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In heraldry, a fess is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally and centrally across the shield. Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. Writers disagree in how much of the shield's surface is to be covered by the fess, ranging from one-fifth to one-third. A fess is likely to be shown narrower if it is uncharged, that is, if it does not have other charges placed on it, and/or if it is to be shown with charges above and below it; and shown wider if charged.

A mural fess can be seen in the arms of Suzanne Elizabeth Altvater. [1]

A fess when couped ("cut off" at either end, and so not reaching the sides of the shield) can be called humetty, but this term is very rare in the Anglophone heraldries and is most often used of the cross. A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other dividing one or two of the lines in half

A fess coticed (also spelt with two ts and/or an s) is closely contained between two narrow strips (cotises), one above and one below. A very unusual exception are the arms of Joseph Frederick Laevens, with a fess cotised on the lower edge. [2]

Though the bar is sometimes termed a diminutive of the fess, this is not necessarily true, as the bar may be no narrower than the fess. In the heraldries of the British Isles two fesses are not usualy specified to appear on a shield together, the two fess-like charges being then termed bars. Narrower versions of the bar are called barrulets (little bars). The arms of Baroness Fritchie provide an example of three Barrulets fracted and there conjoined to a Chevronel. Irene Tordoff Fritchie Baroness Fritchie, DBE (known as Rennie Fritchie) was born in Fife, Scotland, on April 29, 1942 [3]

The "fasce" in the colonial arms of Djidjelli, Algeria is blazoned as "tombant à dextre". Jijel (formerly known as Djidjelli, Gigeri or Gigery) is the capital of Jijel Province in northeastern Algeria. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's

A fess the middle third metamorphosed into a chevron can be seen in the arms of the 364th Regiment of the United States Army. [4]

The fess is one of the ordinaries in heraldry, along with the chief, bend, chevron and pale. In Heraldry, an ordinary is a simple geometrical figure on the arms bounded by straight lines and running from edge to edge or top to bottom of the shield A chief is a term used in heraldic Blazon to describe a charge on a Coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across In Heraldry, a bend is a colored band running from the upper right corner of the shield to the lower left (from the point of view of a person bearing the shield A chevron (also spelled cheveron, especially in older documents is a V-shaped pattern A pale is a term used in heraldic Blazon and Vexillology to describe a charge on a Coat of arms (or Flag) that takes the form There are several other ordinaries and sub-ordinaries.

A shield party per fess or just per fess is divided into two parts by a single line which runs in the direction of a fess.

A charge placed horizontally is blazoned fesswise or fessways. Two or more charges arranged in a horizontal row are blazoned in fess or in bar.