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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 7777888" data-attributes="member: 6906155"><p>I don't need to physically turn the book. I can read sideways/turn it in my head. I don't think I'm unusual in that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just had a quick flip through ToA and TFTYP. Found exactly one mention of north in a text box.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure there is - to fit it on the page. You might not consider that a very strong reason, but to the artist, who I assume like me can easily rotate it in their mind, and is perhaps unaware that some people might find it difficult, there is no strong reason <em>not</em> to. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A reason? Perhaps, as you suggest, compass points are mentioned in the description boxes for the house in U1* (I don't remember, it is a long time since I read it). The space allocated for the town map in the design of the book was one A4 page. Such things are not easy or cheep to change. Perhaps it originally was intended to be a half page map, but the design of the book was changed later. Perhaps it was done to align it better with the Greyhawk map where it was originally located. The thing is, it doesn't need to be a <em>good</em>, <em>strong</em> reason if the book designers aren't aware that some people might find it difficult.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>*Number 4 on the map.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 7777888, member: 6906155"] I don't need to physically turn the book. I can read sideways/turn it in my head. I don't think I'm unusual in that. Just had a quick flip through ToA and TFTYP. Found exactly one mention of north in a text box. Sure there is - to fit it on the page. You might not consider that a very strong reason, but to the artist, who I assume like me can easily rotate it in their mind, and is perhaps unaware that some people might find it difficult, there is no strong reason [I]not[/I] to. A reason? Perhaps, as you suggest, compass points are mentioned in the description boxes for the house in U1* (I don't remember, it is a long time since I read it). The space allocated for the town map in the design of the book was one A4 page. Such things are not easy or cheep to change. Perhaps it originally was intended to be a half page map, but the design of the book was changed later. Perhaps it was done to align it better with the Greyhawk map where it was originally located. The thing is, it doesn't need to be a [I]good[/I], [I]strong[/I] reason if the book designers aren't aware that some people might find it difficult. *Number 4 on the map. [/QUOTE]
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