Meridian

Almanac · Issue

Cartouche

The title block of an issued plate: name, scale, date, and the person who will still answer.

The cartouche is the product. Everything else is furniture around a name.

What it carries

  • Title of the plate
  • Scale (what the crew claims to resolve)
  • Date of issue
  • Keeper
  • A one-line weather note if the glass moved since the last issue

In this template

The homepage cartouche is a double neatline over the hero chart. Auth screens borrow the same frame. When you replace the brand, keep a title block that looks like a map, not a navbar.

After you wire a helm

Write the keeper into the cartouche from a real session if you must. Do not fake a session in the template. Furniture that pretends to be a key is how buyers run aground.