The herald’s table

Make Your Crest

Five steps, every one shown on the thing you are buying. Nothing is charged until you check out, and nothing is printed until you have ticked the box that says it is right.

Gallery Canvas · 16 × 24 in

$189

Choose Your Crest

Adopt one, build one for your line, paint your own, or write the blazon.

Painted Crests

Painted by the house: every archetype in gold leaf, and a run in enamel, watercolor, modern line and engraved. Adopt one as it is, or ask for a change once it is yours.

29 crests, each new, each drawn by the herald’s rules in the Greek-letter tradition: the lamp, the owl, the torch, the laurel. None belongs to any fraternity or sorority. Choose one and it is your line’s to change.

What your line stands for

A purple shield with a silver book and a gold band across the top carrying a purple star. Motto: ΣΟΦΙΑΝ ΖΗΛΟΥ, “Strive for wisdom”.

The mullet: traditionally said to mean a divine gift: shining in virtue, learning and piety (Guillim, 1679). The martlet: traditionally said to mean younger sons, who rise by merit, having no land to stand on (Guillim, 1679).

How much to show

How it is drawn

The crown

The shape

Your colors

Repaint any of the herald’s colors in your own. The blazon keeps its name for it.

GoldSilverRedBlueGreenPurpleBlack

Motto on the scroll (empty for none)

Choose What to Make

Every piece is printed to order, from your design, at its full size.

Prints and canvas, from 12 × 18 inches to a 40 × 60 canvas for the chapter room.

Size

Set the Background

A color, a gradient or a pattern, printed edge to edge behind your crest.

Color

Any other color #f6d3dc

Or a gradient

A pattern behind it

One thing, repeated edge to edge on your color. The crest sits in a clear pool of the color.

Or name your own pattern

Uses one painting. Brands come out unbranded, and no words appear.

Add Your Words

Above the crest, across the shield, and your line's names below it. All optional.

For an occasion

Above the crest0 of 34Or a motto in Greek, above the crestEach is an ancient line or a dictionary word, never a sorority’s or fraternity’s motto.A blank ribbon across the shieldWe print it empty. What goes on it is yours to add at home: paint it, letter it, or iron on a patch.Across the shield

Below the crest: your line, one name to a lineUp to 4 lines of 40 characters: a big and a little, a whole line, a class, a year.

Typeface

Color of the words

Any color

Check and Order

We print exactly what the preview shows. Read it once more.

Crest: The Open Book, Learning
Made as: Gallery Canvas, 16 × 24 in
Background: Blush
Words: None

I have checked the spelling and the design. Print it exactly as the preview shows.

Quantity

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