tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post8943272440622631465..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: 2 Booklet TipsTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-39787882662434626632013-02-04T08:10:37.804-08:002013-02-04T08:10:37.804-08:00Thanks, Brendan, We must have been writing our co...Thanks, Brendan, We must have been writing our comments at the same time.<br />Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-62062169417903040392013-02-03T10:13:05.735-08:002013-02-03T10:13:05.735-08:00Thanks for the tips.
@Tim: good tip. A related n...Thanks for the tips.<br /><br />@Tim: good tip. A related note that comes to mind is number of pages. At about 40 booklet pages I start having a hard time creasing the booklet. But 40 pages for a minimalist is a lot.<br /><br />@grodog: very helpful, thanks. I might try using url shorteners at work to make the qrs even less conspicuous.<br /><br />@Paul:Thanks, I don't think I'd heard of those before, but now that you mention it, I might buy one for work. Not good to have dirty looking booklets because I used my inky hands to crease them.<br /><br />I tried to think up more booklet tips but the only thing I could think of is if you are doing booklets semi-seriously get yourself a long arm stapler. If you can't justify buying one, stapling into styrofoam works pretty well.<br /><br />Also, most of my readers will know about pocket mods. If not, look them up. You can turn any 8 page section of your handbook into a tiny handbook. Could be useful for having one single houserules book and then give players a tiny book based on what class they end up. So fighters don't have to sort through spell research rules etc.<br /><br />The only thing is it will make the type quite small. In fact I pump up my normal booklets Time New Roman to 14 point for default text and 18 point for headers, you might want to do a separate run for pocket mods. But then that sort of defeats the purpose of the ease of using multiple formats. Not fun to try and revise and update multiple parallel documents.<br />Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-40983492153050157722013-02-03T10:04:26.647-08:002013-02-03T10:04:26.647-08:00Different colored papers is a great idea.Different colored papers is a great idea.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-69285601184419040482013-02-02T10:42:35.604-08:002013-02-02T10:42:35.604-08:00A bone folder seems like a stupidly unnecessary an...A bone folder seems like a stupidly unnecessary and specialized tool, but it's more helpful than you'd think. If you're hand folding more than one or two booklets, a bone folder makes it way earier to get sharp, accurate folds.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096724870715714696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-65527700791360343162013-02-02T10:24:20.494-08:002013-02-02T10:24:20.494-08:00We've been experimenting with QRCs at work, an...We've been experimenting with QRCs at work, and I've long thought we should be using them on our web pages. In terms of the resolution of the images, the more info that they contain, the larger the image has to be, and that includes the URL string. If you use a tiny URL, you can reduce substantially reduce the info load in the QRC, which should allow you to shrink it more. There are very small QRCs (.25" square) on consumer products like deodorant and hair-care products, so you can definitely create them in that size on physical products (haven't had a chance to try ones that small for on-screen scanning yet).<br /><br />Allan.grodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-37401505080785186032013-02-02T10:00:35.215-08:002013-02-02T10:00:35.215-08:00One tip I would add is paper weight. Most multipu...One tip I would add is paper weight. Most multipurpose which is general cheaper is 20lb paper. This is great if your only printing on one side. But if plan to print on both sides I would suggest getting at a minimum a 22 to 24lb paper to stop bleed through. You don't want page three showing up on page four. Plus that slightly higher weight pages the pages feel more substantial and looks cleaner.<br /><br />That would be my tip for booklet/zine for the day Telecanter. I like this series.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.com