Selecting a memorial headstone is a personal process meant to honor a life. With numerous options available, understanding the key elements of headstone design helps ensure you create a lasting, meaningful tribute. This guide outlines the primary considerations, from material to customization, helping you navigate the choices.
The Headstone Style Guide: Choosing Your Memorial
Material Selection
The foundation of any memorial is its material. Granite is the most popular choice due to its durability, wide range of colors, and resistance to weathering. Bronze is also a common option, often used for flat markers, prized for its classic, elegant appearance.
Headstone Shape and Style
Memorials come in various styles. Upright headstones are traditional and highly visible. Slant markers sit lower but feature an angled face. Bevel and flat grass markers are subtler, lying level with or slightly above the ground, often required by specific cemetery regulations.
Customization and Etching
Personalization transforms a traditional stone into a personalized story. This is where Ohio Headstone specializes and stands out among the rest. For details imagery, custom diamond etching is far more durable than laser etching – essentially engraving the image into the stone produces a higher quality and more detail that doesn’t fade or wear away over time like laser will. This allows for intricate portraits, scenes, or emblems to be permanently inscribed, offering a unique and still affordable tribute.
Lettering and Inscriptions
Generally, all lettering is sandblast engraved into each memorial for a lasting quality that won’t wear away like the engraved lettering of the older marble headstones that you see at cemeteries which are 90+ years old. Font selection is important in the engraving process to ensure top quality – we will help guide you in the right direction to show you what will fit the space correctly and be of the best quality possible.
Creating a Timeless Legacy
Choosing a memorial is a significant decision. By considering material, style, customization, and lettering, you can design a respectful monument. At Ohio Headstone Company LLC., we specialize in custom etched headstones in Ohio and are here to guide you. Contact us today to discuss your vision.