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What's one thing that pleasantly surprised you, and one thing that disappointed you about the PHB?
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<blockquote data-quote="Haffrung" data-source="post: 6375636" data-attributes="member: 6776259"><p>What you call padding - looser layout, bigger fonts, more white space, bigger illustrations - is a document design choice. Document design is evolving towards that looser, more airy style not because of financial considerations, but for readability. The publishing and design industries have tangible data about readability (the research looks like something out of Clockwork Orange), and the ratio of white space to blocks of text is a major factor in reading ease and retention. The 5E books show that WotC have professional document design and layout people on staff who understand usability and modern design principles. The lack of such expertise among most other RPG publishers has deterred me from buying many books.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haffrung, post: 6375636, member: 6776259"] What you call padding - looser layout, bigger fonts, more white space, bigger illustrations - is a document design choice. Document design is evolving towards that looser, more airy style not because of financial considerations, but for readability. The publishing and design industries have tangible data about readability (the research looks like something out of Clockwork Orange), and the ratio of white space to blocks of text is a major factor in reading ease and retention. The 5E books show that WotC have professional document design and layout people on staff who understand usability and modern design principles. The lack of such expertise among most other RPG publishers has deterred me from buying many books. [/QUOTE]
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