Field Legend
How to read the recurring signs The Fox leaves across civic trails, records, articles, topics, source material, and the Field Map.
The Civic Fox uses a few recurring signs to help readers follow articles, records, source material, topic markers, and formal civic trails.
The Fox is still source-based. He just happens to describe civic material the way a fox would: with tracks, dens, trails, field markers, and signs worth reading carefully.
Field Legend text version
- Spectacles: The Fox’s lens: a quick interpretation, snapshot, or plain-language take.
- Trailhead: Where a civic trail begins.
- Trail Stop: One useful stop along the trail.
- Paw Print: The Fox’s current or recent footing.
- The Fox’s Den: Public source material.
- Articles / Explainers: Reader-facing explanation.
- Follow the Fox: Part of a connected civic trail.
- Source / Record: A public source, document, or record.
- Topic Marker: Groups related civic material.
The signs are not ratings. They show what kind of material you are looking at and how it fits into the field, the source trail, or a formal civic trail.
A note about the signs
The signs are not ratings.
They are wayfinding tools. Like the legend on a field map, they help readers understand what kind of material they are looking at, where it fits, and how to keep following the civic path.
The records still matter most. The Fox leaves signs so the field is easier to read and the trail is easier to follow.