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What to Engrave When You Only Have a Few Letters
A name, a date, a set of coordinates or a single word. Ideas for engraving that still mean something in ten years, and what to check before you order.
Engraving forces you to be brief. Twelve characters on a nameplate, a few on the inside of a band. That limit is what makes a good engraving land: there is no room for anything you don't mean.
Where it goes
On the front, where everyone sees it: a name on the Signature Name Necklace or the Bare Name Necklace, or a word on the Nameplate Bangle.
Or hidden, where only you know it's there: the inside of a band, the back of a pendant, the underside of a bracelet. Some of the best engravings are never read by anyone but the person wearing them.
Ideas that hold up
A date. The day you signed, launched, moved, closed, finished. Written as numbers it reads as a code to everyone else and as a whole year to you.
Initials. Yours, or yours and someone else's. Two or three letters are the most classic engraving there is, and the easiest to fit anywhere.
Coordinates. The city where it happened, in latitude and longitude. They need more characters, so they work best on the back of a pendant or the inside of a wider band.
One word. A word you needed to hear that year. A nickname only one person uses. The name of a street.
Your own name. On the front, in gold. You earned it.
Before you order
Type it exactly as you want it made, then read it twice. Check the spelling, the order of initials and the format of the date. Engraved and personalized pieces are made only for you, so they are final sale.
Character limits vary by piece, and we confirm the engraving with you before we begin. It is made within the same 2–5 week window as the piece itself, so it doesn't add any time.
Not sure if it will fit? Email us at Contact@avrajewelry.co with the piece and the words, and we will tell you before you order.
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