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I think it really depends on your budget. If you have the bucks to do calligraphy, go for it. If not, then I really don't think too many people would notice if you have them printed instead of hand done.
Have you thought about doing the calligraphy yourself? I bought a book and it hasn't been too hard so far.
I printed all the addresses in calligraphy from the computer and I really couldnt tell the difference enough to jusitfy the cost (and I REALLY wanted them hand addressed)
I think that if you have the money in your budget hand written looks really elegant. But I don't think that machine printed looks cheap in any way, so unless you have the money to burn, I believe it's totally fine to go w/machine printed.
I printed all our envelopes with a calligraphy script in a very, very pale gray and then hand wrote over it with a silver pen. It was a very cost effective alternative to "real" calligraphy.
I printed the addresses with a calligraphy script on regular paper, cut them out, placed them inside my envelopes, made a homemade light table with a touch light and a coffee table glass insert, and then I traced them with a nice pen. It was a bit of a long process, and I would have done it runningbee's way, but my printer tends to eat envelopes. They turned out really well though!
While we're on the topic, what are some of y'alls favorite calligraphy fonts?
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Hi Hive!
I was wondering if any of you think that anyone can really tell the difference between handwritten and machine calligraphy.
Machine calligraphy is very inexpensive but I worry that it will look like I just ran the envelopes through Microsoft Office and that they will cheap and that handwritten calligraphy (though pricey) looks a lot more elegant.
What are your thoughts?