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THE CYGNET ROYAL

Symbol of High Office

The Cygnet (young swan) sometimes occur; and a cygnet royal implies a swan gorged with a ducal coronet, having a chain affixed thereunto and reflexed over its back. The word swan is derived from Old English swan, akin to the German Schwan. Young swans are known as cygnets, from Greek κύκνος, kýknos and from the Latin word cygnus ("swan") and the Old French suffix -et ("little").

An adult male is a cob, from Middle English cobbe (leader of a group); an adult female is a pen.

Symbol of dignity and formality in bearing and appearance.

The royal Cygnet is also used as a symbol of high office.

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TARGE

A symbol of a defender

The Scottish "targe" was a small circular shield, used by highlanders as a defense against both arrows and hand weapons. It was light and maneuverable, often concealing a left-hand held dirk (dagger).

It was leather-covered wood with metal mounts, a central spike and leather arm straps; a symbol of a defender and the martial man; a Scottish emblem.

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THE WELL

Symbol of Life

The well was viewed as a shrine dedicated to the miraculous emergence of living water, and in most cultures was a symbol of generation, purification, and the matrix of life itself.

As a symbol of engenderment, the well may be blazoned with bucket pending, a square well or just the circular well without cable. As a symbol of purification, the well was to some, an emblem of grace and redemption.

THE TAILOF TWO CITIES

The tail of a deer is called a single; that of a boar is called a wreath; that of a fox is called the brush and that of the hare is called the scut. In Heraldry, you find the tail of a lion or of a beaver most prevalent, and to show the tail only was representative of an amulet of good fortune, believed to endow the bearer with the traits, and characteristics of the animal.


THE TEA PLANT

Tea was considered to have an aura of the gods and was used as a combination of medicine and elixir. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. It is said that earliest samples of tea reached England somewhere between 1652 and 1654 when King Charles II ended his exile in Holland, and re-established the English Monarchy. When used as emblems the tea plant or leaf, denote wisdom, resolution and strength.


FRET

In heraldry a fret is a charge consisting of two narrow bendlets placed in saltire, and interlaced with a mascle. It was supposed to represent the meshes of a fishing-net. It is sometimes termed a true-lovers knot, and sometimes a Harrington Knot. It is said that the term fret, or rather fretty, should be used to represent fishing nets; an Honourable bearing, symbolizing persuasion, and often granted to commanders for valiant service to their sovereign in a great war or battle; also used by mariners and fisherman

here are the more popular ones used in heraldry


FREE SOFTWAREFOR THE WMF FILE FORMAT
Popular Free Graphic Software Serif Draw for Windows has introduced some changes worth noting. The new free version is now called the Draw Plus Starter Edition and works with Vista and Windows 7. We should further note that when you have Serif ready to go, to open a wmf file you don't select "open", you use "insert" from file. For those who want to try it out, click on the Serif logo. Once you've downloaded the software Serif will send you an unlock code. The Serif website also has some good tutorials to help you along. Free software for Windows and Mac. Tips: Use "open" to open a wmf file. To ungroup the image, click once on it and choose "modify" (top command bar), then select "break". To group an image you select the image with your mouse, then choose "modify" then "Group. To download software click on the Logo.

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We are leaving this help tip up, as more and more of you are upgrading

your Corel Draw software to X3 or X4

Corel Draw has changed some default settings in X3 and X4 that can render your vector images black, do the same for your F9 preview and in the case of X4 display your image excessively dark.

Fixes:

  • Top Command Bar/View Select 'enhanced' and not 'enhanced with overprints';
  • Top Command Bar/Tools/Color Management Color Mode for Effects-should be set at RGB (not CMYK); 
  • Top Command Bar/Tools Select 'Save Settings as default' ;
  • When importing AG graphics into X4, make sure you first group your image before using the F9 full screen preview (X3 imports the graphic already grouped).


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