xenoglyph - Topic: [Apocalypse World] Page Design

lumpley on [Apocalypse World] Page Design

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:29:49 +0000

It's Garamond, yeah. I tried about a zillion fonts that made it look like not a book, and I don't want that.

I'll keep playing around with it, the other stuff too.

Thanks!

joshua on [Apocalypse World] Page Design

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:38:09 +0000

I think indentation is working against you on your short lines. You might consider using a different style of paragraph for those lines, since those short, declarative sentences should probably stand out.

I'm not sure what to suggest for a font. Is that Garamond of some variety? It looks quite nice, but I'm not sure "nice" is what you're after.

The bullets on page 38 seem close to the text that follows them. Furthermore, I'd make the paragraph indent (the whole paragraph, not just the first line) to the spot after the tab that follows the bullet.

On page 39, It seems like Front One and Threat 1 (why the change in numbering?) should be a little stronger. They're not the same level of information as Is called and Move.

I generally avoid centering elements on a page, but it's working here for you. I'm not sure why, but it seems quite good that way. Normally, it makes them float around irresolutely, but here that doesn't seem to be the case. I think it's because your choice of header font is so heavy.

I think you'd benefit from increasing the size of your outside margins by, I dunno, an eighth inch? A quarter? That will give you thumbspace and reduce the number of line orphans like in the Cast section.

lumpley on [Apocalypse World] Page Design

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:26:06 +0000

Sort of, but no. I was doing a thing on purpose but I didn't see what it looked like. Thanks!

Simon C on [Apocalypse World] Page Design

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:07:38 +0000

Someone who knows more about layout will probably say something more cogent about this than me, but I notice that some of your bullet point lists are indented, and some aren't. Is that on purpose?

lumpley on [Apocalypse World] Page Design

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:13:50 +0000

I'm laying out Apocalypse World and I would love some page design pointers!

Here are just a couple of spreads of what I've got currently:

http://www.lumpley.com/apocaly.....back-1.pdf

Am I doing anything really dumb? Am I missing something really cool? The title font is what it is, but the body font's up in the air – any suggestions? Page numbers with section content info, seem good?

I can give more examples, of course. Anything in particular it'd help you to see?

Thanks!

-Vincent