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Script and serif pairings for invitations, with x-height in millimetres, line length and 300 dpi print sizes.
Wedding Font Pairing matches a calligraphic script for names with a caps face for accent lines and a text serif or sans for the details, then checks the result in millimetres rather than points. It converts each point size to a physical x-height (1 pt = 1/72 inch = 0.3528 mm), compares it against the 1.4 mm x-height the European Commission's labelling readability guideline treats as comfortably legible, estimates characters per line inside your margins and gives the artboard size in pixels at 300, 350 or 600 dpi.
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Adjust the options until the result looks right.
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Point sizes are converted to real x-heights so you know how tall the letters print.
Every combination names a script for the couple, a caps face for accent lines and a text face for details.
Card dimensions convert straight to pixel artboards at 300, 350 or 600 dpi.
Details and RSVP text are usually set between 9 and 12 pt, and names between 30 and 60 pt. What matters more than the point size is the x-height: aim for at least 1.4 mm on the details block, which is roughly 9 pt in a large x-height serif like Libre Baskerville but nearer 11 pt in Cormorant Garamond.
One point is exactly 1/72 of an inch, and one inch is 25.4 mm, so 1 pt = 0.3528 mm. A 10 pt line therefore occupies a 3.53 mm em — but the lowercase letters only fill the x-height, typically 44–53% of that for a text face and as little as 32% for a formal script.
300 dpi is the standard for digital and offset printing; some presses ask for 350 dpi, and 600 dpi is used for line art and foil separations. An A6 card (105 × 148 mm) at 300 dpi is 1240 × 1748 pixels before bleed.
It is best avoided. Formal scripts have small x-heights, thin strokes and heavily connected letters, so a full paragraph in one is slow to read and can break up in letterpress or foil. Use the script for names and a short accent line, and set every date, time, address and RSVP instruction in the text face.