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Now available for commentary:
Æthelmearc
Internal Letter of
Intent AE158
Letter is dated May 24, 2013
Commentary
is
due on June 20, 2013
Commenting options:
- Commentary may to posted to the Kingdom
OSCAR
commentary system. Registration is required. Log on
at:
- https://oscar.sca.org/kingdom/kingfront.php?kingdom=16
- Commentary may be posted to the
list-serve at: aethel-heralds at
lists dot andrew dot cmu dot edu
- Commentary may be sent privately to: garnetherald
at
aeheralds dot net
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CURRENT
SUBMISSIONS ADDRESS - All submission forms should be sent
to:
Garnet Herald
c/o Kathy Van
Stone, 1194 Firwood Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15243
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MAKE
CHECKS PAYABLE TO (EFFECTIVE 5/1/2013)
"SCA PA, Inc. - Æthelmearc College of
Heralds"
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NOTES ON
SUBMISSIONS
REMINDER - The
fee for all heraldic submissions to
the AEthelmearc College of Heralds is now $6.00 per item.
Markers -
Please use markers, rather than colored pencils or crayons to color
your submissions forms. Both colored pencils and crayons have wax,
which can present problems for the scanners and photocopiers. Also, the
color is not deep enough to scan well. Laurel has returned such items
in the past. The crayola brand markers are preferred by the College
of Arms.
Computer Images:
Firstly, the inks you use in your printer MUST be
archival quality and lightfast. Most archival inks are pigment-based
media, rather than true inks. Unfortunately, most computer printers
that are affordable do not use such inks. (I use a Canon Pixma MP-500,
which is not super expensive and does
use pigment-based "inks" which are waterproof,
lightfast, and are rated for archival quality up to 75 years.)
If you
are considering using computer generated forms, please test your
printer's inks first. We recommend printing out swatches of the
heraldic
colors and hanging them outside in direct sunlight. If there is any
fading or color shift, do NOT use those inks on submission forms!
The second condition that computer-generated forms
must meet is to match, as closely as possible, the hues of the Crayola
marker set. It may take an hour or so of experipenting to see what
on-screen colors will yield the right hue when printed on a particuar
printer, but it is time well-spent. It
doesn't matter what it looks like on screen. What matters is the
print-out.
Color Photocopies
- Color photocopies are
notorious for color shifting over time. Some color-copied submission
have had their purples shift so much between the time that they were
printed and the time that they were reviewed by the College that they
have been returned. If you want to use color photocopies, please do a
lightfastness test. Make a page of color samples using Caryola markers
and have it color photocopied. Hang the copy in direct sunlight (NOT
through
UV filtering glass!) and check for fading or color shifting. If all
looks good after a few weeks, then you know that that particular
color copier in okay to use. Another model of color copier might not
use the same toners, so if your copy center changes color copiers, do
another test.
The Award, Guild
& Officers' Badges of Æthelmearc - WORK IN
PROGRESS
I am putting together a webpage showing all of the
currently registered
award, guild and officer's badges as used in our glorious Sylvan
Kingdom. You can view the current version at www.aeheralds.net/badges.html
Please send any corrections, suggestions and
comments to Alheydis
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