Busman wrote:but it doesn't explain the "Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargames..." text.
Wandering Monster wrote:Hi everyone,FYI, there is a font out there called SALOON GIRL -- from a font vendor called Font Mesa, who sells on www.myfonts.com -- which is a dead ringer for Quentin, and even includes a lowercase alphabet and several different shadows/outlines/fills versions for $40.00!Cheers,JohnHaka Wandering Monster
Busman wrote:So, while I've been doing this examination of fonts in the OCE, I've come across a couple of (mildly) interesting things.I have my physical copy that I use for constant reference, which is a solid 6th printing. But, occasionally, I'll look at the sample PDF up on RPGNow (http://watermark.rpgnow.com/pdf_preview ... sample.pdf) and there are differences.The biggest differences thus far are the presence of the word FORWARD at the top of page 3. And the switching of hobbit to halfling on page 6 at the end first sentence of the Fighting-Men section.It seems that there may have been a later printing than the early 6th printings that had some further changes (most likely to address the last remnants of copyright infringement).I'm tempted to grab the rpgnow pdf and see what other changes there may have been from my version.
Busman wrote:I've made some very good progress on all of the fonts in the OCE boxed set. I've nailed all of the fonts on the cover and interior sections with the exception of the word INDEX at the top of the index page (but I'm hot on the trial of that one) and the font from the catalog at the very end, though that one is some sort of Times/Roman font, I just need to nail down the exact font.I haven't found any fonts in the 2nd or 3rd books that differ from Men & Magic, so the only thing left after those two small finds is the font from the reference sheets, but it looks fairly distinctive so I'm sure it will come pretty quickly.
Busman wrote:The most interesting thing is the replacement of some sections with Univers instead of Univers Light where they had to re-work the books from the Tolkien infringements. I can almost picture someone saying that the font was Univers when they re-typeset the books either forgetting or confusing with the printer that it was a particular variant of Univers.