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  • Hand-Lettering + How to Make a Coat of Arms

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    Lindsey Bugbee

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    You may not have given a coat of arms any thought before this blog post, but you’re going to want to whip one up after you read it. These cool designs are gaining popularity as modern family logos — which you can put on stationery, use as a stamp, paint a large-scale replica of on…

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    If you’ve ever found yourself wondering how to make a coat of arms — and surely the thought has crossed your mind if you’ve ever seen television shows like Game of Thrones — today is your lucky day. Historically, coat of arms were ye logos of olde; that is to say, they identified families and individuals. That identification was helpful if you were all suited up in your knight gear. Nowadays, family coat of arms are essentially just cool family logos to print on custom stationery, frame in your house, have printed on a shirt for a family reunion … whatever.

    The first thing you are going to do in designing your own {or someone else’s} coat of arms is choose the shape. There are three general shapes that I like to use for coat of arms:

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