Wedding Help with invitation wording/proofs

[brooklyngirl]

We''ve decided to go with DIY invitations, but are having them professionally printed. We just got our proofs from the printer, and things don''t look right. First, I wonder if the text will fit onto our card. The text seems to be all caps, and bigger than the text used for our names.

We wanted to use 10 or 8 pt Copperplate text, (lowercase letters are caps but smaller than the capital letters).

I am also not sure where we should capitalize. HELP!

Here is our text:

Two lives, two hearts
joined together in friendship
united forever in love.

It is with joy that we,

Yekaterina MyLastName
and
Dmitry HisLastName

together with our parents,
invite you to share
in a celebration of love
as we are married on the

eleventh day of january
two thousand and nine
at four o''clock in the afternoon
at
The Renaissance
2131 Hylan Blvd (Should we spell out blvd?)
Staten Island, NY 10306

Herei s our invite, and attached is the proof.

 

[marchswallowbird]

First, I wouldn''t use copperplate. It''s too big and blocky, not elegant at all. Almost any caps can be done in smallcaps. Try it in Word. If you must have copperplate, you''ll need to reduce the size of all your copy except the names, and increase the font size of the names.

 

[marchswallowbird]

Here''s a version in Garamond type smallcaps:

 

[brooklyngirl]

Thanks marchswallowbird! I was doing the same exact thing in word, lol.

I can''t remember if it was Copperplate or some sort of engraver''s font. It didn''t look particularly heavy, but I suppose I need to see it on the proof.

This is what I came up with, using book antiqua 9pt. What do you think?

 

[brooklyngirl]

Any thoughts on the grammatical correctness of the text?

 

[marchswallowbird]

The grammar is perfect. I wouldn't do 9 pt. type, though...too small, especially if you're inviting grandparents or anyone older. I would enlarge the type, and print vertically on your invite. You can tie the ribbon vertically, and it will look great.