An electronic display structure comprising: a display module having an outer perimeter including: a substrate having a plurality of column electrodes; a plurality of row electrodes; a plurality of portions of a display material (324, 326), each portion being coupled to one of the plurality of row electrodes and to one of the plurality of column electrodes; and a circuit module having an outer perimeter and coupled to the display module and including a plurality of signal lines each corresponding to one of the plurality of row and column electrodes; an area seal formed upon the substrate and encapsulating the row electrodes, the column electrodes, and the portions of the display material (324, 326), wherein the area seal comprises an anisotropically conductive structure, the anisotropically conductive structure seals the circuit module and the display module, adheres the circuit module to the display module, and couples each of the plurality of row and column electrodes to its respective signal line; characterised in that each portion of the display material is separate from the other portions and that the electronic display structure further comprises sealing means for sealing each of the plurality of portions of the display material (324, 326), the sealing means including an insulator deposited on the ends of each separate portion of the display material (324, 326); and a band seal spanning from the display module to the circuit module and extending around the outer perimeter of the circuit and display modules. a display module having an outer perimeter including: a substrate having a plurality of column electrodes; a plurality of row electrodes; a plurality of portions of a display material (324, 326), each portion being coupled to one of the plurality of row electrodes and to one of the plurality of column electrodes; and a substrate having a plurality of column electrodes; a plurality of row electrodes; a plurality of portions of a display material (324, 326), each portion being coupled to one of the plurality of row electrodes and to one of the plurality of column electrodes; and a circuit module having an outer perimeter and coupled to the display module and including a plurality of signal lines each corresponding to one of the plurality of row and column electrodes; an area seal formed upon the substrate and encapsulating the row electrodes, the column electrodes, and the portions of the display material (324, 326), wherein the area seal comprises an anisotropically conductive structure, the anisotropically conductive structure seals the circuit module and the display module, adheres the circuit module to the display module, and couples each of the plurality of row and column electrodes to its respective signal line; characterised in that each portion of the display material is separate from the other portions and that sealing means for sealing each of the plurality of portions of the display material (324, 326), the sealing means including an insulator deposited on the ends of each separate portion of the display material (324, 326); and a band seal spanning from the display module to the circuit module and extending around the outer perimeter of the circuit and display modules.