Release notes

Version history

Meaningful changes to the generator, from the preserved legacy application to the current supported release.

  1. Coat of Arms 4.0.0

    • Emojis are larger and better centred within shields while keeping clear of their borders.
    • Shield previews and artwork now use SVG throughout, replacing the legacy fixed-size PNG renderer.
  2. Coat of Arms 3.1.1

    • Bug fixes.
  3. Coat of Arms 3.1.0

    • Replaced the emoji symbols with Microsoft Fluent artwork.
  4. Coat of Arms 3.0.0

    • Added 48 recolourable heraldic symbols, bringing the selection to 64.
  5. Coat of Arms 2.1.2

    • Improves charge placement on Kite and Italian shields.
  6. Coat of Arms 2.1.1

    • Improves the desktop layout to keep the shield preview and promotion visible in short windows.
    • Adds a full-size preview, Copy code and SVG/PNG downloads below the promotion on mobile.
  7. Coat of Arms 2.1.0

    • Adds transparent PNG downloads alongside SVG, with a selectable image size.
  8. Coat of Arms 2.0.0

    • Adds native central charges: 86 full-colour emoji, including every Chiefdom emoji, and 16 recolourable heraldic symbols in SVG and PNG output.
    • Adds charge galleries with live shield previews, selectable symbol colours, and artwork credits.
    • Adds copyable and restorable design codes, named SVG downloads, and automatic preview sizing.
    • Adds RGB colour-step buttons and smooths colour adjustments by waiting for changes to settle before rendering.
  9. Coat of Arms 1.2.1

    • Fixes colour-swap controls for returning visitors by refreshing cached scripts and styles after updates.
  10. Coat of Arms 1.2.0

    • Keeps the shield preview available while editing, with a compact floating preview on mobile.
    • Uses one page scrollbar and collapsible control sections, with secondary settings grouped under Options.
    • Shows the selected shield, pattern, and colours throughout the galleries while preserving full colour-slider control.
  11. Coat of Arms 1.1.0

    • Offers exact supported colour levels, so every selected shade matches the generated shield.
    • Adds visual shield and pattern galleries using the complete built-in catalogue.
  12. Coat of Arms 1.0.0

    • Adds an interactive generator with visual shield, pattern, colour, size, and canvas controls.
    • Adds responsive vector previews alongside exact-size 80 px and 32 px PNG output.
    • Expands the independent catalogue to 19 shield shapes and 39 patterns, including resolution-independent diagonal patterns.
  13. Legacy snapshot

    • Introduces the original generator for composing shield shapes, tiled patterns, borders, and colours.
    • Adds the tartan pattern that completed the recovered legacy source history.
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