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]

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!