The Traveler Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Hi everyone! This is my first post on the forums, and appropriately enough, it is a question. I'm in the process of writing a BRP rules set for a sci-fi setting. Now that I have it mostly completed, I am starting to do the final polishing passes which includes all the fun stuff like adding artwork, font choice, etc. I would like to keep the same font type as the BRP core rulebook for uniformity (and because I like the looks as well ). So does anyone here happen to know what fonts are used? There seem to be at least three different types - one for the Chapter titles, one for the section indicators on the page sides, and one for the general text. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerd Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Copy and paste them into word and see what font it says it is....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I think it may be Helvetica and Hobo Std. Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Traveler Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 Excellent suggestions - thanks! (I had no idea Word could identify fonts it didn't have in it's library already) The chapter titles and paragraph lead-ins are indeed Hobo, however the basic text is listed as Goudy. Unfortunately the page side text is a graphic and not text so Word didn't recognize it. It is obviously some kind of san serif hollow text (all caps) - so this is the last piece of the puzzle (I have been to a number of text sites, but haven't had any luck finding it ) So, any other really good suggestions on how to identify it? Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 You can play with this site. fonts like this Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJealousy Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Or you could always ask Dustin... Quote Mr Jealousy has returned to reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 You and your infernal logic! Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Traveler Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Or you could always ask Dustin... Aye, I sent both he and Charlie e-mails inquiring as much. Unfortunately, no replys. I think they are probably just busier with more important stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDLeary Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 (edited) According to Acrobat, the Body is Goudy Old Style. Subheads and drop caps all appear to be Chaosium standard Hobo (its imbedded in the PDF Properties), along with a smattering of Palatino, Stone Sans, Legacy Sans, Impact, along with Wingdings and Symbol. Now, what it doesn't tell me is sizes or leading. Chaosium has used 9/11 in the past for Body, but the BGB appears to be a bit larger, perhaps 10/11 or even 10/12. Update: "Copy with formatting" into TextEdit says that its 10 pt, single space, which would normally be 10/12. SDLeary Edited May 27, 2012 by SDLeary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Traveler Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 According to Acrobat, the Body is Goudy Old Style. Subheads and drop caps all appear to be Chaosium standard Hobo (its imbedded in the PDF Properties), along with a smattering of Palatino, Stone Sans, Legacy Sans, Impact, along with Wingdings and Symbol. Now, what it doesn't tell me is sizes or leading. Chaosium has used 9/11 in the past for Body, but the BGB appears to be a bit larger, perhaps 10/11 or even 10/12. Update: "Copy with formatting" into TextEdit says that its 10 pt, single space, which would normally be 10/12. SDLeary Good stuff! Thanks (everyone) so much for the help. It will certainly make make my task much easier now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Follow up, can anyone identify the font used for titles in the Elric! book? I'm positive that I had it many many years ago. I think it was presented as free but I'd gladly buy the thing to use it. Been looking for at least ten years. Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbanto Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Follow up, can anyone identify the font used for titles in the Elric! book? I'm positive that I had it many many years ago. I think it was presented as free but I'd gladly buy the thing to use it. Been looking for at least ten years. PM Binder - aka Marcus Bone. I think he uses the font and layout for his Stormbringer site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Know what? Now that you've said that I'm remembering that I have spoken with him about it in the past. I'll send him a pm. Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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