# Printing out a love poem **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134 "2013-06-04T17:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/1 "2013-06-04T17:49:59Z")
I wrote my first love poem for someone (my first poem since the 6th grade) and I would like to print it out and give it to her. Should I sign it at the end? At the beginning? Not at all? This is how I was thinking of starting (but each line centered on the paper) Love at First Sight A poem written for Jane Always the… I want to bold the title and make the font a little bigger and “A poem written for Debbie” in smaller font than the rest. Should I include her last name? Should I include mine like this: Love at First Sight A poem written for Jane Doe by Mule Skinner Always the… I’m planning on using Microsoft Word. Anyone know of a good font for a love poem? Any other tips? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/2 "2013-06-04T18:57:56Z")
Okay, couldn’t wait. Off to the UPS store to have it printed. 🙂 I can always do it again tomorrow thought if you guys think I should write it different. I wrote: Love at First Sight Written for Jane Doe by Mule Skinner Always the… ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/3 "2013-06-04T19:07:48Z")
I think that Debbie is going to be mighty pissed on receiving a love poem written for Jane.\ I hope it works out for you. ---
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/4 "2013-06-04T20:42:53Z")
Oops! I accidently wrote her real name. 😃 Well, the UPS store told me to bring the Office file on a thumb drive and they would print it on nice paper. I get there and the font I used didn’t come up. They then tell me if I wanted to keep the font I should have saved it as a PDF and it turns out they don’t have nice paper. I went to the stationery store, bought nice paper and printed it myself. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/5 "2013-06-04T23:57:00Z")
I say you sign it at the end. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/6 "2013-06-05T04:10:07Z")
If you’re going to be all romantic and traditional and give her a physical version, I think you should go all the way and write it out by hand. Printing is a bit impersonal. ---
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/7 "2013-06-05T10:41:05Z")
Okay Emily, I took your advice and on the line below the title I wrote: Written for Jane Doe And at the end I printed my name in the smallest font. I would love to do that Aaron, but my handwriting is horrible and I think compared to it, using the font I chose will look better. The font I chose was Tekton Pro Ext. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/8 "2013-06-06T00:09:59Z")
I hope she likes it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/9 "2013-06-06T02:23:22Z")
Well, printed or written, a poem written especially for you is still special. ---
**Author:** ![MuleSkinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-a-love-poem/660134/10 "2013-06-06T19:44:28Z")
I gave it to her last night and she loved it! She said it was the most beautiful thing she’s ever read. 🙂 Thanks, guys.