A message your sending server hands to the receiving server, which holds it until your reader collects it.
The picture: One envelope leaving a desk and travelling the road to a door. Everything else in the series happens along that road.
RME-136 · the visual dictionary · first batch
One picture per word, drawn once, used for ever
The concept registry gives every word the Almanac defines one picture that never changes, so a viewer learns it once and recognises it in every video. Here are the first 14 of those pictures in the cut-out look you approved, each standing on a floor that suits its place. Each one folds up, plays the one move that explains the word, holds, and folds flat again.
Your job here
- Look at: the 14 pictures, each one a word from the first Almanac episode and the webinar, then the six floors with the same person walking on each.
- Skip: the finish of each piece. These are the shapes and the moves, not final art, and the people's looks wait on Vy.
- Your choice: is this the right way to draw the dictionary, so the other 132 words get drawn the same way.
Why these 14 first
They are the words the first Almanac episode (bounces) and the webinar actually say: the road from the sender to the reader,
the ways an email comes back or quietly vanishes, where it lands, and the clean. Every one of them already had a drawing in the webinar
(the road, the gate, the door, the mail server desk, the trays, the verdict pots, the house held up by people), so they were converted
into the cut-out look, not invented. The words, glosses and pictures come from the concept registry, and each links to the Almanac
question that defines it.
The dictionary, first batch
ESP
The company whose platform you send email with, so you do not have to run your own mail servers.
The picture: The sending desk at the near end of the road, where the envelope starts, drawn apart from the door at the far end.
mailbox provider
The service your reader receives mail with, such as a consumer or workplace inbox. It decides where your message lands.
The picture: The door at the far end of the road, with the gate in front of it that decides what gets through.
deliverability
Whether the mail you send reaches the inbox, not just whether the receiving server accepted it.
The picture: The road from the email to the door. A gate asks whether it arrives, the door asks whether anyone is there.
bounce
A message that comes back instead of being accepted, with a reason attached.
The picture: An envelope reaching the gate and being handed straight back, with a reason slip attached to it.
hard bounce
A bounce that is permanent. The address does not work and will not start working.
The picture: The returned envelope stamped once, and the door it came from closing for good.
soft bounce
A bounce that is temporary. Something got in the way this time, and the address might take the message later.
The picture: The returned envelope going back to the same door again later, and being taken the second time.
dead domain
A domain with no working mail server, so everything sent to it bounces.
The picture: The mail server desk, with no desk. The parcel arrives where there is nothing to sign for it.
Drawn differently: There is nothing to draw where the desk should be, so its empty place is a dashed outline on the floor, with only the sign left standing.
delivered
The server took your mail. That is all it means, and it is not the same as somebody seeing it.
The picture: The clerk signs for the parcel, says thanks, and drops it straight into the bin behind the desk.
Drawn differently: The registry says a clerk signs. Systems are never faces in this style, so the desk signs on its own: the signature appears on its clipboard.
inbox placement
Where an accepted message actually lands: the inbox, a tab such as Promotions, the spam folder, or a quarantine area the reader almost never checks.
The picture: Past the gate, the envelope drops into one of several trays, only one of which a person ever opens.
spam filter
The system at the receiving end that decides whether your message reaches the inbox, another folder, or nowhere.
The picture: A sorting arm at the gate, sending each envelope to the inbox, to another folder, or to nothing.
list hygiene
Keeping a list accurate and permission based, so the addresses that damage your reputation are not on it.
The picture: A house held up by a crowd of people with real arms. The floor it stands on is the list, and the house tilts as people vanish.
Drawn differently: The crowd is egg people. Their looks are placeholders until Vy picks the cast.
list cleaning
Going through a whole list and sorting every address into keep, monitor or suppress, based on engagement, where it came from and signs it has gone bad.
The picture: The dot grid pours into the three verdict pots, each pot filling with its own reasons.
Drawn differently: The registry also says each pot fills with its own reasons. That second beat waits for the label names to be drawn as pieces.
suppression list
The addresses you keep on record precisely so you never send to them again.
The picture: The third of the three verdict pots, with its lid closing. Nothing leaves it.
Drawn differently: One envelope tries to come back out and the lid holds, so you can see that nothing leaves it.
The floor kit: floors change per scene
Your call of 3 Oct: the floor suits the place. Every floor keeps the style bible's rule, no edge and no corner, its pattern closing up into the distance and melting into the haze, and only the surface changes. The same person walks on each, so you can compare them. This is written up as a rule proposal for the style bible.
