What Is Spot Calligraphy? Elevate Your Wedding Invitations with Custom Lettering

What Is Spot Calligraphy? Elevate Your Wedding Invitations with Custom Lettering

Spot calligraphy is the art of adding elegant, custom hand-lettering to select areas of your wedding stationery. Whether it's your names on the invitation or your guests' names on an envelope, spot calligraphy infuses personality, romance, and a touch of timeless luxury into every detail.

Why Use Spot Calligraphy in Wedding Invitations?

Spot calligraphy elevates your suite instantly. It creates a sense of intimacy and artistry that standard fonts can't match. By highlighting just a few key elements—like the couple's names, venue, or header—you bring focus and intentionality to your design without overwhelming the page.

Perfect for:

• Wedding invitations

• Save the dates

• Place cards & menus

• Envelope addressing

• Vow books & keepsakes

Where Can You Add Spot Calligraphy?

We recommend using spot calligraphy to highlight:

• The couple’s names

• Ceremony or reception locations

• Headlines (e.g., "You're Invited")

• Guest names on envelopes

• Seating chart headers or signage

It works beautifully alongside serif or sans-serif typefaces and can be tailored to match your wedding aesthetic—modern, romantic, classic, or whimsical.

Digital vs. Hand Calligraphy

At Lively House & Home, we offer both hand-lettered and digitized spot calligraphy styles:

• Digitized Calligraphy: Created by hand, then scanned and formatted for print. Ideal for consistent, polished results across your printed suite.

• Hand Calligraphy: Used for envelope addressing or select one-of-a-kind details. Each piece is lettered by hand for an extra layer of luxury.

Seamless with Semi-Custom Design

Spot calligraphy is available on both our custom wedding invitations and our Ready-to-Wed collection. It’s one of the easiest ways to make a semi-custom suite feel uniquely yours.

Choose your preferred style, tell us where you'd like calligraphy to appear, and we'll handle the rest—whether it's incorporated into your design proofs or applied individually by hand.

Ready to Add a Personal Touch?

Spot calligraphy is a simple, beautiful way to elevate your entire paper suite. Contact us to include it in your invitation design, or visit our Design Studio to learn more about customization options, paper finishes, and enhancements.