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How to Create a List for Computer Calligraphy

All lists must be typed and sent electronically; hand written lists will not be accepted.

List must be in WORD document format. All other programs do not translate into our Graphic Programs. Single column document; no labels formats, no excel spreadsheets, no address programs. Insert only ONE line space in between each recipient. Your list should appear as follows:

e.g. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith
Post Office Box 48935
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Feinberg
2148 Packard Avenue
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 19006
Ms. Jillian Randall
Dr. Robert Wolf
The Barclay
237 South Eighteenth Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Type the list EXACTLY as you would like it to appear on your envelopes. For example, would you rather your list be printed with the word “and” instead of using an Ampersand “&”, or Street instead of St., or Doctor instead of Dr. "Rural Route" and "Post Office Box" are always written out.

No Abbreviations!

Your list should be consistent. If you would like you guests to be addressed formally, with their proper title such as “Mr. and Mrs.”, be consistent and address all of the guests on your list in that format, including children. We do not know if someone is a “Dr. and Mrs.” instead of “Mr. and Mrs.”. Wedding envelopes are addressed using the same etiquette that is used on wedding invitations. Because they are seen only by their recipients, less traditional etiquette is occasionally used, especially with women's names and titles. "Ms. " for example, may be used when addressing envelopes even though it’s not properly used on invitations.

If children under the age of 18 are invited, their first names appear on the line beneath their parents' names. Children should also be addressed as “Master” or “Miss”, “Misses”, etc. (if using double envelopes, your guests' names are repeated on the inside envelope. This time, however, only their titles and surnames are used. If children under the age of 18 are invited, their first names appear on the line beneath their parents' names.).

Outer Envelope	Inner Envelope
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith	Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Post Office Box 48935	Post Office Box 48935
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380	West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380
----------------	----------------
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Feinberg	Mr. and Mrs. Feinberg
	Miss Ava Feinberg
	Master Oliver Feinberg
2148 Packard Avenue	2148 Packard Avenue
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 19006	Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 19006

When not using formal titles, remember that the woman’s name always goes first; “never remove a man from his last name”.
e.g. Mary and Robert Ellis
1830 Rittenhouse Square · 14C
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

When addressing someone who lives in an apartment, would you like it to read as “apartment” or “suite” or “unit”? Another option is to omit the word and at the end of the street address, a comma or a bullet can precede the numerical portion. (A bullet is a period that is raised to a point halfway between the top and bottom of a line.)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis
1830 Rittenhouse Square · 14C
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis
1830 Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Apartment 14C

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Please Note: Invitations, Personalized Stationery and Custom Gifts only available at the Rittenhouse Square Location.