» posted on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 9:31 am by ABM

Button University Lesson 2: Button Sizes – Choosing the Right One

On Friday, we introduced you to our new series of posts that highlight some of the information available at the Button University resource of our main website. The first post in the series provided step-by-step instructions for any button making project. Today, we delve into an important decision that must be made when you are making buttons: with all of the different button sizes available, which one should you use for your project?

Over at our main website, we have a handy-dandy table that you can use for quick reference regarding decisions on button sizes. While we could simply repost that table here, what would be the fun in that? Plus, we know that some people don’t always like looking at tables and charts. So we will use our space here to outline, in a little more detailed fashion, which button sizes and button machine options work best for producing different button types and styles.

Button Sizes for Promotional & Novelty Buttons

1″ button sizes, made with our 1 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
tie tacks
earrings
medallions

1.25″ button sizes, made with our 1.25 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
keychains

1.50″ button sizes, made with our 1.5 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
keychains

1.75″ button sizes, made with our 1.75 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
keychains

Best Button Sizes for Photo Buttons and Campaign Buttons

3.0″ button sizes, made with our 3.0 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
keychains
photo buttons
mirrors
bulldog clips

3.5″ button sizes, made with our 3.5 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
photo buttons
mirrors
coasters
bulldog clips

Button Sizes for Rectangle Buttons and Square Buttons

1.75″ x 2.75″ button sizes, made with our 1.75 inch x 2.75 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
keychains
bulldog clips

2″ x 3″ button sizes, made with our 2 inch x 3 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
keychains
photo buttons
mirrors
bulldog clips

2″ x 2″ button sizes, made with our 2 inch x 2 inch square button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons
magnets
keychains

Large Button Sizes

And last, but certainly not least, 6″ button sizes, made with our 6 inch button machines, are the right button size for:

pinback buttons

If you feel a chart would be an easier way to digest the information provided above, please jump over to the button sizes page at the American Button Machines website. Thanks for stopping by to read the second post in our continuing Button University series. Check back tomorrow for our next lesson, which provides additional insight on why the button machine products sold by American Button Machines are truly the best and easiest to use on the market.