[antir-heralds] Question re submission forms.

[chrisact at qwickconnect.net]

Caitrina Lions Blood wrote:
> Hello Theocharista,
>
> As far as I know, they cannot be filled out online.  More is the pity as I
> know sometimes the hand writing is hard for these old eyes to read and I
> find myself using a magnifying glass and comparing letters to make out what
> they say or hoping the submitter's email is legible so I can send them as
> message to get clarification.
>
> What I was advised some months ago and found it works like a charm is
> opening the PDF in Adobe PhotoShop and adding the text in layers, then
> saving it as a full sized jpg.  However it is very an expensive piece of
> software and I only have it because of the web designing I do, being able to
> fill out heraldic submissions is just a discovered bonus.  I have no idea if
> you have access to PhotoShop.
>
> Caitrina
>   

What I have done is take the blank PDF forms, print them out, scan them 
in as pure black&white, and save them as .PNG files.

Then when I want to fill them out, I open with the free graphics program 
that came with my scanner, "type" the info into the blanks, and use 
PDF995 (a printer emulator) to create a PDF of the filled out form, and 
print that out.

Of course, somewhere in there is making the picture of the 
device/badge/thingy, and doing a copy&paste to add to the big blank area 
on the form. ;-)

One point: I do not have a printer---well I do, but it eats $$$ of ink 
even if just sitting on the shelf---so I do my printing at the local 
public library, where it's free. Of course, I have to put the 
PDF-to-be-printed on a floppy. If (generic) you have your own printer, 
just print the filled-out form directly from your graphics program.


~~Basil Dragonstrike

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