Custom Leather Personalization options: Monograms vs. Standard Personalization

We are often asked what the difference is between monogram personalization and standard personalization.  The best way to answer that question is to *show* you while we explain it.

Monogram personalization:  Monogram personalization consists of 3 interlocking letters – with the center (2nd) letter being larger than the other two letters.  When we receive an order requesting monogram personalization, the letters should be arranged as follows:

• First letter = first name initial
• Second letter = last name initial
• Third letter = Middle name initial

As an example, our lead artist, Dee A. Phipps, would enter her monogram personalization as:  DPA

That would result in a monogram (monograms vary slightly depending on the lettering style chosen and the letters involved) like this:

Using the same name as an example….if you selected standard personalization, and chose to simply put the initials on the cover they would be entered:  DAP (or D. A. P., if you wanted to use the periods after each letter).  So, the initials would be entered as:

• First Letter:  First name initial
• Second Letter:  Middle name initial
• Third Letter:  Last name initial

The standard personalization (using the same name & lettering style for your comparison) would look something like this:

In summary….

• Monogram personalization is 3 interlocking letters arranged in the first initial, last initial, middle initial configuration (make sure to enter the letters in the correct order!  We will use the center letter you entered as the center/larger letter in the monogram).
• Standard personalization can be initials, but does not need to be.  They are not interlocking letters.  As with the monogram personalization, we personalize the item with the personalization as you enter it on the order form.