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==Introduction==
==Introduction==


This is a placeholder for a proposed mediawiki installation that will be a new home for the DrawShield documentation, to combine the existing user guide, visual catalog and (probably) gallery into a single, searchable source of information.
DrawShield is a set of tools for drawing heraldry. Unlike most graphical tools, where you place or draw objects on a canvas, in DrawShield you describe in words what you want to create and the program draws and creates objects for you.


Over time it is hoped the following sections will be populated:
The words are written in a language known as <keyword>Blazon</keyword>, which is an ancient language with a mixture of English, Latin and anglicised French words. Most books on Heraldry will tell about the language of Blazon, the pages here will tell you about Blazon as it is used in DrawShield.


The Documentation contains the following sections:
* [[Getting Started]]
* [[:Category:Manual|User Guide / Manual]]
* [[:Category:Manual|User Guide / Manual]]
* [[:Category:Catalog|Visual Catalog]]
* [[:Category:Catalog|Visual Catalog of Objects]]
* [[:Category:Gallery|Gallery of Contributed Images]]
* [[:Category:Gallery|Gallery of Contributed Images]]
* [[:Category:Discussion|News and Discussion]]
* [[:Category:Discussion|News and Discussion]]


==Notes==
* [[FAQs|Frequently Asked Questions]]
 
=== Contributions Welcome ===
If you have any suggestions or hints please add to the "Talk" section of the appropriate page. If you would like to help author the main page content please [[Special:RequestAccount|get in touch]].


I'm aware that the theme needs a few more tweaks to make it consistent with the rest of the site and that some of the "Special Pages" do not format correctly at all.
<note>I'm aware that the Mediawiki theme here needs a further work to make it consistent with the rest of the site and that some of the "Special Pages", including some of the page editing pages do not format correctly at all.</note>


[[Category:Documentation]]
[[Category:Documentation]]

Revision as of 23:39, 3 January 2022

Introduction

DrawShield is a set of tools for drawing heraldry. Unlike most graphical tools, where you place or draw objects on a canvas, in DrawShield you describe in words what you want to create and the program draws and creates objects for you.

The words are written in a language known as Blazon, which is an ancient language with a mixture of English, Latin and anglicised French words. Most books on Heraldry will tell about the language of Blazon, the pages here will tell you about Blazon as it is used in DrawShield.

The Documentation contains the following sections:

Contributions Welcome

If you have any suggestions or hints please add to the "Talk" section of the appropriate page. If you would like to help author the main page content please get in touch.