RFB_Calligraphy Examples_ Word Count_July 2024.pdf

Example of the formal script alphabet that resembles the engraved lettering on the semi-engraved Presidential Commission stock.

WORD COUNT FOR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TYPES (updated July 2024)

There are 7 commission types:

1. (PAS) Presidential appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate, Confirmation commission

2. (PA) Presidential appointment without consent of Senate, Straight commission

3. (WHS) White House Staff

4. Ambassador - Presidential appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate

5. Partially Printed (for exceptions to the text)

6. Cabinet - Presidential appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate

7. Labor - Presidential appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate

• Commission Type 1 - Presidential Conformation with consent of Senate (PAS)

Provided semi-engraved commission size - 23” wide x 19” tall.

Ten spaces to be filled in with calligraphy with approximately 30 to 60 words.

A. The President’s name - 2 to 3 words - first name, middle name or initial, and last name are centered at the top of the commission -

Size of calligraphy: the capital letters are approximately 1” tall and the lowercase letters are 3/8” tall.

B. “Integrity and Ability” - 3 words

Size of calligraphy: capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

Note: The size of calligraphy for all lines that follow is the same as Line 2, capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

C. Nominee’s name and State - 5 to 9 words –first, middle and last name, of the District of

Columbia, (or one of the 50 States)

D. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

E. Title - The number of words varies from 7 to 20 words. Example - “a Member of the

United States Advisory Council on Abcdef Abcefghijk for a term of two years,”

F. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

G. “powers, privileges, and emoluments” or “powers and privileges” - 3 to 4 words

H. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

I. Nominee’s name - 2 to 4 words - first name, middle name, or middle initial, last name

J. “subject to the conditions prescribed by law.” or “during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being.” 7 words or 14 words, depending on which of the two is written in the position law.

• Commission Type 2 - Presidential Straight (PA)

Provided semi-engraved commission size - 23” wide x 19” tall.

Ten spaces to be filled in with calligraphy with approximately 30 to 60 words.

A. The President’s name - 2 to 3 words - first name, middle name or initial, and last name are centered at the top of the commission -

Size of calligraphy: the capital letters are approximately 1” tall and the lowercase letters are 3/8” tall.

B. “Integrity and Ability” - 3 words

Size of calligraphy: capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

Note: The size of calligraphy for all lines that follow is the same as Line 2, capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

C. Nominee’s name and State - 5 to 9 words –first, middle and last name, of the District of

Columbia, (or one of the 50 States)

D. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

E. Title - The number of words varies from 7 to 20 words. Example - “a Member of the

United States Advisory Council on Abcdef Abcefghijk for a term of two years,”

F. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

G. “powers, privileges, and emoluments” or “powers and privileges” - 3 to 4 words

H. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

I. Nominee’s name - 2 to 4 words - first name, middle name, or middle initial, last name

J. “subject to the conditions prescribed by law.” or “during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being.” 7 words or 14 words, depending on which of the two is written in the position law.

• Commission Type 3 – White House Staff Commission (WHS)

Three spaces to be filled in with calligraphy with approximately 14 to 26 words.

A. The President’s name - 2 to 3 words - first name, middle name or initial, and last name are centered at the top of the commission -

Size of calligraphy: the capital letters are approximately 1” tall and the lowercase letters are 3/8” tall.

B. Nominee’s name and State - 5 to 9 words –first, middle and last name, of the District of

Columbia, (or one of the 50 States)

Size of calligraphy: capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

Note: The size of calligraphy for all lines that follow is the same as Line 2, capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

C. Title - The number of words varies from 7 to 14 words. Example - “Special Assistant to the President for Abcdefg Hijklmno Pqrstuv,”

• Commission Type 4 – Ambassador

Provided semi-engraved commission size – 15 1/2” wide x 11 1/2” tall.

Three spaces to be filled in with calligraphy with approximately 8 to 17 words.

A. The President’s name - 2 to 3 words - first name, middle name or initial, and last name are centered at the top of the commission -

Size of calligraphy: the capital letters are approximately 1” tall and the lowercase letters are 3/8” tall.

