Ordinary Modifiers

Ordinary Modifiers

Some ordinaries can have minor modifications. Not all modifiers apply to all ordinaries, and not all ordinaries have modifiers! DrawShield will display a warning if it cannot apply a modifier in a partifcular situation. In general, the major ordinaries support the largest number of modifiers, some of which can even be combined.

Orientation

Ordinaries that are not symmetrical may be described as sinister, dexter, reversed, inverted

Reductions

The major ordinaries can, where appropriate, be couped, couped dexter, couped sinister, couped in chief, couped in base, voided

Additions

The major ordinaries, and some of the others, may be cotticed, double cotticed, triple cotticed, and both these and main ordinaries may have a different colour and different Edge types.

The tressures may be flory-counter-flory

Position

It was not quite true when I said earlier that ordinaries are always in fixed positions - the modifiers enhanced, abased can be used to move them from their normal positions slightly up or down, respectively.

Colour Changes

All ordinaries may be fimbriated of a different colour. This gives them a differently coloured border which allows you to get around the Heraldic guidelines about placing colours on metals and vice-versa.

The major ordinaries may be either ofcompony, counter-compony of two different colours. Some of them may alternatively be lozengy.