1404 A.D. Italian 18th Century Note Cards
Six Cards + Matching Envelopes in your choice of sizing.
Produced by the 18th century Magnani paper mills, these textured cards and envelopes are produced with 100% high alpha cellulose, with a neutral pH - making them excellent for all writing, printing, and engraving application.
The Magnani paper mills date their origins back to the XV century when the first settlers developed the mill along the banks of the Pescia river that was famous for its clear waters, an essential requirement for the production of paper.
During the years the Magnani paper mills have walked step by step with the turmoil of the nation, always remaining active and at the beginning of the 19th Century, as an index of its growth, they owned more than 150 vats for refining pulp.
The Magnani mill had already started in the 18th century to export their papers all over the world and could count among their customers most of Europe’s reigning families and the state mints of many countries that appreciated the quality of the security papers produced at the mill on cylinder machines the only ones that can guarantee the highest quality standards, among the mill’s customers there was Napoleon Bonaparte that chose the mill to produce a special watermarked paper for the announcement of his wedding with Maria Luisa D’Austria, the original mold is still held at the mill.
The mill was also a supplier of the Crown family of Italy for some specific papers and very important documents and agreements have been signed on our papers.
During the years very important artists such as Picasso, De Chirico, Guttuso, Annigoni, Maccari, Bueno, Guarnieri, Morandi, writers like D’Annunzio, Giusti, and many others used to have their own paper produced as a sign of distinction.
Artwork Guidelines
- Preferred File Formats: .jpg, .jpeg, .png
- Preferred Image Size: 2000 x 2000 pixels
- Artwork must be a black and white image.
- Image must be without shading or contouring.
- Text is often illegible in wax impressions, please consider the image without text, or make the text as large as possible (7pt minimum) and select a larger stamp.
- We are unable to work from photographs or scanned images.
- Provide us with the image as you would like it to appear in the final wax impression.
- Please note, the image will be reversed when engraved the seal face in order to create a positive impression in the sealing wax. Please send us the positive version of your artwork.
- Please provide your final, finished image.
While we have our talents, designing artwork is best left to actual designers and artists. If you need some help, please take a look on sites such as fiver.com, where you can hire an artist for $5 per project.
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To supply your own font, simply choose "custom font" from the menu and use the provided file upload option to send us the font file from your computer library.
If you need to find a font file, there are many great sites from which you can download.
To submit your own font, we can use font files extensions: .OTF, .TTF, & .FNT
- PC users may mostly likely find their fonts in \Windows\Fonts\Winnt\Fonts.
- Mac users can find their font files in System:Fonts, or .../Library/Fonts