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1. Economy Text imprinting

Economy Text imprinting is imprinting with moveable type, ready for us to do in-house right away with no die-casting or logo etching processes to slow things down. Turnaround time is usually 1 to 3 business days. We offer both upper and lower case letters for excellent legibility, in either the standard 36 pt. Times Roman font, or in a script-like font called Brush which is a little more elegant.

The setup costs are minimal and the per-folder stamping cost is too; see the table below.

The usual location for choir name imprinting is centred, in the upper portion of the front of the folder, approximately 3 to 4 inches (8-10 cm) down from the top. The usual location for imprinting a singer or music director name is at the lower right front corner of the folder.

Economy Text Pricing (multiple lines singly spaced)	Setup	Stamping cost per folder	Stamping cost when 50 or more
Economy Text Pricing (multiple lines singly spaced)	Setup	Stamping cost per folder	Stamping cost when 50 or more
One line, maximum 30 characters	3.00	2.00	1.50
Two lines, maximum 30 characters each	6.00	2.25	1.75
Three lines, maximum 30 characters each	12.00	2.50	2.00
Pricing for Extended line lengths up to 45 characters (any longer line requires a different press):
One line, over 30 characters	6.00	2.00	1.50
Two lines, any one over 30 characters	9.00	2.25	1.75
Three lines, any one over 30 characters	15.00	2.50	2.00

Click a link in the table above which lists what you want, and you'll be directed to the correct form to enter your Economy Text imprinting details.

2. Die-cast text imprinting

Die-cast text imprinting uses type slugs cast from molten metal, and you have a greater flexibility in choice of size and font. We have 15 choices across various popular fonts. As you may expect, setup costs are higher and turnaround time is typically 3-6 business days. However, the per-folder stamping cost is the same. Die-cast text, therefore, is also a very reasonable choice for repetitive imprinting of choir names since the setup cost spreads out nicely across a choir-size order.

For a single order, where a singer chooses a font for their name which they really like from the choices below, the imprinting may cost more than the folder! However, given the quality and longevity of our folders, people do, and are very happy with the result. Given the higher setup cost compared to Economy text imprinting, we see this style of imprinting more often on individual orders which are gifts.

Note that if none of our listed fonts matches your existing typestyle, we can print anything in any font when it is done graphically as a logo (see the Logo imprinting section in the index at left).

Here are the font choices for Die-cast text imprinting:
N.B. Don't trust the screen or print size which you see to be precise, but rather, note that we have listed the point size of each font.

Die-cast Text Pricing
(multiple lines singly spaced)
Setup
Stamping cost per folder
Stamping cost when 50 or more

1 line, maximum 30 characters 30.00 2.00 1.50

2 lines, maximum 30 characters each 40.00 2.25 1.75

3 lines, maximum 30 characters each 50.00 2.50 2.00

Pricing for Extended line lengths up to 45 characters (any longer line requires a different press):

1 line, over 30 characters 40.00 2.00 1.50

2 lines, any one over 30 characters 50.00 2.25 1.75

3 lines, any one over 30 characters 60.00 2.50 2.00

Click a link in the table above that lists what you want, and you will be directed to the correct form to enter your Die-cast text imprinting details.

Imprint locations:

1. Mid-top front; centered
2. Upper right front; right-justified
3. Lower right front; right-justified
4. Inside folder in upper top left
5. Upper left back outer edge; left-justified
6. Mid-top back; centered
7. Lower left back outer edge; left-justified