BRP: Classic Fantasy (Was Sword & Spell)

[threedeesix]

Chaosium could fix the problem by adding a ToC & Index into the PDF version, and put them up as a Free Download (like they have with the 'Beyond the Mountains of Madness' ToC). Has anyone who's in touch with them asked for that? If so, what did they say?

I have them sending me an editable copy of CF for just this reason. I also want to fix some of the less obvious errors. Unfortunately, it is in Adobe InDesign format, which I own but have never used so we'll see when I get it just what I will be able to do with it.

The next obvious question everyone will have is what does that mean for those that purchased the dead tree version? According to Charlie, those that purchased the book in any format will be able to download the revised PDF version.

I don't know how long this will take me but will update everyone when it is finished. It most definitely will not be a significant change to the style or layout and as much as I like what Greg did with the Dwarf example, I don't have the time to learn that. I just want to continue writing volume 2.

Rod

[RosenMcStern]

Yep, teaching is much better than whining about bad quality. Thanks for the enlightenment, Natural.

For those who did not know, the original Stupor Mundi and the first edition of The Hounds of Adranos (not the version which is in the download section here in BRP Central, the older one) were done entirely with OpenOffice and basic style formatting. The index was auto-generated. This means that monograph authors can, and should, do basic formatting themselves, just in case Chaosium has not enough time to embellish their work.

If you need more hints, just honk!

[NickMiddleton]

And, naturaltwenty, color is not gonna happen;-). But very nice layout.

Take all the colour out of the sample and it's STILL a nice piece of layout - and guidance and ideas for doing good layout for monographs is something we (as in those of us who write or contribute to the mono's) will all find useful and which everyone who buys monographs (there's some overlap there I think!) will appreciate.

<Begin Joke> if you are feeling cruel, mention the Gods of Chaos Stormbringer monograph to Charles Green - but bear in mind that it wasn't my suggestion... </End Joke> More seriously, take a look at the version here, which has a layout that does Charles' writing justice.

Cheers,

Nick

[SDLeary]

I have them sending me an editable copy of CF for just this reason. I also want to fix some of the less obvious errors. Unfortunately, it is in Adobe InDesign format, which I own but have never used so we'll see when I get it just what I will be able to do with it.

We could create templates for some of the more popular options for monograph layout? Word, InDesign... does Scribus do templates?

We could see how close we could get to creating the same thing in the different programs. That would enforce some type of uniformity, and we could build in the necessary style options to be able to do ToC and indices.

The next obvious question everyone will have is what does that mean for those that purchased the dead tree version? According to Charlie, those that purchased the book in any format will be able to download the revised PDF version.

Woo! Thats nice to know. I hadn't heard that before.

SDLeary

[threedeesix]

Woo! Thats nice to know. I hadn't heard that before.

SDLeary

I have been told things before that didn't happen, so if this doesn't as well, I will at least upload all of the relevent changes to the downloads section and link it in the errata section.

Rod

[frogspawner]

I have them sending me an editable copy of CF for just this reason. I also want to fix some of the less obvious errors.

That's great news! Someone actually cares enough to make things right!

[threedeesix]

Congrats threedeesix!

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Triff.

Oops, I didn't realize someone dug up this thread again. Lets continue on the above mentioned thread. Thanks.