How To Fold Your Letters

[Shannon]

Then courtesy requires that the addressee is immediately 'spoken to' when he or she opens the envelope, so the beginning of the letter up. We assume that the receiver first checks if he or she is the addressee, then turns around the envelope to see who is the sender and then opens the envelope.

Of course if the sender is revealed on the front side, the addressee will not turn the envelope and thus: the letter is inserted reverse. Pulling the letter out the addressee is immediately 'spoken to'.

 

 

 

Agreed. I learned this aspect of letter etiquette with greeting or note cards. The fron of the card faces the back of the envelope so when opened the reader doesn't have to flip and fumble with the card or letter.

[alextkeane]

For business, I always use the Z-Fold with the letterhead facing up (up being the back of the envelope). I also use security envelopes, so letting text be on the outside isn't too much a concern there. I use US Letter for all business stuff.

 

For personal, I fold the bottom third up then fold the top third over. I also use A5 sheets for personal, with smallish envelopes.

[PaganArcher]

I always fold my sheets in half, open that up and then fold each half to meet the middle before folding all back together in the middle. This way the page is narrow so openers are less likely to damage the page and all the text is safely contained in the folds.