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Post by Scott Anderson on Aug 6, 2016 8:55:05 GMT -6
I'm really not sure where to ask this. I need your help.
Many many folks have produced supplements of various kinds for OD&D. The physical look of some of them is authentic: 6" x 9", beige cover, the olden font and so forth. I would like to put an authentic cover on one of my books. One that looks like the LBBs. Instead of making it imperfectly from scratch, is there a template somewhere, or can someone who made one help me figure out how to do it?
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Post by Morandir on Aug 6, 2016 16:05:04 GMT -6
There was actually a big discussion here several years ago about that very thing, you might be able to dig around and find it. I remember there being some good discussion about materials/font/layout/etc.
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Post by Scott Anderson on Aug 6, 2016 21:28:43 GMT -6
A friend of mine found the solution to this interesting challenge and forwarded it to me. Because it's not my work and I don't have permission to share it, it's an unfortunate dead end for the community here. Still looking for a clean lead to share.
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Post by Vile Traveller on Aug 8, 2016 2:57:31 GMT -6
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Post by DungeonDevil on Aug 8, 2016 6:00:58 GMT -6
I looked over the full-size preview, but it didn't look all that LBB-ish, IMO. YMMV. |
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Post by Vile Traveller on Aug 8, 2016 8:41:40 GMT -6
I looked over the full-size preview, but it didn't look all that LBB-ish, IMO. YMMV. You're right, actually, it was just something I remembered along the way. I believe the Scott's best bet is simply to go with the original fonts (Futura and Quentin Caps?) and print the covers on some appropriately-textured card (unless, of course, someone shares their layout files with him). |
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Post by geoffrey on Aug 8, 2016 11:25:56 GMT -6
I'm sorry that I don't have a template. I made the cover to the 2008 CARCOSA through trial-and-error.
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Post by smubee on Aug 8, 2016 13:06:36 GMT -6
I'm really not sure where to ask this. I need your help. Many many folks have produced supplements of various kinds for OD&D. The physical look of some of them is authentic: 6" x 9", beige cover, the olden font and so forth. I would like to put an authentic cover on one of my books. One that looks like the LBBs. Instead of making it imperfectly from scratch, is there a template somewhere, or can someone who made one help me figure out how to do it? I've just been doing it for fun, but here's mine :   The D&D Logo is Quentin font Everything else is Arial Narrow font |
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Post by Vile Traveller on Aug 8, 2016 17:15:40 GMT -6
On the topic of fonts, painful experience with customers has taught me that beauty of typography is no substitute for universality when it comes to PDFs. To avoid all manner of problems prople seem to have with font/ PDF reader/ hardware combinations, I mostly stick to Arial and Times Roman now. I rasterise cover fonts.
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Post by magremore on Aug 13, 2016 14:36:13 GMT -6
What software do you have available? I could share something from InDesign. Attached is a screenshot of the file (have not done this before, hopefully it works). It would be better if I could identify the sans serif fonts exactly. This is using Quentin EF for the D&D, Gill Sans MT for the author names, and Trade Gothic Bold (and Bold 2) for the rest. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 18:11:12 GMT -6
What software do you have available? I could share something from InDesign. Attached is a screenshot of the file (have not done this before, hopefully it works). It would be better if I could identify the sans serif fonts exactly. This is using Quentin EF for the D&D, Gill Sans MT for the author names, and Trade Gothic Bold (and Bold 2) for the rest. That looks great! |
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Post by Scott Anderson on Aug 14, 2016 8:23:12 GMT -6
In addition to the initial template, I've now farmed out the work to a clever friend who is doing the layout quite laboriously. Results to follow.
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Post by kesher on Aug 15, 2016 9:47:09 GMT -6
I'm really not sure where to ask this. I need your help. Many many folks have produced supplements of various kinds for OD&D. The physical look of some of them is authentic: 6" x 9", beige cover, the olden font and so forth. I would like to put an authentic cover on one of my books. One that looks like the LBBs. Instead of making it imperfectly from scratch, is there a template somewhere, or can someone who made one help me figure out how to do it? I've just been doing it for fun, but here's mine : The D&D Logo is Quentin font Everything else is Arial Narrow font That's freaking awesome! Did you do the ASCII art yourself? Check this out! |
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Post by smubee on Aug 15, 2016 14:15:20 GMT -6
I've just been doing it for fun, but here's mine : The D&D Logo is Quentin font Everything else is Arial Narrow font That's freaking awesome! Did you do the ASCII art yourself? Check this out! I really wish that I could take credit for the ASCII art, but I can't.  |
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Post by Scott Anderson on Aug 15, 2016 16:57:16 GMT -6
attached is a pdf of the final front and back cover. Attachments:MJ Cover.pdf (995.93 KB)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 21:09:05 GMT -6
attached is a pdf of the final front and back cover. How sweet it is! |
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