B. Nominee’s name and State - 5 to 9 words –first, middle and last name, of the District of

Columbia, (or one of the 50 States)

Size of calligraphy: capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

Note: The size of calligraphy for all lines that follow is the same as Line 2, capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

C. Country name - The number of words varies from 1 to 5 words. Example – “Malaysia” or

“the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,”

• Commission Type 5 – Partially Printed

Provided partially printed commission size - 23” wide x 19” tall.

Six spaces to be filled in with calligraphy including a 4-line paragraph. Approximately 95 to

120 words. The wording may include either “appoint” or “designate.”

A. The President’s name - 2 to 3 words - first name, middle name or initial, and last name are centered at the top of the commission -

Size of calligraphy: the capital letters are approximately 1” tall and the lowercase letters are 3/8” tall.

B. Integrity and Ability - 2 words

Size of calligraphy: capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

Note: The size of calligraphy for all lines that follow is the same as Line 2, capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

C. Nominee’s name and State - 5 to 9 words - First Middle and Last name, of the District of

Columbia, (or one of the 50 States)

D. Approximately 86 to 100 words - I have nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do designate her/him Chairman of the National Abcdefghijk

Lmnopqr Board for a term of three years, and do authorize and empower her/him to execute and fulfil the duties of that Office according to law, and to have and to hold the said Office, with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments thereunto of right appertaining, unto her/him the said First Middle Last name, subject to the conditions prescribed by law.

E. United States – 2 words

F. State – 1 word (the word State, after Secretary of)

• Commission Type 6 - Cabinet

Seven spaces to be filled in with calligraphy with approximately 15 to 24 words.

A. The President’s name - 2 to 3 words - first name, middle name or initial, and last name are centered at the top of the commission -

Size of calligraphy: the capital letters are approximately 1” tall and the lowercase letters are 3/8” tall.

B. Nominee’s name and State - 5 to 9 words –first, middle and last name, of the District of

Columbia, (or one of the 50 States)

Size of calligraphy: capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

Note: The size of calligraphy for all lines that follow is the same as Line 2, capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

C. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

D. Title - The number of words varies from 3 to 5 words. Example - “Secretary of Defense,”

E. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

F. Pronoun - 1 word pronoun of “him” “her” “their” “them”

G. Nominee’s name - 2 to 4 words - first name, middle name, or middle initial, last name

• Commission Type 7 – Labor

Provided semi-engraved commission size – 16 1/2” wide x 12 1/2” tall.

Three spaces to be filled in with calligraphy with approximately 12 to 22 words.

A. The President’s name - 2 to 3 words - first name, middle name or initial, and last name are centered at the top of the commission -

Size of calligraphy: the capital letters are approximately 1” tall and the lowercase letters are 3/8” tall.

B. Nominee’s name and State - 5 to 9 words –first, middle and last name, of the District of

Columbia, (or one of the 50 States)

Size of calligraphy: capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

Note: The size of calligraphy for all lines that follow is the same as Line 2, capital letters are 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is 1/8”.

C. Title - The number of words varies from 5 to 10 words. Example – an Assistant Secretary of Labor

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT DATE INKED ON COMMISSIONS

Second stage of the commission process that occurs after the official appointment and the commission has been signed by the President and is a separate item fee. Complete the dating request within five to seven business days. Commissions by another calligrapher may be included in the package to date. The package may include 5 to 30 commissions to be dated. The signed commissions are picked up at the Department of State by the courier and delivered to the calligrapher to date. Upon completion, the courier picks up the dated commissions from the calligrapher and delivers them to the Department of State.

4 words are lettered into 4 spaces with the day, month, year, and independence year (approximately 3/8” capital letter height and 1/8” lowercase x height:

twenty-third August twenty-four forty-ninth

Size of calligraphy to match surrounding semi-engraved commission text: capital letters are slightly less than 3/8” tall and the lowercase x height is slightly less than 1/8”.

Examples of Calligraphy on a Presidential Commission

Example of a Printed Foreign Service Commission