Selecting Typestyles for Wedding Invitations

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Wedding Invitation companies all suffer from one of two flaws: 1) They offer too many typestyles, thereby making it an impossible decision to make. or 2) They offer only a handful of typestyles and they do not coordinate well together. Again, this process gets a lot easier if you have thought about this before going out to see vendors.

The first piece of advice I can give is to minimize the use of different typestyles. It's easy to get carried away and too many typestyles and sizes can take beauty away from the classy invitations that you've worked so hard on already. You will want at most three typefaces on your invitations:

1. A title typeface - perhaps a script or calligraphy style font.
2. A body typeface - for your normal text.
3. A note typeface - for any special instructions that should stand out

An italicized serif'ed font can sometimes look better than a script font - especially when you do not have the luxury of previewing your invitations immediately. Script fonts have a tendency to not flow very well between certain letters and the letters that are problematic vary between fonts. If you can get by with two or one typeface for your invitations they will look very neat. You don't want to overthink your typestyles. In the best case scenario they will receive zero attention from your guests.

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