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Enter the text you would like engraved and select a font. The preview updates in real time inside the simulated band view below. The preview is calibrated to actual engraving dimensions, which means what you see on screen is approximately what you will see inside your finished piece. Fifteen characters maximum, including spaces and punctuation.
Enter your text, choose a font, and see the result in the simulated band view below. The preview reflects the actual dimensions of the inscription as it will appear inside your ring.
Engraving is one of the most operationally predictable parts of our process, which means we can make four specific commitments about how it will work on your order. The commitments below apply uniformly across collection pieces, semi-custom modifications, and full bespoke projects.
Up to fifteen characters of engraving included at no charge on any order, regardless of the piece type or price point. This is a standard inclusion, not an upsell. Many comparable retailers charge twenty-five to fifty dollars for what is the same operational addition.
A serif and a script. Each font was chosen for its ability to age well over decades rather than for momentary fashion. We deliberately do not offer trendy display fonts, because what looks fresh today often looks dated in twenty years.
The engraving is produced with a controlled-depth laser rather than mechanical rolling. The micron-depth groove does not interfere with future resizing work, which means a complimentary first resize remains available even on engraved pieces.
Engraved pieces are considered personalized under Section 16 of our Terms and Conditions and therefore cannot be returned. The preview tool above exists specifically to prevent post-order regret over the engraving content.
Mechanical engraving was the industry standard for most of the twentieth century and produced inscriptions through pressure rather than removal, which means the metal was displaced rather than cut. The result was a deeper inscription that looked dramatic on white gold and platinum, but which compromised structural integrity along the inscription line and made future resizing work substantially more difficult.
Laser engraving works differently. The beam removes a precise micron-depth layer of metal along the inscription path, producing a shallow but highly readable groove that does not displace the surrounding metal. The result is a more delicate inscription that survives resizing, polishing, and decades of wear without losing definition. The trade-off is that laser engraving cannot reproduce the dramatic depth of old-style mechanical work, which is the right trade-off for fine jewelry intended to last.
The three font options were chosen to cover the range of engraving content that customers actually request. Each font has natural strengths and natural limitations, and the right choice depends on what you want to engrave more than on aesthetic preference alone. The notes below describe how to think about which font fits which content.
The serif font is the most versatile option and works well for phrases, names, and longer inscriptions. The slightly elongated proportions of Cormorant suit emotionally weighted content like wedding vows or names of children. Reads cleanly at the small dimensions of band interior engraving.
The sans-serif font is the strongest choice for numerical content like dates, GPS coordinates, or initials. Inter's neutral character keeps numerical content legible at small dimensions and avoids the slight ambiguity that serif numerals can introduce in tight spacing. Modern but not trendy.
A meaningful percentage of clients reach the engraving step without a specific text in mind, which is why we suggest leaving the field blank rather than committing to something that does not feel right. The four most common categories of engraving content we see are the wedding date or proposal date, the names or initials of both partners, geographic coordinates of a meaningful location, and short phrases drawn from poetry, scripture, or shared language. If none of these resonate, leaving the engraving blank and adding it later as a paid service preserves the option without forcing a premature decision.
The four categories below cover the majority of engraving requests we receive. Each category has natural advantages for specific situations, and the examples shown are real patterns drawn from anonymized order data over the past year. They are presented as starting points rather than as recommendations.
The proposal date, the wedding date, the date of a child's birth, or the anniversary of a meaningful event. Date formats vary by region; we use whatever format you specify and recommend including the year to avoid ambiguity decades later.
Both partners' first names, both initials joined with an ampersand, or a single name where the engraving is for an anniversary or commemoration of a single person. Fifteen characters covers most reasonable name combinations.
GPS coordinates of the proposal location, the wedding venue, or another meaningful place. Coordinates require precision; we recommend taking them from a mapping service and confirming before submission, because a transposed digit cannot be corrected without re-engraving.
A line drawn from a poem, a piece of scripture, a song lyric, or shared language that has personal meaning. Fifteen characters is a tight constraint for phrases, and the most successful examples we see tend to be three to five words at most.
Hearts, ampersands, stars, infinity symbols, or non-Latin characters from languages like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, or Hebrew. Most Unicode characters are supported, with the practical limit being legibility at small dimensions rather than technical capability.
If you are not certain what to engrave, leaving the field blank at order time is genuinely the right choice. Engraving can be added later as a paid service at our then-current rate of forty-five dollars, which is a small price for the option of not committing to text you might regret.
Engraving cannot be removed without re-polishing the band interior, which thins the metal and is not something we can do without compromising the structural integrity of the piece.
For practical purposes, what you choose at order time is what your piece will carry for its lifetime. This is part of why the preview tool exists, and part of why we suggest leaving the field blank if you are uncertain.
The one operational exception is that an existing engraving can be supplemented with additional text on a different surface of the piece if space permits. For example, a ring engraved with a date on the band interior can later receive an engraved set of initials on the side gallery, provided the gallery surface is large enough to accommodate the addition. This is a paid service quoted on a case-by-case basis.
The simplest and least expensive path is to add engraving at order time, where the inscription is included at no charge and is applied during the standard production cycle without affecting the delivery timeline. The engraving content is locked at the point of order confirmation, after which changes require either delaying the order or re-engraving the piece after fabrication. We recommend using the preview tool above and confirming with anyone whose input matters before submitting the order.
If you decide not to engrave at order time and later change your mind, engraving can be added as a paid service at our then-current rate of forty-five dollars. The piece must be sent back to our atelier for the engraving, which involves the customer paying inbound shipping and SinceLove covering return shipping within the United States. The total turnaround for post-order engraving is typically two to three weeks, which is the same operational pattern as our resize service described on the Complimentary Resizing page.
If you are within the 60-day complimentary resize window described in Section 17.4 of our Terms, engraving can sometimes be added during the same atelier visit as a resize, which consolidates the shipping and reduces the total round-trip cost. This is not advertised on the order page, but the customer service team is authorized to combine the two services when timing aligns.
For non-Latin character sets including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, and Cyrillic, the engraving system supports the standard Unicode ranges and renders the characters using fonts calibrated for laser engraving at small dimensions. Practical legibility for non-Latin scripts at band-interior dimensions varies by character density, and we recommend keeping non-Latin engravings to four or five characters maximum to ensure readability over time.
Technical limits exist for emoji-style characters, complex multicolor symbols, and characters that depend on color rather than line for legibility. Laser engraving is monochromatic by definition, which means a heart symbol can be rendered but a colored heart cannot, and a Pikachu emoji cannot be reproduced regardless of how the customer attempts to specify it. Where customer requests fall outside the technical scope of laser engraving, we will say so directly rather than attempt a degraded rendering.
We do not engrave content that is offensive, defamatory, or appears to be intended to harass another person. This is a small fraction of requests, but it does happen, and we reserve the discretion to decline an engraving content request without offering a refund of any associated fees if the request falls into this category. The Customer Service team is the final arbiter of whether a specific content request meets this standard.
The engraving service described on this page is included at no additional charge on every order subject to the conditions described above. Engraved pieces are personalized and therefore non-returnable per Section 16 of our Terms and Conditions, which is the controlling legal document for returns and exchanges. Post-order engraving as a paid service is offered at our then-current rate, which is forty-five dollars at the time of writing and is subject to change with notice. The complete contractual terms governing returns and personalization are described under Sections 14 and 16 of our Terms. Read the full text at sincelovejewelry.com/terms or contact info@sincelovejewelry.com for any specific question this page does not answer.
