and colors.
An Oscar Friedheim card cutting and scoring machine from 1889

Card stock, also called cover stock and pasteboard, is paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing and printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard.

Card stock is often used for business cards, postcards, playing cards, catalogue covers, scrapbooking, and other applications requiring more durability than regular paper gives. The surface usually is smooth; it may be textured, metallic, or glossy. When card stock is labeled cover stock, it often has a glossy coating on one or both sides (C1S or C2S, for "coated: one side" or "coated: two sides"); this is used especially in business cards and book covers.[1]

  1. ^ "Paper Weight, Paper Size, Coated Paper, Matte Paper". Printing Industry Exchange, LLC. Nov 2004. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2013-04-04.