OSR OSR Layout and Design Thread

Fenris-77 · 2026-04-01T23:02:03+0100

And the original

Mannahnin · 2026-04-02T00:09:31+0100

Header in the new version is definitely an improvement. I think I like the text of the original a little better in terms of pure aesthetics but that the new one is a little more readable?

Mannahnin · 2026-04-02T00:10:02+0100

Fenris-77 said:
Here's an example of design thinking from a Discord I post on. This isn't about better or worse, but came out of a comment that the phrase gold edition should be gold

The original WiP
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And some ideas I was playing around with

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Just to show that there are all kinds of ways to skin a cat in layout.

The second one here is SO much better.

Fenris-77 · 2026-04-02T00:17:14+0100

Mannahnin said:
Header in the new version is definitely an improvement. I think I like the text of the original a little better in terms of pure aesthetics but that the new one is a little more readable?

That's pretty much the choice, yeah. A side benefit of moving to sans is that it takes up less vertical space at the same weight so the text gets to breathe a little more.

Eyes of Nine · 2026-04-02T05:17:49+0100

Fenris-77 said:
And the original
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The header font looks like "Bardgrinder", which would probably make some folks here happy...

Brendan Byrd · 2026-04-02T06:19:47+0100

Fenris-77 said:
That's pretty much the choice, yeah. A side benefit of moving to sans is that it takes up less vertical space at the same weight so the text gets to breathe a little more.

Understandable to change the font to something more legible.
I like black letter, but the letter spacing (kerning?) of that font is abysmal, and that capital W…

Fenris-77 · 2026-04-02T13:07:15+0100

Brendan Byrd said:
Understandable to change the font to something more legible.
I like black letter, but the letter spacing (kerning?) of that font is abysmal, and that capital W…

I think I'll go with this blackletter font instead