We Like This Ketubah and That Text

   If you fell in love with a ketubah design but prefer to use wording that is not offered by the artist, most ketubot can accommodate a custom text.

   For lithograph prints this involves hand-calligraphy. The price of a hand-written custom text depends on the particular artist and the number of words in your text. This option can add a few hundred dollars to the cost of your ketubah.

   For giclee prints, a custom text can usually be accomplished with computer calligraphic lettering. They look terrific and adding your own text is generally significantly less expensive than hand-calligraphy.

About Custom Texts

   When you decide that you would like different wording on a ketubah than is offered by the artist, that is called a Custom Text. It may be vows that you have written together or it may be a text that you saw on a different ketubah by another artist. It is almost always possible to add a custom text to any of the ketubah designs. If it is another artist's text, however, we do need their permission to use their text on your ketubah. Most artists do grant permission since it is for your individual use only, though some have a charge for using their text.

   Custom texts for lithograph prints have to be hand-written and the price depends on the artist. The number of words is taken into consideration when calculating the price.

   For most giclee prints, the custom text is done in the same digital calligraphy that the artist chose for that ketubah and it is generally less expensive than hand calligraphy.

   If you wrote your text in English and you need it translated, we do have wonderful, Israeli translators that we work with.

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