Geometrias implícitas no desenho original do escudo oficial da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel)

Abstract

The research focuses on the Federal University of Pelotas original coat of arms design and its digital versions. It supposes that the work of art, made in 1972, has been redesigned several times during early times of desktop publishing. Assuming that reshapes such as stroke or proportion changes has taken place, originating diverse versions of the same graphic symbol, the research assay visual composition rules that defines outlines of the original elements design, as a way to achieve its accuracy for comparison with samples of digital redesigned versions. Authentic graphic properties were recognized as from a sample of the original design, aiming to verify incidental mischaracterization and evince possible losses of authenticity features of the original design. Finally, endorses the relevance of project documentation, in order to substantiate representation of graphic properties in transposition processes of originally hand-drawing geometric designs into vector digital versions.