Bureau of Chat · For channel operators

Draw your
own stamp

A stamp is your channel's mark in somebody's passport. By default it's a colored box with four letters. Upload a picture and make it your very own!

lettersname and date
336 × 224
168 × 112

Use exactly one of those two sizes. Work at 336 unless you have a reason not to.

Some boards shrink your stamp way down. Keep anything important in the center square (the gray guide on the template).

Two ways to use it

The switch beside the upload decides which.

  1. The picture is the ground. Your letters, channel name, date and crossing count print over it in your stamp color. The dashed guides show where. Keep the middle of your picture simple so it reads.
  2. The picture is the whole mark. Nothing prints over it, not even the date. Use this one if your design already has its own words.

The guides

ZoneBox at 336What lands there
Letters20, 59 to 316, 111Your four characters, large and monospaced. Only with the lettering on.
Name and date20, 117 to 316, 165The channel name, then the date and the crossing count, small. Only with the lettering on.
Rimthe outer 8pxNothing goes over it. The whole canvas is yours.
Centre square56, 0 to 280, 224The part that still reads on the small boards.

Rules

Where it shows

Everywhere your mark shows up: passports, holder records, the wall of ports and the arrivals board. The arrivals board uses its own colors instead of yours.

The passport template is here.