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Back whenever engraving was invented, it would have been considered a breach of etiquette to use it instead of handwriting.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My beloved and I are planning a small, intimate wedding ... that the lack of a formal printed invitation would be seen as a breach in etiquette. Can you please advise us?