From the Scribery: Possible Design for Texts

[EM Vürinalt]

Poking my head out of my shiny new office cupboard in the Scribery, I wanted to present a possible idea for how bills, statues, etc. could be formatted and presented. It's not flashy, but it's clean, precise, aesthetically pleasing.
This is just a rough draft.

Quick notes and features:

-Everything is bilingually supported, hence the dual language header. Since our official language is Talossan, Talossan comes first, then English. Also, since the Kingdom officially uses post-Arestada orthography, that's what I used (sorry ZRTers).

- The Header is interchangeable for every government ministry, political body, etc. The logo in the top left will be changed to the logo or coat of arms of said body. If a body has none, the The Lesser State Arms will be used. The name of the body will obviously be changed to reflect who is publishing it. Any collection or body of texts is represented underneath the publishing body.

So here, we see:

Regipäts Talossan | Kingdom of Talossa
La Cosa | The Cosa
L’Anuntzia dels Legeux | The Digest of Laws

If the College of Arms was publishing something for an honors day, it'd say:

Regipäts Talossan | Kingdom of Talossa
El Coletx d'Armeux | The College of Arms
Þonörs | Honors

- The text header/title comes underneath the general header. Here, we see the statue number and name. In other publications this would be a date, location, document title, etc.

Here we have: 43RZ28 | The Bernard P. Fife Act

If we were doing an honors day, it'd have:

22.6.2012/XXXIII | St. Aaron's Day Honors

- Political party has been added after names

- Use of coats of arms as 'digital signatures'. If a citizen doesn't have one, a personal symbol or Talossan flag can be used instead. Our arms mean something just beyond them being cool looking!

So what are your guys' thoughts and suggestions?

-EMV

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[Eðo Grischun]

That is rather nice.
Well done, sir.

(note: I believe the official spelling of Honors/honours in the Kingdom is the one with the U.)

[King John]

Jul 21, 2012 8:55:09 GMT -6 Eðo Grischun said:

I believe the official spelling of Honors/honours in the Kingdom is the one with the U.)

Yeah, we call that "classic orthography". :-)

[Danihel Txechescu]

I like the design and the reasoning behind it.

Was there a font being developed for Talossan affairs? Also, how would it look like if (on the header) Talossan were aligned on the left and English on the right?

Very nice design, and would make for a great stationary with my coat of arms instead of the Cosa's!

[C. Carlüs Xheraltescù]

sorry ZRTers

You mean "sorry Fiova", I take it?

[EM Vürinalt]

What Snape says.

[Hooligan]

Jul 23, 2012 5:28:06 GMT -6 C. Carlüs Xheraltescù said:

sorry ZRTers

You mean "sorry Fiova", I take it?

Fear not, all. The CÚG is working on something called a "Reunison Arestada" which would take a giant step toward officially acknowledging "both" Classic and Modern Orthography by letting a single set of rules define Talossan writing.

Hool

[Ceváglh Scurznicol]

But having two sets of rules is so Norwegian!

[EM Vürinalt]

Jul 24, 2012 18:19:49 GMT -6 Hooligan said:

Fear not, all. The CÚG is working on something called a "Reunison Arestada" which would take a giant step toward officially acknowledging "both" Classic and Modern Orthography by letting a single set of rules define Talossan writing.

Hool

Oo! This is exciting!

[Hooligan]

Aug 1, 2012 5:41:11 GMT -6 EM Vürinalt said:

Jul 24, 2012 18:19:49 GMT -6 Hooligan said:

Fear not, all. The CÚG is working on something called a "Reunison Arestada" which would take a giant step toward officially acknowledging "both" Classic and Modern Orthography by letting a single set of rules define Talossan writing.

Hool

Oo! This is exciting!

Yes, it is. With truly only minor accommodations (if indeed they can be called that) to both "Modern" and "Classic" orthography, our national language can and hopefully will be described by a single set of rules. The "differences" (I seem to be fond of double-quoting words in this thread, don't I? odd; I don't get it either) between the two "full and valid alternative" presentations of Talossan (as the Fiôvân Culture Law, just passed, calls them) — both of them completely official and completely compatible — will be specified by the Committee for the Use of the Language.

Exciting, indeed! Or, more to the point, eschitatorxheu!

Hool