Style 11, the Engraving. Round 1

My pick. After the wood type and the machine, the register the library lacks is elegance. This is an engraved card: thick cotton stock with a soft vignette at its edges, a thin double keyline with engraved corners, the kit mark blind-debossed at the head, pressed into the paper with no ink. The job in engraved small caps (Cinzel), the line in a Garamond (Cormorant), a fleuron rule, the paragraph and the last line in the italic, and the agent engraved at the foot over the lockup. Nothing is drawn or hand-lettered; the ink sits in the paper with the bite of a die, and the type scales itself so the form always fills the card between the mark and the keyline.

What to rule on. The ink: navy, burgundy, charcoal, or reversed on navy stock. The mark: blind (EN-navy) or inked (EN-inked). The faces: Cinzel for the small caps and Cormorant for everything else. Whether it is full enough for you, since an engraved card is airy by nature. Pass or note by name.

Inks, stocks and the mark

EN-navy
EN-navyThe seller tip, navy ink on cream cotton, the mark blind-debossed. The baseline.
EN-burgundy
EN-burgundyBurgundy ink.
EN-charcoal
EN-charcoalCharcoal ink.
EN-inked
EN-inkedThe mark engraved in the ink instead of blind.
EN-reverse
EN-reverseReversed: cream engraving on navy stock, the mark pressed dark.
EN-market
EN-marketThe market note.
EN-invite
EN-inviteThe invitation.
EN-thanks
EN-thanksWith thanks, Dear Alyssa, in burgundy.
EN-holiday
EN-holidayThanksgiving.