Pôl dal Nordselvă Coat of Arms request.

[King Txec]

Just let me know what the plan is since I'm ready to issue a grant of arms tomorrow for the Sovereign's Birthday Honours. It could always be issued belated if more time is required.

- TR/REH

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

I have some concerns, although I hope they can be resolved very soon.

The rules of heraldry have as one of their main points that arms should generally evoke their original principal of battlefield signage by being very visually distinct, even small or from a distance: "All armory must have sufficient contrast to allow each element of the design to be clearly identifiable at a distance."

While this principle is not always followed with absolute fidelity in the past, neither is any other principle of heraldry, and it is one of the reasons why this body has declined to advise for the awarding of achievements that include words. I do not feel it will be good practice to begin the precedent of including longer words in achievements. We don't want to be too restrictive, so incorporating the initial as a charge would make sense. Or possibly striking other charges, and having the name be the only charge. In such a case, the text will be larger and more identifiable, and this discourage the incorporation of names or text as charges in complex designs in the future.

I would also note that the name could be adopted as a slogan that is also officially awarded, in the case of a grant of knighthood in the future.

- SVA

[Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat]

That makes sense and is logical, even if it destroys my Air Bud defense.

I will confer with the armiger.

- Green Town

[M:sr Pôl dal Nordselvă, D.Div, M.Ed]

I displayed the most recent version a few posts above. I also should the King and he had more objections. This has been an interesting discussion, allowing me a chance to understand the process.

[King Txec]

I displayed the most recent version a few posts above. I also should the King and he had more objections. This has been an interesting discussion, allowing me a chance to understand the process.

Heraldry is fascinating. It was one of the first areas I became involved in.

-TR/REH

[King Txec]

I displayed the most recent version a few posts above. I also should the King and he had more objections. This has been an interesting discussion, allowing me a chance to understand the process.

I think you mean I had no more objections. Looks like a word is missing :-)

-TR/REH

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

What if we were to include the applicant's surname in the form of canting? Something inspired by, say, the arms of Mullsjö, Sweden as seen in the sidebar here? A treeline in chief feels rather apropos of la selvă nordească.

It could create a fairly complex blazon when trying to incorporate it with the applicant's proposal, but I would argue that cat is already out of the bag, no?

- The Long Fellow