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Font sizes, Columns, Page sizes, Lay-out

Started by Omnifray, April 19, 2015, 01:49:47 PM

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Omnifray

April 19, 2015, 01:49:47 PM
For an RPG primarily in print, what do you prefer in terms of font size, columns, page sizes, text alignment / justification and other matters of lay-out, and why?
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http://jimboboz.livejournal.com/7305.html

I did however write this Player\'s Quickstarter for the forthcoming Soul\'s Calling RPG, free to download here, and a bunch of other Soul\'s Calling stuff available via Lulu.

As for this, I can\'t comment one way or the other on the correctness of the factual assertions made, but it makes for chilling reading:-
http://home.roadrunner.com/~b.gleichman/Theory/Threefold/GNS.htm

Bedrockbrendan

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April 19, 2015, 01:56:43 PM
As I get older I increasingly prefer larger font sizes that are easy on the eyes. I am fine with double column or single (three is a bit much for my taste). Really for me the chief concern is ease of reading.

Omnifray

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April 19, 2015, 02:07:40 PM
Can you put a number on it?

12 point?

11 point?
I did not write this but would like to mention it:-
http://jimboboz.livejournal.com/7305.html

I did however write this Player\'s Quickstarter for the forthcoming Soul\'s Calling RPG, free to download here, and a bunch of other Soul\'s Calling stuff available via Lulu.

As for this, I can\'t comment one way or the other on the correctness of the factual assertions made, but it makes for chilling reading:-
http://home.roadrunner.com/~b.gleichman/Theory/Threefold/GNS.htm

Omnifray

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April 19, 2015, 03:37:53 PM
Quote from: BedrockBrendan;826677I think for print I wouldn't go past 11 points

Meaning as a maximum?
I did not write this but would like to mention it:-
http://jimboboz.livejournal.com/7305.html

I did however write this Player\'s Quickstarter for the forthcoming Soul\'s Calling RPG, free to download here, and a bunch of other Soul\'s Calling stuff available via Lulu.

As for this, I can\'t comment one way or the other on the correctness of the factual assertions made, but it makes for chilling reading:-
http://home.roadrunner.com/~b.gleichman/Theory/Threefold/GNS.htm

Bedrockbrendan

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April 19, 2015, 04:32:12 PM
Quote from: Omnifray;826679Meaning as a maximum?

It has been a while since I've done layout, but from what I remember, and depending on the font, I would usually see 11 as a max. 12 point comes out really big in my experience when your printing. It looks fine on a word document, but whenever I've tried to use 12 point for a book it always feels too large. Keep in mind, I am talking about body text. For headers, I think you want to go considerably larger.
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