What’s New?
It’s been nearly a month since I set up the initial format for LOTR Collector Notes. Each week since, I’ve filled in a few more details, added more pages, run more scans, and posted more images. Good to see things grown, even if ever-so-gradually.
Meanwhile, I’ve done enough experimenting to see what I do and don’t like, and there are definitely ways to improve this. I do like using some of the Middle-earth fonts – such as “Fellowship” for the blog header of “LOTR Collector Notes,” and others like “Party Business” for some of the page title displays. (Thanks to The Lord of the Rings Fonts for making these available! See other font sources on the Languages and Handwriting page.)
I like the overall format with all the page links on the right-hand side. You should’ve seen what they looked like when all the page tabs were at the top! This approach is a lot cleaner, and lets me put the indexes at the top of the list.
What’s Next?
Finally, I think it’s almost time to launch. Perhaps this weekend even! Well, perhaps not … before the official “go live and go public,” I still have loads of content to upload. So, will get to it and we’ll see there’s enough to warrant launching …
Thanks for dropping in …
Thoughts – What’s in a Name? Part 1
I almost named this blog “The Gaderung of Galador,” after the first Lord of Dol Amroth. Galador was a Númenórean, and Dol Amroth lay on the Bay of Belfalas. Gaderung is an Old English word used for a gathering together or a collection – usually of people, but then it makes sense that it could also be of items. It was a fun finding during a brainstorming session, but then, who would remember a blog title like that? So, the functional and more easily remembered – but slightly so-so – LOTR Collector Notes won out. But, I must say that as a trained linguist who enjoyed historical linguistics, Old Anglo-Saxon certainly has its charms.
