Handwritten invites vs printed

I personally hand wrote ours and I know that etiquette says to do so. But honestly, I've never received an invitation or STD in the mail and judged someone over whether or not they hand wrote it or printed it. It's going in the trash.

I may be wrong in my thinking, but I think the STD can be printed- especially if you're using a cursive type of font.

For the invitation, yes, the hand written address is supposed to be the "etiquette" but I've seen a couple of ways around it! One is to use the (same) cursive font and print them, but this can take quite a bit of time in set up (making sure everything is centered, etc)

Similar to that, you can print them in really, really light ink, then copy over it with a pen of your choice, to make them look hand written.

I'd personally never judge someone for how they address their wedding invitations - hey, they're inviting me to share their day, and that's the important part! I think hand addressed is a nice touch, but it won't ban you to etiquette hell for breaking it. :-)

Thanks! Question part 2... If someone is getting a plus one do you just put their name on the STD or their name "and guest"?

STDs can certainly be printed. Traditional etiquette is to hand address wedding invitations, but I ran mine through the printer! Our invitations were not that formal or fancy, I don't think anyone noticed, or at least no one mentioned it.

Save the date envelopes can totally be printed! I did not include whether or not any had "and guest" on the STD, but only addressed them to both names of the couple in the relationship. If there are any new relationships come invitation time I'll add in the "and guest" then!

The etiquette is to have the invitations hand written, but if you use labels in pretty script font nobody is going to think twice. Maybe use clear labels instead of white ones so the label blends into the envelope? I understand that paying for calligraphy can be very expensive. I am fortunate that we have a family friend that offered to address ours.

If she had not offered, I would have considered printed addresses in a nice font.

We printed our STD addresses on our computer at home.

For our invites, we added on fancy address labels that wrapped around the envelope.

I don't see why invitations need to be hand written. Is it supposed to indicate it being personal instead of impersonal? Like if you are invited to my wedding, it's personal lol.

I will hand write the envelope, and address is to the proper people with their names but the actual invite is obviously printed by VISTAPRINT or whomever.

And none of this has to do with personal or etiquette.

I printed my STD and I'll print my invites. I'm using a fancy font but not a script font because it can be hard for the post office to read. One lf my best friends is a post master and after hearing her horror stories I determined I didn't want to risk it. If someone judges me for getting a printed envelope, that is their problem. I hate to be such a jerk about it but it is what it is.

This is fascinating as I'm just now doing STD/invite research. I had wanted calligraphy originally but my vendor does such nice "print work", I thought NOTHING of having the envelopes "printed" with a script font of some kind. Hand to God, I had no idea there was etiquette for this too. Damn...

I hand wrote the addresses on all of ours, because we had like 8 envelopes all together for our small guest list. But my hand writing isn't that pretty. Didn't seem to bother anyone at all. Personally I don't see the problem with printing the addresses.

Well me personally I along with 2 other friends hand wrote the STD but it was a lot so for the invitations I am going to find a nice font and print them on labels. If someone feels a certain type away about it then decline whatever LOL

PSA: Please make sure the usps can read your writing! I want all of your invitations to get to their destinations! If using a fancy font, make sure it is large enough to be easily legible!

I know everyone is an adult but I would hate if someone's invitations weren't delivered.

We didn't have Save The Dates but hand wrote our invitations and thank-you cards.

I was unaware it was proper etiquette to hand write them, yay for me then as I personally hand wrote each of the invitations myself.

We do not have a printer, and did not want to have to buy one, spend money on labels, ink etc.

Hand writing them was a much easier and cost effective solution.

My handwriting is terrible too, I'll be printing my invitation addresses in a pretty font onto clear labels.

I think most people don't think twice about the address or how it was printed or written when they recieve them.

I should really stop reading WW forums. Who knew there was etiquette about printing or handwriting addresses for invitations? I've never flinched either way. We are handwriting ours but that is just because it's all we thought to do. I wouldn't worry about it!

STDs, not a big deal. Labels or printed envelopes for invitations? I cringe every time. Like, even if your handwriting sucks, was it REALLY such an inconvenience you couldn't write out my address? I don't even mind if the return address is a rubber stamp or embossed seal!

One workaround I've seen, AND a good way to practice some "calligraphy" is to print in a light gray on the envelope, then trace it with a nice calligraphy pen. I made calligraphy worksheets for myself to practice with using a nice calligraphy font and a gold calligraphy marker, since we're using burgundy envelopes.

I ran all our envelopes through the printer. For the wedding invitations I used Edwardian Script.

Here is one post that may be helfpul:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/wedding-calligraphy-_n_5669236.html

Personally, I could give two Sh*ts about handwriting and hiring a calligrapher seems to be an unnecessary expense to me.