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If you intend to use '''any''' coat of arms in an official or commercial situation you are strongly advised to take legal advice as it many jusrisdictions arms are protected by legislation in addition to copyright</div> | If you intend to use '''any''' coat of arms in an official or commercial situation you are strongly advised to take legal advice as it many jusrisdictions arms are protected by legislation in addition to copyright</div> | ||
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=== How Do I Achieve ...(whatever).. in DrawShield? === | === How Do I Achieve ...(whatever).. in DrawShield? === | ||
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# Use the Contact menu to contact the Author, although I might not always be able to respond very quickly due to other commitments | # Use the Contact menu to contact the Author, although I might not always be able to respond very quickly due to other commitments | ||
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=== Can You Please Add...(whatever)...to DrawShield? === | === Can You Please Add...(whatever)...to DrawShield? === | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Possibly! Suggestions are welcome but our time is limited. Suggestions for new charges are more likely to succeed if you can provide a link to a relevant image, and even better a clear SVG image that is either free to use or CC-BY-SA licenced! Preference is given to things that have genuine heraldic precedence but other ideas will also be considered. The current list of suggestions is shown on the [https://github.com/drawshield/Drawshield-Code/issues Github Issues List].</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Possibly! Suggestions are welcome but our time is limited. Suggestions for new charges are more likely to succeed if you can provide a link to a relevant image, and even better a clear SVG image that is either free to use or CC-BY-SA licenced! Preference is given to things that have genuine heraldic precedence but other ideas will also be considered. The current list of suggestions is shown on the [https://github.com/drawshield/Drawshield-Code/issues Github Issues List].</div> | ||
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=== How Much Does DrawShield.net Cost to Run? === | === How Much Does DrawShield.net Cost to Run? === | ||
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DrawShield does receive donations towards the running costs from its user, for which we are very grateful. Any excess donations above the monthly charges are passed on to our contributing artists if we can identify them.</div> | DrawShield does receive donations towards the running costs from its user, for which we are very grateful. Any excess donations above the monthly charges are passed on to our contributing artists if we can identify them.</div> | ||
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===What is the meaning of ...(whatever)... in Heraldry?=== | ===What is the meaning of ...(whatever)... in Heraldry?=== | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Almost certainly none, in the way that you were hoping for. That's not to say that particular objects or colours might have had some special meaning to the person that originally chose them, but those meanings are either attached to the object iself (lions are "courageous") or just mean something to that particular person (an allusion to their name perhaps). There is no, widely accepted, set of meanings to anything that is specifically heraldic in context. This may be a disappointment to you so it is [[Meanings in Heraldry:discussed further here]].</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Almost certainly none, in the way that you were hoping for. That's not to say that particular objects or colours might have had some special meaning to the person that originally chose them, but those meanings are either attached to the object iself (lions are "courageous") or just mean something to that particular person (an allusion to their name perhaps). There is no, widely accepted, set of meanings to anything that is specifically heraldic in context. This may be a disappointment to you so it is [[Meanings in Heraldry:discussed further here]].</div> | ||
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Revision as of 11:51, 3 January 2022
Can I Use Content Created in DrawShield for....(whatever)?
How Do I Achieve ...(whatever).. in DrawShield?
You have a number of options to find answers:
- Use the search bar in the Navigation Menu to see if you can find the topic in the user manual
- Look through the gallery to see if you can find a similar effect the click on the gallery image itself to see the blazon and how it has been constructed
- Ask a question on the DrawShield Discord server
- Use the Contact menu to contact the Author, although I might not always be able to respond very quickly due to other commitments
Can You Please Add...(whatever)...to DrawShield?
How Much Does DrawShield.net Cost to Run?
DrawShield development work is carried out for free by its developer community. We do gratefully acknowledge the support of JetBrains who provide a free licence for their development toolset, primarily PHPStorm, in which most of the development work is done.
DrawShield does receive donations towards the running costs from its user, for which we are very grateful. Any excess donations above the monthly charges are passed on to our contributing artists if we can identify them.