To COMMA or not to COMMA in advertising

[Terese]

A quick question

when advertising would you use commas in between headings i.e

MANICURES, PEDICURES, WAXING & TANNING

OR
MANICURES PEDICURES WAXING & TANNING

Difficult as I believe in using proper grammer..but Im not sure which looks right when you are using ONE side and small scale advertising


All help gratefully received
Thanks in advance

 

[loubylou]

I use commas in my ads hun hth

 

[ValencianNails]

A quick question

when advertising would you use commas in between headings i.e

MANICURES, PEDICURES, WAXING & TANNING

OR
MANICURES PEDICURES WAXING & TANNING

Difficult as I believe in using proper grammer..but Im not sure which looks right when you are using ONE side and small scale advertising


All help gratefully received
Thanks in advance

It all depends on what your layout is, is it for flyers?

Are you having a price beside each treatment?

You could use * and/or ~ to separate each treatment, otherwise, if you have the treatments as listed above commas would be needed.

Personally, I prefer this:

MANICURES ~ PEDICURES ~ WAXING ~ TANNING

hth's a bit

 

[Terese]

Is that because it looks more professional?

I have always been inclined to do that also but looking around there is alot of advertising without it.....any advertising geeks here?

 

[Zingara]

Grammatically, as you say, they should be used, however, and this is personal opinion, for me it would depend on the media of advertising used.

If it were a heading, for example on a large poster, I'd be tempted to leave them out, but as a smaller line within a flyer, where it could in effect be construed as a sentence then I think I'd include them.

 

[adelekeegan1]

I personally prefer the commas

 

[Terese]

its for a simple advert with my phone number and web address I cant show you as I cant bloomin upload it!!

Im trying to sort all my advertising out and im unsure

As the space is small I couldnt get away with the wiggly line sandi

 

[Terese]

I have

WAXING TANNING NAILS & MORE
MY PHONE NUMBER

PIC

WEB ADDRESS........




(thats not on the cards)

 

[ValencianNails]

I have

WAXING TANNING NAILS & MORE
MY PHONE NUMBER

PIC

WEB ADDRESS........




(thats not on the cards)

With it being written like that (above) I would use commas.

What size (cm/mm) advert is it for?

 

[Terese]

I have 29x22 cm
and 44x29cm

thanks sandi

 

[nailzoo]

COMMAS PUT ME IN A COMA
Sometimes they are not needed, a double or triple space gets the idea across (or a bullet, small graphic, etc), if you are using a professional printer, ask them, or leave it up to them (then you can lay the blame on someone else),,,,,

Sometimes there's the need and sometimes there's not, on a card or poster, sometimes they get in the way, detract from the look or just make your typesetting look really anal and contrived, therefore making you look PC, but unimaginative. Go figure ...... ,,,,,,,,,

 

[Terese]

Nailzoo, I have had a play with comas and no commas and I worked out spacing does just as well...thanks anyway

 

[nailzoo]

MANICURES ◊ PEDICURES ◊ WAXING ◊ TANNING

did this look work ?

your typsetter will know what to do, but for you at home ....character map will work.
Click the start button/programs/accessories/system tools/character map, then chose your font, cut and paste into text (it's font dependant), the default in here for me is Verdana.

 

[Terese]

cheers all..........I have not used commas and introduced more spaces and centered it....

 

[Urban Geek]

I think it looks good with bullets (like Nailzoo has demonstrated) in between the services available.