Here in the United States of America, we’ve been told to stay at home.
I downloaded and read PDFs of all of the statewide orders (get them all here, mainly sourced from this great page here).
I am reading them so I can understand these orders and see clearly how we are dealing with pandemic, with specificity. Documentation is life.
I hope to publish a more substantive analysis of the language and provisions of these orders. For now, here’s a quick take on each as PDFs.
The order in Alabama is not from the Governor.
Alaska incorporates federal guidance, like lots of other states.
Arizona has a old-time-map background on their paper.
California’s Secretary of State did not sign the order.
The seal of Colorado indicates that 1876 is an important year for them.
The Governor of Connecticut is referred to as “His Excellency”.
Someone in Delaware knows their way around MS Word Art.
Florida has a surprisingly plain header.
Georgia’s order is formatted like well-nested code:
This is how you spell Hawai’i.
Idado Italics
Illinois reminds me of 1970s grade school math worksheets that were mimeographed a few times too many.
Indiana brings the border and the greetings.
Kansas understated seal.
Kentucky logo has garland that’s a bit mottled.
Louisiana seal brings the pelicans.
Maine has built quite a lot around the phrase “Executive Order”.
The departmental logo for Maryland has been photocopied a few hunnert times maybe.
Massachusetts is crisp.
Seeing the name of my friend & colleague Garlin Gilchrist II on this order was really something.
Minnesota refs their digital archive.
Mississippi seal is repped in hi res.
Montana purple.
Nevada has a lot of curly-Qs
More excellency over in New Hampshire.
New Jersey file naming includes the phrase, “Microsoft Word”.
New Mexico brings the color.
New York has some flourish.
The H is dripping on North Carolina.
Ohio’s logotype was something of a visual surprise.
Oklahoma is all about the filestamp.
Oregon is jamming on the 70s typography.
Pennsylvania with the equine / eagle combo.
The Governor, Secretary of State, and translator all initial every page of the order in Puerto Rico.
Rhode Island has providence plantations.
Cherub/ bugle situation in South Carolina.
I was totally surprised that Texas didn’t have a visual representation of the shape of their state in the header.
Vermont’s order is countersigned by the state’s Secretary of Civilian and Military Affairs.
Virginia is anti-tyrant, it seems.
Washington state has the state-shape. Their P.O. Box reminds me of zines.
The seal of West Virginia lacks a certain resolution here.
The logo of Wisconsin has big community-dance-center energy.
