 Book Quality problems, Am I the only one? |
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 Oct 20 2005, 08:20 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664  |
I finally got my copy of SR4 (normal version) from this week. I was about to start a similar thread on the quality of the book until I saw this one.
I haven't had much time to read through it but my first impression was decent binding and stitching, cheap-feeling pages (they feel like wrapping paper), awful font style (it looks like a textbook more than a SR book), and art ranging from decent to "ehh" to yikes. On top of that, much of art doesn't capture the SR feel to me. The bottom line is that the book itself doesn't make me want to read it. If it wasn't SR4 and just another RPB book, I probably wouldn't. Oh well. |
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Oct 20 2005, 08:38 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
No, It sounds more like a Cross knock off... You're dead Lucien and I'm still here. hahahahahaha... --Night Angel :nyah: |
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Oct 21 2005, 01:48 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
Some of us happen to prefer a font that's as readable as what you'd find in a textbook, as opposed to say, the ransom note sourcebooks cranked out by White Wolf Game Studio. |
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Oct 21 2005, 01:32 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: 12-May 05 From: The nearest UV host near you... Member No.: 7,390 |
Except for those capital Q... what an horrible letter in that font! ^_^ |
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Oct 22 2005, 12:15 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
I'll grant you that. The capital Q was horrid. |
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Oct 22 2005, 12:21 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 4-September 05 From: Metaplane GEPLK136 (The one with the lizards. You remember the lizards, don't you?) Member No.: 7,684 |
The fonts, as near as I can tell, are Klavika (various headings, most of the bold text) and France (all the paragraph bodies). At least, when I use those fonts in my own house rules and the like, it looks pretty well identical. And yea, I do recall the Klavika Q was ugly.
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