Suggested number of lines and characters: 10 to 13 lines fit nicely on all announcement designs. The announcement you choose will tell the number of lines and spaces available on that design. If you've written a text that is too long for the card you've chosen, see this page for condensing suggestions.

A common problem: If you want to have your text followed by a space and then the parent's names, avoid following the names with more text . The reason for this is visual...  a space before and after the parent's names make them appear to "float" on the page, drawing undue attention to them.  See the example below for a suggestion on how to solve this problem.

First person vs. third person: If your verse begins with "Mr and Mrs...." (in other words, written in the third person), then it would be correct to say "they invite you..." instead of "we invite you."

It is general practice on social announcements to write out the time, date and year rather than using numerals. ("At four o'clock in the afternoon on the twenty-seventh of May") Where space is a problem, or where a distinctly informal approach is desired, the numerals may be used  ("at 4:00 p.m. on the 27th of May"). The main thing is to be consistent - use either numerals or words, but not both.

If you are spelling out the date, time, and year, do not capitalize the time or the date, but DO capitalize the year, month, and day. For example,  "four o'clock on May tenth, Two thousand and three."

Punctuation that falls at the end of a line is usually omitted unless it is essential for a correct understanding of the text.

Prepositions should stay on the same line as their object.  For example, instead of
"Please join us for a celebration on/Saturday, the seventh of June", use this:
"Please join us for a celebration/on Saturday, the seventh of June." This rule is broken when we want the name of the student or the name of the event on a line by itself.

Capitalize the first word of each line only if it is the first word in a new sentence or section. The words "Graduation," Commencement," "Commencement Ceremony," and "High School Graduation"  are also normally capitalized.

 

Avoid  this:	Solution:
We are pleased to announce the graduation of our daughter Hannah Joy Williams Class of 2005 Christian Liberty Academy Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Williams "But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33	We are pleased to announce the graduation of our daughter Hannah Joy Williams Class of 2005 Christian Liberty Academy "But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Williams