Good Morning Woodboro (V7.X) -- Home for the Holidays

[natty dread]

Sure.

1. I used Object outline on the text. Be sure to use the right one, there's 2 "object outline" plugins out there - I used pyrochild's one, it has this chinese symbol as the icon, the plugin can be found here > http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/t ... 2010-4-01/

I set it on colour black, thickness 2 and softness of 254, non-angled.

2. I duplicated the text layer, set the top layer on additive and bottom layer on multiply, and adjusted opacities of both layers to 127 (I think, you can check the numbers on the file).

[MrBenn]

Looks like you could do something similar with some sort of outer glow using a slightly darker green than the green of the grass (select the colour of the green using the eyedropper, and change it to another closish one that's just darker).

[natty dread]

Looks like you could do something similar with some sort of outer glow using a slightly darker green than the green of the grass (select the colour of the green using the eyedropper, and change it to another closish one that's just darker).

My way is better, because it adapts itself to whatever background colour. Like if we decide to change the tone of the grass later, we won't have to adjust the text again.

[Evil DIMwit]

Thank you, Natty. I'll probably not get done with this step for a while, though, because work is mounting on all sides.

[Evil DIMwit]

All right, here at long last are the small and large sizes with the new font. Versions with 88s are forthcoming.

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[natty dread]

Real nice! Good job with the outlines.

[MrBenn]

I have to admit that I'm not a great fan of the territory name font...

I'm not too sure what I'd suggest as an alternative; the typeface affects the aesthetic of the whole image. I don;t know if anything like these would fit?
http://www.fontspace.com/rick-mueller/stereo-mf
http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=2681
http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=2485

[natty dread]

No offense MrB, but I couldn't see any of those fonts really fitting the style of the map...

A solid, thick hand-written-ish font would be best I think... perhaps just a little less squiggly than the current one?


http://www.dafont.com/yikes.font?psize= ... e+Lazy+Dog.

http://www.dafont.com/fast-action.font? ... e+Lazy+Dog.

either of these could work IMO...

[yeti_c]

Disagree - I really like the current font - it fits the theme and the aesthetics very well.

C.

[MrBenn]

No offense MrB, but I couldn't see any of those fonts really fitting the style of the map...

A solid, thick hand-written-ish font would be best I think... perhaps just a little less squiggly than the current one?

http://www.dafont.com/yikes.font?psize= ... e+Lazy+Dog.

This one looks pretty good - much better than the random ones I posted. I think my only concern about the current one is that I think it's a bit wibbly. It's fine as it is, of course (so I won't push for a change), I was just trying to articulate my thoughts and suggest an alternative.

[Evil DIMwit]

I actually do like this font better. As a bonus, the ks and Hs don't look like Xs (not that any of the names start with an H):

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[ender516]

Yes, that font looks like an improvement.

[natty dread]

On the small version, "Mitch's" looks really fuzzy. I'd still recommend changing the colour of the sponsor names... That light blue doesn't look too good on a pastel background.

ps. good choice on the font.

[yeti_c]

Actually font does look better now - and agree with ND about Mitchs.

C.

[carlpgoodrich]

Looks awesome!

[MrBenn]

Some of the kerning (gaps between letters) looks a little off; most notably on "Di jkstr a".

Other than that, I do prefer this typeface.

[Evil DIMwit]

I went in and manually kerned the offending letters and made the sponsor names less blurry. I also wrote up the XML and tweaked some house positions to make the numbers fit better. Tell me what you think:

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http://rassyndrome.webs.com/CC/Woodboro.xml

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[MrBenn]

That looks heaps better

There are a couple of other names that could be adjusted a bit (Warr en), but that's only because I'm deliberately looking for them now

I really can't see too much to nit-pick at...

[natty dread]

The kerning looks fine now. No more additional adjustment is needed IMO.

[carlpgoodrich]

[RedBaron0]

Anyone have have any other concerns or comments before it gets kicked upstairs?

[yeti_c]

I only wish that Lack would fix 3 digit numbers display centreing.

C.

[thenobodies80]

only a small thing: what is the small gray line after natty's name in the big version?

The map looks very nice, good work Evil DIMwit

[Evil DIMwit]

only a small thing: what is the small gray line after natty's name in the big version?

The map looks very nice, good work Evil DIMwit

Good catch. And now, it's gone.

[RedBaron0]

:punt: