Identity Cards

[Caleb Frenibuerg]

Do we currently have Identity Cards that can be purchased/obtained? I saw a post about a questionnaire to obtain one but not sure if we have the option to have one as of yet.

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

Do we currently have Identity Cards that can be purchased/obtained? I saw a post about a questionnaire to obtain one but not sure if we have the option to have one as of yet.

I think the cards are still in the planning stages.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

The design I created years ago has been updated by an amazing citizen volunteer and is ready to go in a more modern incarnation. I believe the current plan from the incumbent Government is not to give them out yet, until they finish developing and administer a test that must be passed before you can get an ID card. Last I saw, about 20 questions have been written out of a planned 50 (I think).

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

I am looking forward to the next Government finishing this project.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

I'm not really sure we should wait to get a test written and administered before we do them.  ID cards are way overdue, since it's been years since the last time they were issued (when I was MinCult, a long time ago).  I'd suggest that for this new run, we should maybe offer them to every citizen without delay.  We can still develop the test and offer it for this or another purpose, but people have been waiting for literally years... let's not make them wait anymore.

[Danihel Txechescu]

If I may, I'd like to suggest S:reu Autófil have a go at the design and have it improved before the project is finalized.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

S:reu Autofil is quite talented. I am looking forward to seeing what he ends up cooking up.

[Mic’haglh Autófil, SMC EiP]

If I may, I'd like to suggest S:reu Autófil have a go at the design and have it improved before the project is finalized.

S:reu Autofil is quite talented. I am looking forward to seeing what he ends up cooking up.

I would be honored to help provide input. Thank you both. ;D

[Mic’haglh Autófil, SMC EiP]

What does everyone think of this as an obverse side? It's not as colorful as S:reu Txechescu's, to be sure, but it's intended to be pretty legible and I totally didn't spend way too long tinkering on the gradient transparency for the flag to get it just right, I swear

[Iac Marscheir]

What does everyone think of this as an obverse side? It's not as colorful as S:reu Txechescu's, to be sure, but it's intended to be pretty legible and I totally didn't spend way too long tinkering on the gradient transparency for the flag to get it just right, I swear

Off the top of my head, the only thing I'd change is "Däts da Talossanità" to "Däts da Veitaziun" and reversing the gradient of the flag lol. I appreciate that the Talossan headings come first. :D

[Açafat del Val]

What does everyone think of this as an obverse side? It's not as colorful as S:reu Txechescu's, to be sure, but it's intended to be pretty legible and I totally didn't spend way too long tinkering on the gradient transparency for the flag to get it just right, I swear

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Charismatic profile photo there! ;)

May I ask generally what our intended goal of these IDs is, or what purpose they would serve? I like the idea, but unless we have a means to manifest them physically, mail them to citizens, and use them from time to time (not even often), I do not see a cause beyond vanity.

Vanity may be a good cause, to be clear. I wondered only if vanity were the only cause?

[Danihel Txechescu]

What does everyone think of this as an obverse side? It's not as colorful as S:reu Txechescu's, to be sure, but it's intended to be pretty legible and I totally didn't spend way too long tinkering on the gradient transparency for the flag to get it just right, I swear

I love the design!, and definitely the size of the picture is much better.

However, please pick up as much as possible from the previous iteration on your new design, since those elements were all taken from published standards:
* person must be facing the camera (ISO/IEC39794 part 5),
* dates must commence with day (ICAO 9303 part 3),
* sex must be indicated for the second language in italic font style (ICAO 9303 part 3),
* issuing state and type of document must go first at the top (ICAO 9303 part 5).

And two more things:
1) Looks like I made a mistake with the size of the captions, which ought to be 1.8 mm in height _at most_ (I did 1.8 for fields and 2.2 for captions), as per ICAO 9303 part 3. I see it happening here too.
2) My recommendation was to not use the citizen number as the document number, since more than one could be issued (as replacement, due to new requirements, etcetera). I encoded the citizen number in the document number as I wanted that bit to be there, and the latter is a mandatory element as per ICAO 9303 part 5.

