[ANSTHRLD] Question on software

Randy Shipp randyshipp at gmail.com
Fri Jul 22 11:57:35 PDT 2011


For those with Facebook, my Heraldry album consists of emblazons I've done
using Inkscape and, largely, vector stuff I found on Wikimedia Commons.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150273471085127.374030.585870126

--Antoine

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Again, anyone interested in this should definitely track down the Blazon
> Project of French Wikipedia.  Thankfully, Google will even translate the
> page for you (not sure if that's a feature of the Chrome browser I use or
> what), but the stuff they have is VERY helpful.
>
> --Antoine
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Jennifer Smith <jds at randomgang.com>wrote:
>
>> I personally use Corel Draw, but have been meaning to look into
>> Inkscape, as I'm all about the free software. :)
>>
>> As several other people have mentioned, vectorized images are the way
>> to go when you can, as they rescale up or down without going funky
>> jaggy on you. Finding vectorized images fortunately is a bit easier
>> than it used to be: there's a commonly used format now, called SVG
>> (Scalable Vector Graphics, I believe), that most programs will import
>> happily. A great place to mine for .svg graphics is
>> commons.wikimedia.org.  Search for, say, "bear heraldry" and find the
>> category on bears in heraldry! :)
>>
>> -Emma
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Star Signet
>> <star-signet at herald.ansteorra.org> wrote:
>> > Good Day,
>> >
>> > I wondered what software people chose to use to create electronic
>> devices.
>> >  Its for a personal reason and not anything else.
>> >
>> > Many thanks!
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