The grid, with a road drawn on it. The road is where an email travels.
Stone and cream floor tiles in a checker.
Carpet tiles in two soft teals, the lines barely there.
Wooden boards running away from us, with a rug.
Raised floor panels, with a vent panel every few.
Grass, with a gravel path winding through it.
The pieces, saved for reuse
Every piece, floor and picture on this page is a reusable kit file with a design ID, so the next video takes it from the library.
| D-240 | Cut-out floor kit (floors.js) |
| D-241 | Cut-out dictionary pieces (dictionary-pieces.js) |
| D-242 | Cut-out visual dictionary scenes (dictionary-scenes.js) |
| D-243 | Cut-out piece: The envelope (from M-12) |
| D-244 | Cut-out piece: The sender's desk (from M-02) |
| D-245 | Cut-out piece: The gate (from M-02, M-18) |
| D-246 | Cut-out piece: The reader's door (from M-02, M-14) |
| D-247 | Cut-out piece: The mail server desk (from M-13) |
| D-248 | Cut-out piece: The bin (from M-13) |
| D-249 | Cut-out piece: The mail server sign with no desk |
| D-250 | Cut-out piece: An inbox tray (from M-18, M-37) |
| D-251 | Cut-out piece: The nowhere spot |
| D-252 | Cut-out piece: The spam filter's sorting arm |
| D-253 | Cut-out piece: A verdict pot with its emblem (from M-23, M-24) |
| D-254 | Cut-out piece: One address as a dot (from M-25) |
| D-255 | Cut-out piece: The list board |
| D-256 | Cut-out piece: The house held up by people (from M-09) |
| D-257 | Cut-out piece: Outdoor backdrop hills |
| D-258 | Cut-out piece: Indoor back wall |
| D-259 | Cut-out floor: Outdoors: the grid with a road |
| D-260 | Cut-out floor: The bank: floor tiles |
| D-261 | Cut-out floor: The office: carpet tiles |
| D-262 | Cut-out floor: Home: wooden boards and a rug |
| D-263 | Cut-out floor: The server room: raised floor panels |
| D-264 | Cut-out floor: The garden: grass and a gravel path |
| D-265 | Cut-out floor prop: street lamp |
| D-266 | Cut-out floor prop: bank counter |
| D-267 | Cut-out floor prop: office desk |
| D-268 | Cut-out floor prop: sofa |
| D-269 | Cut-out floor prop: server rack |
| D-270 | Cut-out floor prop: garden bed |
| D-271 | Visual dictionary: email |
| D-272 | Visual dictionary: ESP |
| D-273 | Visual dictionary: mailbox provider |
| D-274 | Visual dictionary: deliverability |
| D-275 | Visual dictionary: bounce |
| D-276 | Visual dictionary: hard bounce |
| D-277 | Visual dictionary: soft bounce |
| D-278 | Visual dictionary: dead domain |
| D-279 | Visual dictionary: delivered |
| D-280 | Visual dictionary: inbox placement |
| D-281 | Visual dictionary: spam filter |
| D-282 | Visual dictionary: list hygiene |
| D-283 | Visual dictionary: list cleaning |
| D-284 | Visual dictionary: suppression list |
| D-285 | Cut-out motion redraw kit (motion-redraw.js) |
| D-286 | Cut-out piece: a verdict badge on a post (from M-24) |
| D-287 | Cut-out piece: the dot board that greys year by year (from M-25) |
| D-288 | Cut-out piece: a small street door that answers yes (from M-14) |
| D-289 | Cut-out piece: an envelope card that flips (from M-15) |
| D-290 | Cut-out piece: the delivery tab board (from M-37) |
| D-291 | Cut-out redraw: people with real arms as egg people (M-07) |
| D-292 | Cut-out redraw: the house held up by egg people (M-09) |
| D-293 | Cut-out redraw: the house topple (M-10) |
| D-294 | Cut-out redraw: the doors street (M-14) |
| D-295 | Cut-out redraw: the envelope row, arrive and flip (M-15) |
| D-296 | Cut-out redraw: the verdict badges (M-24) |
| D-297 | Cut-out redraw: the dot board over three years (M-25) |
| D-298 | Cut-out redraw: the inbox tab peel (M-37) |
| D-299 | Cut-out motion redraw kit, batch 2 (motion-redraw-2.js) |
| D-300 | Cut-out piece: the garden bed (from M-03) |
| D-301 | Cut-out piece: the two growth rows board (from M-04) |
