[NS-Heralds] coloring a device

[Bronwyn Noble]

There is a reason, although I haven't been able to discover what it is that
the College of Arms desires to have uniformity in its emblazons.  I think
that it has a lot to do how stable the colors are.  We can't depend on every
person to use an Epson DuraBrite II long-life ink, neither does every person
have access to a laser printer.  Additionally, sulfite paper has been
replaced in only the last 5 years by better grades, and you don't find those
in the photocopiers at Kinko's as a general rule.

However, by creating a standard that is as easy to find as the Crayola
Markers, it means that everyone knows exactly what color is being used on an
emblazon   I don't like it, and I'd love to know what the discussions are
right now at Laurel on color standards.  I especially don't like the color
yellow that we're required to use since the yellow is much more like
orpiment than it does like any of the more commonly used yellows. And the
submissions I'm working on for my Lord and myself have lots of yellow in
them.

But, I am not in a position to do anything about it.  If I ever get a chance
to make comments, I will.  And I do think that the heralds should consult
the scribes about the colors.

And not only did you have to carry the submissions uphill both ways, but
each submission had to have precisely 2 lb of documentation -- no more, no
less, and since they were sent to England to be registered, it cost £100 to
register them (at a time when £1 was worth $100.00).  And then the documents
had to be  hand-carried back from England to the Laurel Sovereign's house
and from there they had to be hand-carried to each submitter, by one special
herald, and that's why it took ten years to get a submission passed.

Bronwyn

Bronwyn

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 20:48, Albrecht Waldförster <
albrecht.waldwaechter at gmail.com> wrote:

> <soapbox>
>
> Someone needs to drag the College of Arms into the 21st Century, kicking
> and screaming if necessary. There is absolutely nothing wrong with
> *some* modern color inkjet inks (and _ALL_ color laser toners) for
> heraldic submissions. Epson's DuraBrite II inks are a fine example of
> long-life inks; they will retain their color fidelity when the
> underlying (non-archival) paper has gone brown with age and is crumbling
> to dust. The fact that submissions will be returned, not for the quality
> of the heraldic content but for the media through which it is conveyed,
> is only an indication of how bureaucratic the CoA has become. And I knew
> it and was part of it when there were only three colors and one metal
> and we had to haul submissions to and from the CoA 8km uphill both ways
> in the snow. Yar, yar, yar...
>
> </soapbox>
>
>        Woodwose, elderly, retired, heraldic curmudgeon (and professional
> technical writer IRL)
>
> masanger at kwm.sca.org wrote:
> > Crayola Classic Markers. The non-washable variety.
> > These are the gold standard for coloring submissions.
> >
> > Rose Marian, Duco
> >
> >> Ok real qiuck what type on marks should peopole use. i just found out
> >> someone  forgot what makers to use and that the reson they have not sent
> >> a  submissoin it. i gues a Herald told them to use a current kind.  i
> >> edited  mine in to a pdf so i didnt use makers. My Ladt used plan old
> >> coloer pencels  so what shall i tell this person
> >>
> >> Hawthorn
> >> Do not let what you cannot do, Interfere with what you  can do!!!
> >>
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