Proofread

[ffutures]

Another walk to the British Library, another four hours in the reading room, and I think that The Struggle For Empire is finally proofread. I found two instances of words joined where they should have been separated, one word that was hyphenated and shouldn't have been, and a dozen or so instances of paragraph breaks that shouldn't have been there, usually when a page began with a new sentence . Amazingly that was it, no spelling errors etc.

I can now look at getting the HTML, PDF and ePub versions sorted.

An odd problem's come up - the font I'm using for drop caps on this one is Kramer. When I put the Word document onto the iBook I discovered that I didn't have Kramer installed. When I tried to install it I got a message that the font was unsafe and could cause system crashes. Does this mean I shouldn't use it, even when it's embedded in the PDF?

Can someone who understands this stuff take a look?

It's here:

http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Kramer.htm

If this is a bad idea I'd prefer to know ASAP, before I use it at the start of every section in the RPG!

Comments

[nelc.livejournal.com]

Try downloading a fresh copy and installing that, if you haven't tried that already. Otherwise, I'd avoid it on general principle, it sounds flaky and it might flake out anyone who opens the PDF, I'd guess.

Are you using the plain version or the decorative caps?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The decorative one.

[nelc.livejournal.com]

Eh, I thought I had something, but it turns out the font I was thinking of was one I used on a Compuserve photosetter back in the day.

I haven't really got a good feel for the visual style of The Struggle for Empire but you might find something suitable here (http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=116&page=2).

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The typeface I'll be using is Albertus, which is a style with small serifs. Looking at those pages, Roycroft isn't a bad fit, and might be better than Kramer. Many thanks!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It also doesn't give any Mac problems - I'll go with it!

Randomly

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Have you been watching The Mercury Men web series? It's region locked so you need something like Hotspot Shield to mask you IP address but it's worth it (works better on Hulu than the Syfy website).

Re: Randomly

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I can think of about a dozen questions I'd want to ask about Hotspot Shield before I'd install it, and there appears to be no way to ask them so I think I'll pass.

Re: Randomly

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Fair enough.