Author: Kibo (---.125.61)
Date: 08-20-2002 16:29
I'm a font geek, typographer, graphic designer, et al. I just want to say how much I loved the typography of the book. I find it remarkable that a gaming book can actually use a full type family like this instead of the hodpodge that we see in other companies. (Adobe Caslon is great, although the all caps blurb on the cover and the logo have thrown me, but I haven't taken the time to look that closely). I love how the Caslon style and the swash caps emphasize the Art Nouveau art and the botanical prints. If anything, I think some of the other art is out of place and detracts from this style. Perhaps some more Art Nouveau pieces if you are filling the book with art!
At any rate, I want to commend the use of small caps. It may seem out of place for those used to the poor quality of standard RPG publications, but anyone who actually knows what they are doing knows that you use small caps for abbreviations and acronyms , except two-letter geographical abbreviations and acronyms that stand for personal names. You also small cap acronyms that we pronounce the letters, such as TV, CD, or UFO. And since you call the Hollyhock God the "Aych-Gee," small caps it is!
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