aggsol
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Post by aggsol on Jun 21, 2018 20:27:27 GMT
I am trying to layout my very first amateur adventure and I am wondering what fonts do you use for text body or headings? Do you try to look like the originals or you find own style. What fonts are the originals printed in? I am willing to buy a few not so expensive fonts. I find the free fonts in most cases are looking pretty weak. I checked out many fan made adventures and I am most impressed by The Dungeon of Abkadev. That on is really gorgeous.
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Post by lordomnibok on Jun 21, 2018 23:40:02 GMT
This is actually a very important question. I'm not an expert on this, but don't use fonts that have restrictions on them especially if you intend to get it printed through a publishing company. If you want to know what fonts are used in certain books, this information is usually printed in the books themselves, on the page with the small writing near the start. Make sure you settle on the right font before layout begins. And whatever you do, don't use Comic Sans anywhere in your work; if you do, every graphic designer in the world will be shaking their heads too vigorously to focus on the text.
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Post by philsadler on Jun 22, 2018 5:30:03 GMT
I always use good old Times New Roman (and something more interesting for the title).
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Post by lordomnibok on Jun 22, 2018 8:18:20 GMT
Can't go far wrong with Times New Roman.
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Post by kieran on Jun 22, 2018 9:42:13 GMT
If it's something you want professionally published, you're best sticking with Times New Roman or Arial. The publisher can always give it something more jazzy later.
If it's just something for fun, use whatever you like, so long as it's not hard to read. I like Book Antiqua for amateur gamebooks - no idea why though!
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Post by Pete Byrdie on Jun 22, 2018 11:24:35 GMT
I would always use Arial, just in case I ever write anything publishable. But if you're just having fun and you're just going to share your adventure around friends online and off, use anything that pops your top, as long as it is easily readable. If your going to include italic script in your work, be sure that is also easily readable in the font you choose.
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Post by vastariner on Jun 22, 2018 20:12:57 GMT
Apparently the best font for overall legibility - on paper and on screen - is Georgia.
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Post by aggsol on Jun 24, 2018 9:09:49 GMT
I found practicaltypography.com/ which is quiet an interesting read to give a good insight what good typography is about. I think most ideas and tips there are also valid for gamebooks.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jul 8, 2018 3:58:46 GMT
The FF series used Palantino.
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Post by aggsol on Jul 8, 2018 17:40:38 GMT
I just realized that on ebook readers I have no control over the fonts as the reader can set it up like they want. I wonder if it is worth the effort for just the PDF version to select fonts. I converted the my adventure in test runs with Calibre which selects good defaults as fonts. So I only had to select fonts for the illustrations and the adventure sheets.
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Post by slloyd14 on Jul 12, 2018 21:34:30 GMT
I like using Arial as it reminds me of the old school type RPG books.
I used Papyrus once and that didn't go down well.
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Post by aggsol on Jul 13, 2018 12:47:39 GMT
I like using Arial as it reminds me of the old school type RPG books. I used Papyrus once and that didn't go down well. Ha, Papyrus is like the Comic Sans for fiction. :-) I find Arial a bit cheap looking, maybe because it is the got typeface in Word if you don't like Times New Roman so I have seen it too often in the past decades all over the place.
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Post by zoefoster on Jul 7, 2022 10:18:10 GMT
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