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current Apocalypse World layout

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lumpley

posts 40

7:36 pm December 4, 2009

I hoped to have the whole thing done for this, but (a) the migration and (b) turns out the game needs a whole new chapter I haven't written yet. Anyway, here's where the layout's at now:

http://www.lumpley.com/apocaly…..back-2.pdf

I'm just looking for straight-up page design feedback, same as last time.

Thanks!

-Vincent

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Simon C

posts 90

12:31 am December 5, 2009

Something about the first page of each chapter looks funny to me.  I expect the chapter header to be the highest element on the page, but the right hand column is higher.  Is that usual?

The page with the Hx grid on it looks a little funny to me too.  Have you tried making the grid as tall as a column is wide?

This is just my impressions  – I don't actually know what I'm talking about.

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lumpley

posts 40

7:45 pm December 5, 2009

Thanks, Simon. I think you're right.

-Vincent

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joshua

posts 217

7:47 am December 6, 2009

GOD DAMN IT THIS FORUM EATS MY POSTS ALL THE FUCKING TIME

So:

Simon, these are spreads. The right "column" is the right page.

Vincent, the illustrations on page 37 flirt with the right edge, but then blueball it. What happens when they go past the edge? What happens when they retreat from it?

Joshua A.C. Newman

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Simon C

posts 90

4:58 pm December 6, 2009

Guess I was right.  I don't know what I'm talking about.

Member

lumpley

posts 40

9:30 am December 11, 2009

New plan: no more blueballing, one way or the other.

Simon, your last name's (um) Carryer, right? Am I close?

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joshua

posts 217

10:51 am December 11, 2009

WHY AREN'T YOU SHOWING ME THIS MY BALLS HURT SO BAD

Joshua A.C. Newman

Member

lumpley

posts 40

11:30 am December 11, 2009

I haven't quite sorted out those three mini portraits but here's where we're at otherwise:

http://lumpley.com/apocalypse/…..back-3.pdf

Member

Simon C

posts 90

1:36 am December 12, 2009

Vincent, dead on.

I'm liking the new layout.  The one question I have is about the chapter "splash" pages being on the right hand side.  That felt a little confusing to me, but it might look different in an actual book.

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joshua

posts 217

1:23 am December 14, 2009

Yes! Awesome!

The righthand splash is a nice effect. Easy to find when flipping through, but you start the chapter with a spread.

Hey, I have an annoying idea for you: You know how it's not reall "Rx", but rather, a long R with a cross through it, probably coming from either Jupiter

Jupiter

or Harekhte

What if you made up a symbol for Hx?

Joshua A.C. Newman

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lumpley

posts 40

4:57 pm December 15, 2009

Hm. That IS annoying.

But really I'm posting to say: I solved the mini-portraits last night! The answer was to bring them back into the text, away from the edge. Unforly they're at home and I'm at work so I can't put them online just now.

-Vincent

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joshua

posts 217

12:56 am December 18, 2009

Show the whole class!

Joshua A.C. Newman

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lumpley

posts 40

1:20 pm December 19, 2009

Oh, right! Here's a couple pages of it:

http://www.lumpley.com/apocaly…..back-4.pdf

-Vincent


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