A family established print: The Thompsons set large on cream paper, Established 1961 in small capitals under a hairline rule, six names in a row, Brighton, and a line of their own.
Shown: the Thompsons, established 1961.

The faint “preview” marks are on this screen only — your print arrives without them.

Personalised print

The family words print

From £21.50

Two prints in one. Established: the family name, the year you became one, everyone's name, where you are. Definition: a word — Mum, Grandad, Home — set as a dictionary entry with meanings in your own words. Type them and the sheet sets itself while you watch.

Make it yours Every look and finishing touch, previewed as you tap — open to see them all
Choose your print

Textures and tile effects are printed as part of the artwork.

Most orders arrive within 5 to 8 days. Delivery is £2.49, or free when your order is £40 or more.

By ordering you confirm the words and names you added are yours to use.

Made properly

Established and definition prints are the most copied typographic gifts there are, and most are a template with the words dropped into boxes. Ours is set by a typesetter that measures every line — the name sized to fit, the year, the names and the meanings wrapped and numbered — in the range's own lettering, papers and backgrounds, with the drawn stems and wreath from our family tree prints as ornaments.

  • Established: the year you became a family. The family name across the sheet, the year set large beneath it, everyone's name, where you are, and a line of your own at the foot — a poster, not a card. Three layouts — classic, bold capitals with the year larger still, or an editorial page set to the left — and a hairline rule, a pair of drawn stems or a wreath round it.
  • Definition: a word, in your own words. Mum, Grandad, Home, a surname — set as a dictionary entry with how it sounds, its part of speech and up to three numbered meanings you write yourself. The typesetter wraps every meaning to the page and numbers it in the accent, so it reads like the real thing and never like a form.
  • Your colours, your paper, your background. Six colourways from ivory to midnight, five kinds of lettering, five papers and a set of painted backgrounds — watercolour blooms, colour dust, frost, snowfall. Everything measured and centred, whether you give two names or nine, one meaning or three.

What to expect

Delivery
Most orders arrive within 5 to 8 days. Delivery is £2.49, or free when your order is £40 or more.
Made for you
Personalised items cannot be returned because you changed your mind. Your statutory rights still apply if an item is faulty, damaged, or not as described.
If it arrives wrong
If your print arrives damaged, misprinted or not as you approved it, send us a photo and we reprint it free of charge.

Questions

What do I write for the meanings?
Three short sentences at most, each one true of them: what they always do, what they always say, what they are to you. Tap "Mum, defined" or "Grandad, defined" to see the shape, then write your own over it.
Will the spelling be right?
What you see on this page is the exact artwork that prints — every name, year and meaning, redrawn as you type. Nothing is retyped by hand at our end, so there is nothing to get wrong.
Can I use the phonetic alphabet?
You can type it, and the print keeps what our lettering can set. Plain letters — /mum/, /gran-dad/ — always print exactly as typed, so they are the safer choice.
How many names fit?
Nine names in a row still read comfortably at 30 x 45 cm; beyond that the row wraps onto a second line. Separate them with commas and the print sets the dots.
Can I change it later?
Yes. Keep the link to your design and open it again — when a name is added, when you move house — and order another. Nothing is drawn by hand.