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Re: [rpg-create] Font size?

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Todd <thirdkingdom@...> wrote:
> I'm getting close to wrapping up the platytest version of the Third Kingdom
> and want to get it
> printed through Lulu. I vaguely remember reading something on their site
> about using 12
> point font, yet when I print something out at home in 12 point it seems
> huge. Does anybody
> have any experience or suggestions about which font size to use for standard
> text (I'm just
> using Times New Roman)?

In the "GenCon 08 Small Press Game Design & Publishing Crash Course"
there was some talk about this (either on the Layout or Editing
courses). You can check it (mp3 recordings) out at:
http://www.sonsofkryos.com/otherrecordings.html

The course is great, they cover lots of interesting topics.

> Thanks,
>
> Todd

Best regards,
Daniel Yokomizo
Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:05 pm

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I'm getting close to wrapping up the platytest version of the Third Kingdom and want to get it printed through Lulu. I vaguely remember reading something on... 		Todd
thirdkingdom
Offline Send Email 		Jan 13, 2009
2:33 am

... This depends a lot on both the paper size and whether you use one-column or two-column text. Generally, the longer a text line is, the larger the font...
Torben AEgidius Mogen...
torbenm1
Offline Send Email 		Jan 13, 2009
8:53 am

... Very long ago, I read in the manual to an Amiga DTP program, called Professional Page, that one should choose a combination of font size and column width...
Peter Knutsen
peter_knutsen
Offline Send Email 		Jan 13, 2009
11:18 am

So, Peter and Torben, what it sounds like you are saying is that I can use my printer to determine what Lulu's printed word would look like. In other words,...
Todd
thirdkingdom
Offline Send Email 		Jan 13, 2009
1:51 pm

... In terms of size, I haven't seen any difference between my laser printer and Lulu's print. However, the print seems slightly "thinner" at Lulu, so if you...
Torben AEgidius Mogen...
torbenm1
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3:27 pm

... Actually there might be. When I convert an MS Word document to PDF format, it seems to me as if the document shrinks somewhat, for some very strange...
Peter Knutsen
peter_knutsen
Offline Send Email 		Jan 13, 2009
9:03 pm

... If you upload your document as a PDF, I don't think so (at least, I haven't experienced any such). What happens when Word is converted to PDF is anyones...
Torben AEgidius Mogen...
torbenm1
Offline Send Email 		Jan 14, 2009
8:29 am

... Yes, I use a 3rd-party programme called PDFCreator, as a "driver". ... That still doesn't explain why everything looks slightly "zoomed", with the margins...
Peter Knutsen
peter_knutsen
Offline Send Email 		Jan 14, 2009
9:54 am

... It could just be a bug in the converter. I was thinkig it might be caused by point-size differences (a PostScript point is 1/72", where a traditional...
Torben AEgidius Mogen...
torbenm1
Offline Send Email 		Jan 14, 2009
10:14 am

... It is true that a point is not a point but in this case I don't think it matters as most systems use Adobe Points through out now (of course I suggest you...
David Allan Finch
ironfort2000
Offline Send Email 		Jan 14, 2009
11:33 am

... I'm using a different driver, called PrimoPDF at home, but it works on the same principle: it creates a virtual printer and prints the .doc to a PDF file...
Mauro
loki_29091974
Offline Send Email 		Jan 14, 2009
11:01 am

... In the "GenCon 08 Small Press Game Design & Publishing Crash Course" there was some talk about this (either on the Layout or Editing courses). You can...
Daniel Yokomizo
daniel_yokomiso
Offline Send Email 		Jan 13, 2009
4:23 pm
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