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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CarlZog" data-source="post: 2199092" data-attributes="member: 11716">Hey, can I interrupt this soap opera to make a suggestion?I'd like to see all print and pdf publishers simply get rid of the pointless art borders.I'm not sure where, when or why this design feature became a default inclusion in every rpg book, but it's WAY out of hand. I've seen books with borders and folios more than a inch deep. It's nuts! It sucks up space, serves no practical purpose, offers little or no artistic value, and in some cases even detracts from the artistic value.Likewise with the patterned and colored backgrounds. It usually clutters up the text clarity, and, again, offers little value, particularly in b&w -- to say nothing of the pdf printing issues that were being discussed here.As a consumer, if I glance at your product and see these features, it screams to me that you're hoping your graphics will compensate for how bad your material is.Give me creative written content accompanied by quality illustrations that serve to further my understanding and visualization of the material. That's all I need, not a bunch of repetitive, shoddy, space-hogging frameworks.By the way, if you're a publisher who's even thinking about providing "graphics-lite" versions, or counseling your customers on how to remove the graphics, consider it a sign from God that your graphics are contributing nothing to your publication. Get rid of them.Thanks.Carl</blockquote>