I spent countless hours ensuring this was compliant with all those standards, and I believe the end result is 100% legal. If that's one thing worth pursuing, let's make sure we don't deviate too much from that.

[Mic’haglh Autófil, SMC EiP]

Off the top of my head, the only thing I'd change is "Däts da Talossanità" to "Däts da Veitaziun" and reversing the gradient of the flag lol. I appreciate that the Talossan headings come first. :D

Ah, I tried to have that in there as a little nod to Talossan culture for those in the know.

Charismatic profile photo there! ;)

May I ask generally what our intended goal of these IDs is, or what purpose they would serve? I like the idea, but unless we have a means to manifest them physically, mail them to citizens, and use them from time to time (not even often), I do not see a cause beyond vanity.

Vanity may be a good cause, to be clear. I wondered only if vanity were the only cause?

As citizens of a nation born as a vanity project, what greater cause could there be for Talossa than vanity? ;)

And in my defense, it beats the heck out of my actual license photo, in part due to the simple fact that Wisconsin prints them in grayscale...

I love the design!, and definitely the size of the picture is much better.

However, please pick up as much as possible from the previous iteration on your new design, since those elements were all taken from published standards:
* person must be facing the camera (ISO/IEC39794 part 5),
* dates must commence with day (ICAO 9303 part 3),
* sex must be indicated for the second language in italic font style (ICAO 9303 part 3),
* issuing state and type of document must go first at the top (ICAO 9303 part 5).

And two more things:
1) Looks like I made a mistake with the size of the captions, which ought to be 1.8 mm in height _at most_ (I did 1.8 for fields and 2.2 for captions), as per ICAO 9303 part 3. I see it happening here too.
2) My recommendation was to not use the citizen number as the document number, since more than one could be issued (as replacement, due to new requirements, etcetera). I encoded the citizen number in the document number as I wanted that bit to be there, and the latter is a mandatory element as per ICAO 9303 part 5.

I spent countless hours ensuring this was compliant with all those standards, and I believe the end result is 100% legal. If that's one thing worth pursuing, let's make sure we don't deviate too much from that.

This is all good to know! Admittedly I was mostly trying to get the overall design down at this point, but it is good to know the ISO standard I'm looking for (I had ISO-7810 already for the size, this is in compliance with that). You used a mix of ISO and ICAO, though?

[Açafat del Val]

Charismatic profile photo there! ;)

May I ask generally what our intended goal of these IDs is, or what purpose they would serve? I like the idea, but unless we have a means to manifest them physically, mail them to citizens, and use them from time to time (not even often), I do not see a cause beyond vanity.

Vanity may be a good cause, to be clear. I wondered only if vanity were the only cause?

As citizens of a nation born as a vanity project, what greater cause could there be for Talossa than vanity? ;)

And in my defense, it beats the heck out of my actual license photo, in part due to the simple fact that Wisconsin prints them in grayscale...

No defense needed. Your passion and skill are recognized and admired.

If vanity be the only cause, then so be it. I merely wondered.

Also, regarding the grayscale: eeewwww. Even Kansas, Missouri, Washington, Florida, and Georgia can print their licenses in color!

[Danihel Txechescu]

This is all good to know! Admittedly I was mostly trying to get the overall design down at this point, but it is good to know the ISO standard I'm looking for (I had ISO-7810 already for the size, this is in compliance with that). You used a mix of ISO and ICAO, though?

Yup. ICAO 9303 builds upon a bunch of other standards (like ISO/IEC's 7810 and 3166). In fact, Document 9303 is the same as ISO/IEC 7501 BUT is freely available. I mentioned that here and posted some SVG files too: http://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=700.msg8979#msg8979.

There's SO MUCH behind such little thingies, always there, that I had no idea about.