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The piece they read at the table.
Reception menus, ceremony programs and orders of service on heavyweight stock — foil-stamped, letterpressed or painted-edged, matched to the invitation that got them there.
Reviewed by a human
before anything prints
What's possible
Long formats, held to the same standard.
Tall 4×9 menus, folded programs, single-panel orders of service — the long formats need heavier stock than a flat card so they stand up in a hand and don't curl on a table. We spec the weight around the format.
Menus
4×9 tall, A5 or square — flat or folded.
Programs
Folded or stitched, 4 to 12 pages.
Orders of service
Single panel or booklet, on cotton.
Foil & letterpress
Names and headings, stamped or pressed.
Why Peppermint
A human guides every custom order.
A human verifies everything
We confirm your files, materials and finishes will print before you ever pay.
Access to exotic materials
Papers, foils and techniques most printers can't or won't offer.
A free proof, every time
Approve exactly what you'll get — nothing goes to press until it's right.
Custom menus & programs FAQ
Heavier than you'd think. A menu gets picked up, held and set down all night, so we spec 32pt cotton or a duplex at minimum — thin stock curls in a warm room and goes soft under a water glass. Programs that fold can run lighter because the fold does the stiffening.
Yes — variable printing lets us put a guest's name at the head of each menu, and we can foil the fixed elements and digitally print the names. Worth flagging your final headcount early; the name list is the long pole, not the press time.
That's the whole point of ordering them from the same shop. Same paper family, same foil, same typography — we design them alongside the invitation so the day reads as one piece rather than three near-misses.
Plan on one per guest plus about 15% — programs get taken home and they get sat on. Reprinting a short run later costs more than the extra 15% does now, because you're paying setup twice.
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Reception menus, ceremony programs and orders of service on heavyweight stock — foil-stamped, letterpressed or painted-edged, matched to the invitation that got them there. These are the pieces guests actually hold during the event, which changes how we build them. A menu gets picked up between courses and set back down in a ring of condensation. A program gets folded, fanned and carried home in a jacket pocket. We spec the weight and the finish around that handling, not around how the piece looks flat on a desk.
A 4×9 menu needs more stock than a flat card its size
Tall formats fail in the hand before they fail anywhere else. A 4×9 menu held at the bottom edge wants to bend forward at the middle — the longer the panel, the more leverage the paper has against itself. So we spec heavier than the square footage suggests: 32pt cotton or a duplex at minimum, so the piece stays vertical when a guest reads it and flat when it goes back on the charger.
Folded programs get to cheat. The fold is structure, so the sheet can run lighter and still hold its shape through a ceremony.
Menus run 4×9 tall, A5 or square, flat or folded. Programs fold or stitch, four to twelve pages. Orders of service go single panel or booklet, on cotton.
Press the names and headings, not the whole page
Letterpress puts a real dent in cotton — you feel the impression with a thumb. That bite reads beautifully at display size and gets muddy when it's asked to carry six courses of small type. So we press the headings and the guest names, and let the fine copy sit crisp alongside them.
Foil behaves the same way. A stamped name at the head of a menu catches candlelight from across the table.
Variable printing lets each guest get their own name up top while the fixed elements stay foiled. Flag your final headcount early — the name list is the long pole here, not the press time.
The day should read as one piece, not three near-misses
Menus and programs ordered separately from the invitation almost always miss. Close paper, close ivory, close typeface — and the gap shows the moment they sit on the same table. When we design them together, it's the same paper family, the same foil, the same type hierarchy carried through from the envelope to the last course.
Quantity is the other place people get pinched. Plan on one program per guest plus about 15%. They get taken home and they get sat on. A short reprint costs more than the overage, because you pay setup a second time for a handful of pieces.
Common questions
Flat if the meal is three courses and the type can breathe on one panel — a single 4×9 card reads fast and photographs well. Folded once you're adding wine pairings, a cocktail list or a second language. The fold also adds stiffness, which lets us run a slightly lighter sheet without the piece going limp.