Orla is a term that derives from the Latin orŭla , in turn a diminutive of ora (a word translatable as “edge”). The ornamentation found on the edge of a piece of clothing, a fabric or something else is called a border.
The borders, therefore, are decorative elements . They can be drawings, engravings, embroidery or prints that usually function as frames or simply as decorations .
The inclusion of a border is an aesthetic decision. Although it can serve as a limit, margin or separation, its inclusion is generally due to the intention of beautifying something .
A document may be decorated with a border. In this case, the border is developed around the printed or manuscript. You can also surround a vignette or a photograph, to mention two other possibilities.
On the other hand, the sheet that presents the portraits of the members of a professional or school class is known as a border. This diploma is generated upon completion of studies and allows you to commemorate the degree obtained.
In the field of heraldry , finally, the cartouche is a piece that is located inside a shield . This fillet or band is included at a distance from the ends that is equal to its width measurement. In this way, the border never touches the edge of the shield.
It is important to mention that, although a shield can have more than one border, these must be developed following certain parameters. The separation between the borders, for example, must be equal to their thickness .
In this context, the border is part of the so-called honorable pieces , figures or charges made using geometric shapes as reference. In sculptures of shields, it is not uncommon to give them a certain relief effect. Other of the most common pieces are the following: stick, sash, bar, band, campaign, chief, sotuer, pila, perla, border and escusón.
One of the most used types of border in the field of heraldry is the flordeliseada , that is, the one with fleur- de-lis edging. This flower represents the lily and is very common in French heraldry, for example. Along with the lion, the eagle and the cross, it is among the most popular.
Within the framework of school education, in recent times the creation of a border as a souvenir has become very popular, which students can keep to remember their teachers and classmates for the rest of their lives. Although for many people the end of a school year is nothing more than an inevitable moment, which could be framed in the same category as a procedure, for others it is a turning point that comes just before a series of changes; For this reason, creating a border can help you channel this series of feelings that could otherwise hinder the process.
As with most products, it is currently possible to create a border digitally, using an online tool that saves us much of the measurement work and guides us to achieve impressive results. It all starts with a template, that is, a skeleton of a design on which we can work, defining issues such as fonts, sizes and colors of the different elements.
Although the character should be moderately serious, creativity is the fundamental point: each border must express the personality of its creator and the feelings that he wants to capture in it so that in the future it is enough to look at it to evoke all kinds of positive memories of its I pass through the educational center.