| D-302 | Cut-out piece: the sea, one surface with a wave edge (from M-05) |
| D-303 | Cut-out piece: the storage unit (from M-06) |
| D-304 | Cut-out piece: the storage unit invoice on a post (from M-06) |
| D-305 | Cut-out piece: a plain rent coin (from M-06) |
| D-306 | Cut-out piece: a square journey stop on a post (from M-16) |
| D-307 | Cut-out piece: the balance beam (from M-17) |
| D-308 | Cut-out piece: an empty place in a row (from M-19) |
| D-309 | Cut-out piece: an active or inactive badge (from M-19) |
| D-310 | Cut-out piece: a row name sign (from M-19) |
| D-311 | Cut-out piece: the compass on a post (from M-19) |
| D-312 | Cut-out piece: a case file (from M-20) |
| D-313 | Cut-out piece: the case files title sign (from M-20) |
| D-314 | Cut-out piece: the monthly bill (from M-21) |
| D-315 | Cut-out piece: the sales board beside the bill (from M-21) |
| D-316 | Cut-out redraw: the outdoor setting (M-01) |
| D-317 | Cut-out redraw: the garden bed (M-03) |
| D-318 | Cut-out redraw: tending against rescuing (M-04) |
| D-319 | Cut-out redraw: the sea (M-05) |
| D-320 | Cut-out redraw: the storage unit (M-06) |
| D-321 | Cut-out redraw: the journey line (M-16) |
| D-322 | Cut-out redraw: the balance beam (M-17) |
| D-323 | Cut-out redraw: the compass and the badges (M-19) |
| D-324 | Cut-out redraw: the case files (M-20) |
| D-325 | Cut-out redraw: the bill (M-21) |
| D-326 | Cut-out motion redraw kit, batch 3 (motion-redraw-3.js) |
| D-327 | Cut-out piece: the ghost (from M-08) |
| D-328 | Cut-out piece: a reason card over a ghost (from M-08) |
| D-329 | Cut-out piece: Sally Send's name card (from M-11) |
| D-330 | Cut-out piece: the SEND button on a post (from M-11) |
| D-331 | Cut-out piece: Sally's dashboard of fifty dots (from M-11) |
| D-332 | Cut-out piece: the running meter as a board (from M-22) |
| D-333 | Cut-out piece: the dot fraction board (from M-26) |
| D-334 | Cut-out piece: the inbox provider dots board (from M-28) |
| D-335 | Cut-out piece: stored against reached bars (from M-29) |
| D-336 | Cut-out piece: the big counter sign (from M-30) |
| D-337 | Cut-out piece: one drawer of the list (from M-30) |
| D-338 | Cut-out piece: a low sign card (from M-30) |
| D-339 | Cut-out piece: a time chart board (from M-31) |
| D-340 | Cut-out piece: the bell curve of dot columns (from M-32) |
| D-341 | Cut-out piece: the reputation gauge (from M-33) |
| D-342 | Cut-out redraw: the ghost (M-08) |
| D-343 | Cut-out redraw: Sally Send's card (M-11) |
| D-344 | Cut-out redraw: the running meter (M-22) |
| D-345 | Cut-out redraw: the dot fraction (M-26) |
| D-346 | Cut-out redraw: provider-share blocks and redrawn marks (M-28) |
| D-347 | Cut-out redraw: stored against reached bars (M-29) |
| D-348 | Cut-out redraw: the rolling counter and the drawers (M-30) |
| D-349 | Cut-out redraw: the time charts (M-31) |
| D-350 | Cut-out redraw: the bell curve of dot columns (M-32) |
| D-351 | Cut-out redraw: the score gauge (M-33) |
| D-352 | Cut-out motion redraw kit, batch 4 (motion-redraw-4.js) |
| D-353 | Cut-out piece: the live split block (from M-27) |
| D-354 | Cut-out piece: the offer ladder (from M-34) |
| D-355 | Cut-out piece: a generic Google Postmaster Tools panel (from M-35) |
| D-356 | Cut-out piece: a generic Microsoft SNDS table (from M-36) |
| D-357 | Cut-out piece: out of every 100, the people sort (from M-48) |
| D-358 | Cut-out piece: the bill square that splits (from M-49) |
| D-359 | Cut-out piece: nested squares (from M-50) |
| D-360 | Cut-out piece: four lanes over time (from M-51) |
| D-361 | Cut-out piece: the row of coins (from M-52) |
| D-362 | Cut-out redraw: the live split calculator block (M-27) |
| D-363 | Cut-out redraw: the offer ladder (M-34) |
| D-364 | Cut-out redraw: Google Postmaster Tools v2 panel (M-35) |
