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Hardly any other element on business cards is represented as inconsistently as the telephone number: +49 or 0049 as country code? A (0) before the area code or network code? The area code separated with brackets, a slash or not at all? Or rather with a hyphen or, very stylish, with a dot? Grouped numbers or no grouping?\u00a0A hyphen before the extension number? This way one and the same telephone number can take on entirely different forms:<\/p>\n
0049-1234-9876543-123
0049 (0) 1234-9876543 DW 123
+49 (0)1234\/987 65 43 123
+49 1234 987 65 43-123
+49 1234 9876543-123
49.1234.9876543.123
(01234) 987 65 43\/123
or, or, or…<\/p>\n
If you combine all conceivable variants, the list continues almost endlessly. Thus raising the question: Is this not standardised? Yes, it is, however, there is more than one:<\/p>\n
In Germany, DIN 5008 <\/a>applies, and is actually quite simple:<\/p>\n Of the above examples, therefore, only the 5th variant conforms to DIN standards:<\/p>\n +49 1234 9876543-123<\/p>\n If the number is only published in Germany, the following spelling would also be correct:<\/p>\n 01234 9876543-123<\/p>\n The Guideline E.123 <\/a>of the International Telecommunication Union looks pretty similar. However, the extension is separated from the number simply by a space, not by a hyphen. In addition, the main number can be grouped (e.g. into blocks of 2 or 3) to improve readability. However, according to the E.123 recommendation, the groups should be separated by smaller spaces than the main groupings, i.e. like this:<\/p>\n +49 1234 987 65 43 123<\/p>\n For numbers used only in national territory, E.123 proposes the following:<\/p>\n (01234) \u00a0987 65 43\u00a0\u00a0123<\/p>\n However, this spelling does not make sense in countries where the area code must always be dialed (e.g. Switzerland).<\/p>\n On the Internet, however, the syntax after the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) “tel” is relevant. Just as, for example, every website can be found via its globally unique URL, every international telephone number that is noted down according to the URI is globally unique. According to this standard, there must be no spaces, but the main groups may be separated by hyphens:<\/p>\n +49-1234-9876543-123<\/p>\n To make matters worse, independently of these three recommendations exist typographical rules for the structure of numbers in the pleading. The Print and Media ABC 1\/49<\/a> of the german central expert committee regarding vocational\u00a0training suggests on page 26 that the figures should be divided into groups of two, beginning on the right, with a reduced distance between the pairs – not a really clean solution either:<\/span><\/p>\n +49\u00a0\u00a012 34\u00a0\u00a09 87 65 43-1 23<\/p>\n The mere fact that several standards or recommendations exist gives you some leeway. \u00a0So as long as you use one of the variants above, you are not doing anything wrong. But these guidelines are not a law either. For example, if your corporate design provides for points as structuring elements, this will certainly be understood:<\/p>\n 49.1234.9876543.123<\/p>\n Only parentheses and slashes have become quite out of fashion recently and should be avoided.<\/p>\n We at prinux generally recommend the DIN standard 5008, optionally with phone numbers grouped as desired. Area codes and extension numbers should never be divided into small groups.<\/p>\n So for an ordinary number<\/p>\n +49\u00a0\u00a01234\u00a0\u00a09876543-123 (strictly DIN standard compliant) or should suffice.<\/p>\n If a special grouping helps with memorizing, it should definitely be used:<\/p>\n +49\u00a0\u00a01234 \u00a0757 1 757-123 is more memorable than The most important rule for companies is: Once the telephone number format has been defined, it should be strictly adhered to on all company business cards.<\/p>\n With self-service portals such as prinux<\/a>, this naturally leads to the question: how do you make sure that all those ordering always enter the numbers exactly the same? Answer: They simply don\u2019t have to. Because the prinux solution automatically handles uniform formatting in the background – no matter how a number is entered. For example, 0049 (0) 1234-98 76 543 DW 123 automatically becomes +49\u00a0\u00a01234\u00a0\u00a0987 65 43-123.<\/p>\n (* The correct spacings, which are conventional in typesetting, can only be displayed on the web to a limited extent. To indicate “normal” and “reduced” spaces, different numbers of spaces have been inserted in this article.)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text] How are telephone numbers correctly set on business cards? A question to which -again – there is no universal answer. Firstly, there are several recommendations, and secondly, even the standards do not guarantee optimal legibility. 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E.123<\/h4>\n
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)<\/h4>\n
Typographic rules*<\/span><\/h4>\n
And what now?<\/h4>\n
Our recommendation<\/h4>\n
+49\u00a0\u00a01234\u00a0\u00a0987 65 43-123 (with grouping)<\/p>\n
+49\u00a0\u00a01234 \u00a0757\u00a017 57-123.<\/p>\nThe key point is: Keep things Identical!<\/h4>\n
The perfect solution for company business cards <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\tAre you looking for a simple, efficient solution with which you and your colleagues can order company business cards online? Then you should test prinux – free of charge and without obligation:
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