Netbook projects

[sjmiller]

The layout/art/production quality is not uniform across all Netbooks, since all Netbooks are done by different people. None of them are pros. So in that sense, it isn't that different from homebrew. You're not going to find professional artists, because the FANCC can't pay for art. We have to get it for free. Anyway, it's all about content, not presentation.

For someone such as myself, presentation is as important as the content. I do desktop publishing and report/presentation layout on a daily basis. If something is not easy to read, laid out to find important data quickly, or organized, then I tend to set it aside for those that are. This doesn't apply to just netbook, but to print books as well (don't get me started on the D&D3.0 MM).

You do not have to pay for good art, there's plenty that are in the public domain. If someone has to stare at a font for a little bit to figure out what something says, that is not a good thing. Easy to read fonts, uncluttered backgrounds, attention to page and line breaks, and the liberal use of line justification can go a long way to making some of these netbooks look as good as they should be.

 

[smetzger]

I have contributed several feats to the NBoF. I would like them to start back up and I would be willing to help.

 

[XCorvis]

For someone such as myself, presentation is as important as the content. I do desktop publishing and report/presentation layout on a daily basis...

Excellent points. Are you volunteering?