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<blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5339306" data-attributes="member: 50895">Which makes me wonder about Kaidan, since I will be doing the final page layout. As a graphic designer, I almost always stick to 10 to 12 point fonts, though realistically to get more content into less pages, 10 point is the way to go.While I love the ideas in Trailblazer for example, I am pretty sure its got 8 point fonts in it - OMG, I can't read that. I OCR'd the PDF and printed it on my laser at 12 point so I could read the damn thing. I've got great vision normally, and don't wear glasses. However, I do wear reading glasses now, as I can't read a phone book anymore.While I also love the 'production values' of WotC and Paizo books, I've got to say all that page background art behind the text in their pages makes it near impossible to read. I am sure if I were 20 again, I could read them and appreciate them more - but with the grays streaming through my hair these days, I don't appreciate graphics behind the text. And as a graphic designer, I avoid doing that for my clients work. Or make the background art really subdued and near transparent to not take away from the textual content.Still, I know there's a balance act between textual content, artistic production values and number of total pages in a publication - I want Kaidan to be easily read, but I don't want to lose page count to accomodate the appropriate sized font.I look forward to see what kind of layout problems I will encounter, however.GP</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gamerprinter, post: 5339306, member: 50895"] Which makes me wonder about Kaidan, since I will be doing the final page layout. As a graphic designer, I almost always stick to 10 to 12 point fonts, though realistically to get more content into less pages, 10 point is the way to go. While I love the ideas in Trailblazer for example, I am pretty sure its got 8 point fonts in it - OMG, I can't read that. I OCR'd the PDF and printed it on my laser at 12 point so I could read the damn thing. I've got great vision normally, and don't wear glasses. However, I do wear reading glasses now, as I can't read a phone book anymore. While I also love the 'production values' of WotC and Paizo books, I've got to say all that page background art behind the text in their pages makes it near impossible to read. I am sure if I were 20 again, I could read them and appreciate them more - but with the grays streaming through my hair these days, I don't appreciate graphics behind the text. And as a graphic designer, I avoid doing that for my clients work. Or make the background art really subdued and near transparent to not take away from the textual content. Still, I know there's a balance act between textual content, artistic production values and number of total pages in a publication - I want Kaidan to be easily read, but I don't want to lose page count to accomodate the appropriate sized font. I look forward to see what kind of layout problems I will encounter, however. GP [/QUOTE]

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