When stamped metal jewelry first became popular, most artists were limited to the basic block letters that were available in the market. But, wow, how things have changed! There are now many fonts available – fancy script fonts, playful lowercase fonts, swirly decorative fonts. How is a jewelry-maker to choose?
Well, one consideration is price. Our new font sets cost less than HALF the price of similar font sets on the market! Made by EuroTool, our quality stamp sets are available in five new fonts.
Monogram – 6mm high ornate script capital letters. Perfect for initialing and monogramming charms and tags.
The next four fonts are available in both uppercase and lowercase, so you can stamp with proper capitalization even!
Verona – a curly serif font with bubbly personality.
Siena – an easy to read sans-serif font that looks like very neat handwriting.
Highlands – clean handwriting with a italic slant. Sans serif.
Aras – a whimsical, playful font. It reminds me of the ever-popular Comic Sans font, but with serifs.
Metal stamps make impressions in sheet metal. When you hammer, the stamp displaces metal. The thicker the metal, the less you will notice the movement of metal: all you’ll see is the indent left by your stamp. On thin pieces, you’ll likely see a shadow of the stamping on the backside, and the edges might get kind of wonky. Sterling silver, brass, copper and even aluminum can be personalized with metal stamps. 24 gauge or thicker is best, but 26 gauge works too, as long as you don’t get too close to the edges.
Want to get started with metal stamping, but don’t know where to start? Check out both our metal stamping tool kit and our metal stamping blanks assortment. The kit includes basic uppercase block letters. For maximum enjoyment, add a set of the above font stamps and/or a few design stamps! For step-by-step instructions on how to make a stamped charm from sheet metal, check out our free Metal Stamping 101 page or our free technique sheet here.
One last tip: be sure to keep your stamps organized. These artistic fonts are especially easy to mess up (is that an ‘a’ or an upside down ‘g’ ??). Since the stamps will arrive alphabetized, take a moment to write the letter for each one on the side that faces you while you stamp. A fine-tipped Sharpie works great! ~ Cindy
Editor’s note: That was 2011, and I’m updating this in 2018 to fix old links … we have even MORE fonts and 100’s of design stamps now! See our full line of metal stamps (letters, number, punctuation and design stamps), stamping blanks, and metal stamping tools & accessories. ~ Polly
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I want to buy a above k alphabet chain plz let mee know how to buy
Hi Rajendra,
I fixed the links (this blog is from 2011 so some of the links were broken). Hopefully the updated links provide you the information you need!
Here are all our metal stamping tools & supplies: http://www.rings-things.com/Products/Metal-Stamping-Tools-and-Metal-Stamping-Supplies/
We don’t have that exact heart in brass any more, but I updated the link to go to the copper version.
And here are some other blank brass hearts, ready for stamping: http://www.rings-things.com/Products/?search=brass%20heart%20blank%20stamping
–Polly
Hi Rajendra, I just ran across this etsy site today too … so if you do not want to make your own necklace, you can look on etsy to order one ready-made: https://www.etsy.com/shop/impressmejewelry