Top Tips For Choosing Wedding Calligraphy Styles

By Larry Gibson


Once you have made the decision to get married and have set a date and location where things will take place, it will be time to design your invitations and other materials. Wedding calligraphy can be used on all of your printed materials to give them the look and feel that you are trying to achieve. Here are some tips that will help you choose the right lettering style and get the look you want.

Calligraphy is a beautiful art form that has been practiced for thousands of years. Calligraphers use a brush or a specific style of pen to create letters that have both thin and thick strokes. Some styles are plain while others are incredibly elaborate.

A set of wedding stationary is made up of a variety of different items. These can include invitations, programs and place cards among other items. Some will have important information about the location and timing of the reception. Others may deal more with activities that are happening which you may have set up for your guests or accommodations that may have been arranged for them. The same type style used on all of them can help tie things together.

In the past, all calligraphy was done by hand. Now, computer programs can recreate many different lettering styles. Individuals who want a uniform look or who may not have a large amount of money to pay a professional may want to choose to have their stationary produced digitally. If you love a hand-made look and are willing to order your invitations and stationary farther in advance you may want to find someone who still practices this art form.

You want to make sure that you choose a style of type that people are able to read easily. Some of the most ornate fonts may not be suitable for invitations or wedding stationary especially if the size of the lettering will be small. You don't want people to make mistakes about the information on your invitations because they cannot read what the lettering says.

The style of the writing is not the only thing that you need to think about. You also need to think about the color of the ink as well. Light colored ink can be hard to read and if your type style is very ornate this may make it hard to read. That is why many couples use darker ink.

Finding a calligrapher may be more difficult if you do not live in a large city but you should be able to find several artists on line that you can choose from. Just make sure to look at samples of the work that they have created and, if you are having a large volume of stationary done, that they have experience working on projects with a similar scope as yours.

Many couples prefer to use websites or graphic designers and have the lettering done via computer. This can be a less expensive alternative to having your lettering done by hand. If you are looking for potential places to have your invitations created digitally, you may want to ask recently married friends or family members where they had their invitations produced or which companies they avoided using.




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