| D-365 | Cut-out redraw: Microsoft SNDS panel (M-36) |
| D-366 | Cut-out redraw: out of every 100, the people sort (M-48) |
| D-367 | Cut-out redraw: the bill square that splits (M-49) |
| D-368 | Cut-out redraw: nested squares (M-50) |
| D-369 | Cut-out redraw: four lanes over time (M-51) |
| D-370 | Cut-out redraw: the row of coins (M-52) |
| D-400 | Cut-out piece: the small sent sign (from M-22) |
| D-430 | Cut-out kit: bounce playlist videos 2 and 3, one scene per script scene, with the egg cast |
| D-431 | Cut-out piece: a reply code slip on an easel, the first digit big in its kind's colour |
| D-432 | Cut-out piece: a crate for one kind of bounce, with a second name tag |
| D-433 | Cut-out piece: a marker stake, one try, one knock or one send |
| D-434 | Cut-out piece: the queue, a depot shelf where a waiting letter sits |
| D-435 | Cut-out piece: a bar whose height is the number |
| D-436 | Cut-out piece: the sender's reputation gauge (M-33 in the cut-out look) |
| D-437 | Cut-out piece: the two halves of list hygiene, a disc on a stand |
| D-438 | Cut-out piece: a question card for the email tool, an icon instead of words |
| D-439 | Cut-out piece: a magnifier on a stick, for a spot check |
| D-440 | Cut-out piece: a big cross, a send that never happens |
| D-441 | Cut-out piece: cobwebs across a doorway |
| D-442 | Cut-out piece: the bounce message with its Diagnostic Code line |
| D-443 | Cut-out piece: one gate post, for a gate that narrows (throttling) |
| D-444 | Cut-out piece: a big mailbox provider's building |
| D-460 | Cut-out piece: the knocking envelope, one thin spaghetti arm that knocks on a door |
| D-461 | Cut-out beat: the knock is the retry (walk to the door, knock, nobody answers, wait, walk away, come back later) |
| D-410 | Cut-out piece: the SMTP conversation board, four steps with codes |
| D-411 | Cut-out piece: the send log on a stand |
| D-412 | Cut-out piece: the delivery notice (DSN) |
| D-413 | Cut-out piece: unit grid, the count is the picture |
| D-414 | Cut-out piece: sender reputation gauge (from M-33) |
| D-415 | Cut-out piece: a DNS record card for one domain |
| D-416 | Cut-out piece: mail with an address label, code stamp and slip |
| D-417 | Cut-out piece: an empty plot |
| D-418 | Cut-out piece: the alias signpost (CNAME) |
| D-419 | Cut-out piece: MX priority bars |
| D-420 | Cut-out piece: the TTL clock, 60 minute ticks |
| D-421 | Cut-out piece: a terminal on a stand |
| D-422 | Cut-out piece: the cause row |
| D-423 | Cut-out piece: the promise board |
| D-424 | Cut-out piece: a sign on a post |
| D-425 | Cut-out piece: the receiving domain's mailroom |
| D-426 | Cut-out piece: a named mailbox |
| D-427 | Cut-out piece: a tray on a stand |
| D-428 | Cut-out scenes: bounce videos 4 and 5, one per script scene |
| D-450 | Cut-out piece: a row of neighbour buildings |
| D-451 | Cut-out piece: the city skyline in the far distance |
| D-452 | Cut-out piece: a small car from the side |
| D-453 | Cut-out piece: a small car from the front |
| D-454 | Cut-out piece: a street lamp |
| D-455 | Cut-out piece: a window with the city outside, and view() for an existing window |
| D-456 | Cut-out kit: the city round a place and the slow 3D camera orbit (RMECity) |
Is this the right way to draw the dictionary?
Built by review-kit/examples/visual-dictionary.gen.py from 01-library/concept-registry/concepts.json and the kit in 01-library/assets/characters/cutout-style/ (floors.js, dictionary-pieces.js, dictionary-scenes.js on cutout-stage.js). People are the egg rig, with placeholder looks until Vy picks the cast. The stage uses brand colours. Wood, grass, rugs and warm props use the character palette proposal of 29 Sep, still waiting for your yes. Verdict colours appear only on the pots and the dots that stand for a verdict.