[ANSTHRLD] width of orle OK?

[Jennifer Smith]

Daniel wrote:
> On Mon, 1 May 2006, Jennifer Smith <jds at randomgang.com> wrote:
> > It's a good width. You could actually draw it in from the edges a
> > bit more than that, to help fill out the space some more. (For
> > reference, see the orle on Ansteorra's device...)
> 
> I'll disagree with that on two grounds:
> 
> - The masthead on <http://ansteorra.org/> doesn't show that narrow an
>   orle.  I think it's a decent depiction, while most other depictions
>   I've noticed are inferior to dreadful (e.g.,
>   <http://www.inlandregion.org/heraldry/kingdoms/07-ansteorra.html>)

Yeah, okay, I do like thicker orles myself too. (And I did that depiction on
ansteorra.org! :) )

> In this case, with just a bear's head and nothing else on the field,
> the orle can afford to be Big, Bold, and Butch while still leaving
> plenty of room for the single head to be as Big, Bold, and Butch as it
> would like to be.  (If it weren't a picture of a big, dead,
> decapitated head.)

Yes. It still shouldn't be the width of a bordure, but I find far too many
submitters draw bordures waaaaay too thin.

-Emma