A wedding monogram or crest for your invitations
How couples use a wedding monogram or a new shared crest across invitations, reply cards, menus, place cards and the wax seal.
Heraldry & Monograms
Read the language of crests, coats of arms and monograms. Explore their symbols and histories, and the ways personal marks live on in stationery, gifts and everyday objects.
A family crest signet ring: from design to finger
How a signet ring with a family crest is designed and made: choosing the design, simplifying it for metal, and what happens after you order.
A monogram for your embosser, seal or stamp
How to design a monogram that works pressed into paper, wax or ink, and what to ask an embosser or seal maker for when you take them your files.
Luxury business cards: what actually makes them feel expensive
Heavy paper, a single mark, generous margins and a back that says less: the details that make a business card feel luxurious, with examples from real Fable designs.
Letterhead examples: twelve pages that look established
Letterhead examples from law firms, practices, studios, hotels and estates, and what each one teaches about layout, the mark, paper and the second page.
Crest or monogram: which suits your business?
A simple way to choose between a coat of arms and a monogram for a business, by trade, by name and by where the mark will be used most.
A crest for a golf, sailing or members’ club
Clubs and crests belong together. How to design a crest for a golf, sailing or members’ club, for the blazer, the scorecard and the regatta programme.
A classic crest for a barber shop
Traditional barbers have always used heraldic signs. How to design a crest for the window, the cards and the chair, with an example drawn for gilding.
A crest for a farm, ranch or country estate
Farms have used marks for as long as there have been gates. How to design a crest for a farm or estate, its farm shop and every gift that leaves it.