mardi 7 avril 2015

How To Commission A Calligrapher For Your Project

By Iva Cannon


Invitations to birthday parties, weddings, anniversaries, celebrations, or any other special events are important pieces of paper that must be done properly. They are what will ensure that your expected guests learn about the date, time, and reason for the party, after all. They are also the ones that can ensure the attendance of guests.

Having a plain invitation should be fine. However, you may want to boost the attendance of the guests who will be celebrating with you. Thus, you may want to delve into the world of calligraphy, making the lettering in your invitation pretty. With this idea at hand, you better commission a calligrapher to write for you.

You will find hiring the professional a good idea, especially if you want some special designs on the invitations. You can easily reach out to the guests in the most personalized way possible when you have the professional's services. If you hire the best one for the job, you can get the most of your money for that.

The commissioning of the writing expert should be done with great care. You should not just pick anyone to work for you in this writing project. You have to find the one who can do a perfect job, after all. In that case, then you should follow some tips regarding that matter. Here are the simple tips you can take advantage of then.

First, you have to make sure that you use only the seasoned professionals with years of experience backing him or her up. You should ask for that professional's portfolio containing samples of his or her work. The said portfolio should demonstrate the professional's ability to do a number of lettering styles such as bookhand or italic.

Laser-printed typeset fonts based on pseudo-calligraphy should not be used. You must avoid it despite the fact that it can provide a tidy and consistent lettering font you can use. The truth is, this computer-generated lettering does not give off personalized vibe. It does not even have that artistic flair to it. It can make your invites look amateur-ish.

There may be DIY kits available in the market these days. However, these DIY kits should only be used by those who are already experienced with calligraphy. The amateurs and beginners should not use this because they can just make the appearance of your lettering look ugly. It will not reflect properly on your invites or event.

The professionals should always use a lettering style properly complementing the fonts used in your printed invitations. However, you should try to ask this professional to personally create lettering to the invites entirely by hand. Their work will actually make the invitation look way better when they do that. It will also show more flair when you get the professional to do it.

A written estimate should be provided to you beforehand. The professional and you should talk about what the said project requires before you go ahead with any work. Through the discussion, the professional can make an estimate of how much the entire cost will be. Both parties should agree to the price before any work gets done to avoid future troubles.




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