Script Styles

These styles can be done in a variety of ink colors, or can be matched to your wedding colors with a custom mixed opaque gouache. Please click on photos for a larger view.

below: fine nib, white on colored paper and glassine

below: fine nib, white on colored paperbelow: fine nib, colored ink on white paper

below: fine nib, black on label for tiny gift as placecardbelow: fine nib, black on glassine gift bag as placecard
below: fine nib, black and white on glassine gift bag as placecardbelow: fine nib, black on labels to be used for table assignments
below: fine nib, black on label for placecard

below: dip pen fine, bronze on placecard

below: dip pen fine, bronze on placecard

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More Script Styles

These styles can be done in any existing colored ink, or any customized color of opaque gouache. Please click on photos for a larger view.

below: medium nib, black on white paper

below: medium nib, black on white paper below: fine nib, blue on ivory paper
below: fine nib, blue on ivory paper
below: medium nib, tobacco ink on white paperfind out how to order for your event here>

Casual Styles

These styles, done with different fountain pens and a more uniform line weight, can be done in any existing colored ink. Please click on photos for a larger view.

below: casual script name with sans serif address, violet ink on colored paper
below: casual serif caps name with sans serif address, violet ink on colored paper
below: casual script, violet ink on white paper
below: casual thick-thin serif, black ink on ivory paper
below: casual thick-thin serif, black ink on ivory paperbelow: casual inline serif caps with sans serif address, blue ink on white paper

below: casual serif caps, blue ink on white paper
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Milkfed & Me

This fun collaboration with Milkfed Press is a mix and match wedding suite, perfect whether you are a couple that is mixed or a couple that matches!

Process

I am happy to talk with you about your calligraphy needs for your wedding, special event, or your business. Some of my services include: hand lettered logos for businesses and individuals; camera ready art for invitations, maps, menus, save the date and rsvp cards; and hand addressed invitations, placecards, escort cards, and table cards. If you'd like to have me letter something else, please let me know!

• In order to get started, please email me a brief description of your project and deadlines to leigh@leighwells.com. I'll get back to you about availability and pricing. Note that there is a $250 minimum charge for all new orders.
  
• Once we discuss the specifics of your job, I will email you an estimate and a list of materials I will need to get started (i.e. address or names list, paper stock, etc.) For all orders, please be ready to provide 10-15% extra envelopes or paper stock.
• Before beginning the job, I will send you an invoice via email requesting payment via your preferred method (either check, cash, money order, paypal or credit card via paypal).
• Once I have your materials, text files, and payment, I'll complete your project according to our agreed schedule and arrange for delivery of your pieces, retaining any additional envelopes or stock for last minute changes and/or additions to your guest list. After any additional work is complete, I will ship these extras to you if you wish.
• If you are working with a printer, I can electronically deliver camera ready art according to their specifications.

I look forward to hearing from you and collaborating with you on your project!

About Leigh

Making calligraphy is an expression of my lifelong fascination with typography and hand lettering. From an early age, I enjoyed rendering letterforms, later studying graphic design and typography, eventually becoming an illustrator many years ago. Some of my most enjoyable illustration projects have involved extensive hand drawn lettering. When not doing calligraphy, I create illustrations for advertising, design, publishing and editorial clients from my studio in San Francisco. My design and illustration work have been recognized by major organizations such as the AIGA and the Society of Illustrators, as well as appearing in several volumes of American Illustration and in Communication Arts Illustration Annuals.