[Scriptoris] College Notes!

[Elaine]

One of the AHSS problems scribes apparently came up with concerned  
drawings and erasures.

Hints for scribes from one who has been at it a long time, but is now  
retired due to neck stenosis:

When I was designing, both for the SCA and commercially, my favorite  
translucent layout paper was a smooth bond by Borden and Riley. Then  
I went to a heavier bond (not a laid paper type) for tracing to make  
the original I turned in.

If time was short, I found that doing the pencil stuff in reverse on  
the back side of the original's paper made it easier to avoid having  
to erase so intensely as some artists have to. I then put it on a  
light table and traced what I could see through the paper.

I know that doing something larger and shrinking it slightly "crisps  
up" the lines, but that technique should only be done after a very  
long time at practicing it. The shrinking can create problems. It is  
truly better to work at the required size unless you spend years  
working from dawn to dark in a York monastery in a scriptorium!! ;-)

Doing something too large and having to shrink it to fit the  
requested size can reduce the size of lines, as well as the negative  
(white) space inside letters. Example: the Humanist hand's small  
"o" (minuscule/lowercase), when reduced by 50 %, actually reduces the  
interior until 25% is left. Why? Take half off the width and half off  
the height. Now look at the interior. The Humanist minuscule "e"  
often becomes a blob when reduced.

Here is an example of "O" at 48 points    O          reduced by 50%   
to 24 points   ------>       O

A light table or a glass topped table with a lamp under it or art  
work taped to a window/ patio door with a removeable style of tape (3  
M blue) serves well for seeing through the paper to copy the image  
wanted.

YIS,
HL Lete Bithespring, Steppes



On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Star Signet wrote:

> Greetings all!
>
> Here are notes for those who were unable to make the College of  
> Scribes
> meeting at AHSS in August, or wished reminders, and some additions in
> regards to various topics under discussion since then.
>
> *College of Scribes Meeting – AHSS *
>
> ·         Note: Insignia Deputy is Open! If you are interested please
> contact me and send in an application.
>
> ·         Copying Policies: Get blanks from your regional. We will  
> also be
> adding ‘one’ additional person in each region who will have a set of
> Masters for the purposes of copying and handing out. These people  
> will be
> determined by myself based on activity in the College and proven
> reliability. The college gets the right paper. PLEASE do not copy  
> yourself.
> We have had many self-copies come in that were unusable despite being
> beautifully painted. The quality standards are there for a reason.
>
> ·         The Scribal Website is being redesigned. Commentary on  
> what you
> feel ought to be on the site (whether it should stay or be added)  
> or what
> isn’t necessary. Suggestions for things to add or organize should  
> be sent
> to Lady Alicia, our Scribal Web minister.
>
> ·         Word Fame and Awards: Please remember when you feel  
> someone in
> our Scribal Community is deserving of an award or praise, to make  
> sure that
> they are put in for that award, or given that praise.
>
> *Notes to remember when Designing Originals for Use by Kingdom as  
> Charters*
>
> ·         Make certain that your design fits in the designated size  
> ‘with
> proper spacing around it’ so that when it’s put on the page there  
> is room
> to cut and room for ‘matting’. Do not design to the edge of the space.
> Leave an inch around.
>
> ·         Thickness of Lines – make sure that your lines are thick  
> enough
> that they are easy to paint within and will copy well.
>
> ·         Clean up – The copy you turn in should not have pencil  
> lines all
> over it when finished.
>
> ·         Make sure if you design on graph paper that you have made  
> certain
> it will ‘not’ show the graph when copying.
>
> ·         Design on solid white paper. (The designs that came in on  
> mottled
> gray paper do not copy cleanly).
>
> *Note on the Sable Flur and the Sable Sparrow
> *
> ·         As soon as I receive word that the texts are approved  
> *and *the
> names have passed the College of Heralds, there will be calls for new
> Charters.
>
> Expect an official notice soon on a very special Charter  
> competition that
> will be taking place at Bordermarch Autumn Melees. We are just  
> working out
> the final minute details!
>
> With Joy in Service,
> HL Lillias MacGuffin
> Star Signet
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