#sans-serif font characters

[a-lilacsong]

This was originally meant to be a 100% goofy funny comic, but somehow it turned into angst halfway through. I still think it's funny that Minimus canonically learns the truth before Amber and James though.

(And thanks to @ograndebatata for helping me rewrite the script to be more fitting).

Comic Script: Roland: … So, now you know the truth about my first wish on the well. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. If any of you has anything to say, please do. Roland: Okay… one at a time please. James: Does this mean I'm half-wishing well? If someone put a coin in my mouth could I grant their wishes? Roland: WHAT?! NO! Absolutely not! Sofia: I'm sorry dad. Minimus and I already knew, and I think he has told every horse in the kingdom by now. Roland: That's not… how did you…? Amber: Daddy… does that mean I could have killed Sofia when I turned her into a cat? Would she be dead because of me? Roland: No Amber. That wouldn't have happened. Don't worry, no one got hurt. Amber: But Sofia almost was! Roland: But she wasn't. She's alright. All of you are. I'm sorry I only told you now. but please remember we both love you all very much. And we'll all get through this together.

[killjoy-prince]

I had some screenshots saved from when I played this game back when this route came out and I realized the small changes they made since then (Left: taken in 2018 Right: taken a few minutes ago)

[sleepingjasminetea]

so i have a story

ok, ive finally made up my mind and I'm gonna post. If it kills me.

So I have this story.

Set in a faraway land.

A desert land, a plains land, her people much beloved by the gods.

And, 100 years before the start of our story, there was a king of a desert land, the bridge between mortals and gods. He was much beloved, and loved much.... perhaps too much.

When his beloved was murdered, he despaired, and decided he could no longer bear the weight of living, and cut himself from the Land of Life, inadvertently destroying the link between the Godsrealm and the Mortal realm.

Now, there were many gods, that loved the mortals, and in the tradition of this country, they chose the leader from among their prophets, but now that they could no longer reach the mortals, and so the country languished. Bereft of both spiritual and political guidance.

The priests heard not their gods, and the Dreamers Dreamed no Dreams, and the Prophets saw not the future.

Into this gap, stepped a council of elders to be a regent until perhaps the elder gods could reforge the links

And so lived the country for several generations until not one remembered the Gifts of the Deathless Prophet-Kings, save in songs

Until a boy suddenly began to Dream.

[goopyknife]

made this little demon guy :0

[gailynovelry]

Think I'm going to change Regent Elaina's name to Ilaina. "Elaina" was once a placeholder name that just got accepted as The Name For This Character over time, but if I tweak the spelling, then it becomes at least 75% more fantasy.

[arsonsketch]

My promised GF Au comic typography rambling 📝✍️

Mabel's Font

Her font is purposely very close to comic sans. The font is also bold with low lettering space to portray her childlike manner of speaking. She's also the main character in my AU so she gets a simple readable style.

Dipper's Font

His is similar to Mabel's by being bold and with less spacing. But with a serif style of font. Not only is it similar to Mabel's but it's very similar to Fiddlefords. This may seem like a more random connection, why not have his mirror Ford’s font. Because Dipper could've ended up like Fiddleford if he did take Ford's apprenticeship and I find that parallel super compelling.

Fiddleford's Font

Now I already explained the Dipper connection but the reason I gave him a typewriter style is because Fidds loves computers and tech. His is in contrast to Ford's cursive, Ford being more traditionalist with his journals and handwritten notes. Fidd’s because of his inventions and laptop.

Ford's Font

Now Ford's is a mirror to Stan's, a way to connect the two even through their differences. Both are a very handwritten style, Ford's cursive and Stans is normal script. Ford's is directly based on the font in the official journal 3. Plus we all know this dork speaks in cursive!

Stan's Font

Stans is very simple, his obviously mirror Ford's but is also connected to Mabel's. Both have a lighthearted feel and are very easily ready, portraying both are great communicators.

Bill's Font/effect

Bills is round and far more odd in comparison to all the others. He also has a rainbow/glitch effect on his text, it also affects Ford's text when possessed! His font is really just to show how supernatural and inhuman he is and to visualize his voice glitch from the show.

(Also bonus fact only Bill and the Time Tape have any color in the comic, it's to make it visually obvious when magic/science stuff is happening lol)(did I overthink this little comic? haha)

Thank you for coming to my unhinged typography TedTalk!

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Some Typographic Vocabulary

A limited terminology exists to describe the many kinds of typeface and typesetting in regular use. Among the important terms are the following:

Ascender - A part of a letter which extends above the height of the letter x, as in d and h. It contrasts with a descender, a part of a letter which extends below the foot of the letter x, as in y or p.

Bold - A type with very thick strokes, as seen in boldface.

Fount - The set of characters of the one size of the same typeface, including capitals, lower-case, punctuation marks, and numerals; also spelled font.

Italic - Characters that slope to the right, as in italic.

Justification - The arrangement of lines of text so that there are even margins. Left-justified setting is standard practice. In right-justified setting, the last character of each line is made to reach the right-hand margin at the same point (by adjusting the spaces between the letters and words). Unjustified setting has a ‘ragged edge’ right-hand margin (as in this column).

Kern - The part of a letter which overhangs the body of the type, as in the top part of f.

Leading - /ˈledIƞ/ The spacing between lines of type. The term derives from the former printing practice of separating lines of metal type by inserting strips of lead between them.

Ligature - Two or more letters joined together as a single character, as in æ and ff.

Lower-case - Small letters, as opposed to any kind of capital letters (upper-case). (The ‘cases’ were originally two containers placed one above the other in a printing house: the type for capital letters came from the higher container; the small letters from the lower.) Upper-case letters are divided into large capitals and small capitals (B vs b). Small capitals are similar in weight and height to a lowercase x. Large capitals are the height of an ascender.

Serif - A small terminal stroke at the end of the main stroke of a letter. A serif typeface is used in the main text on the facing page. A typeface with no serifs is called sans serif.

Sort - A single character of type. A special sort is one which the typesetter does not have routinely available in a fount, and which must be formed specially, such as a phonetic character.

Superscript - A small letter or figure set beside and above the top of a full-size character, as in x2; also called a superior. It contrasts with subscript, a small letter or figure set beside and below the foot of a full-size character, as in 3n; also called an inferior.

X height - The height of the printing surface of a small letter x.

These features would all form part of a graphetic analysis of printed language.

J. Butcher, 1992 ⚜ Source ⚜ More: Word Lists ⚜ Notes & References

[dannychai1617]

ao3 skin that i made!! (copy code under "keep reading")

it's a messy combination of pieces of code from other people's skins and my own changes

the header image is NOT MINE! it is "Pattern Galaxy Space Planets Vibrant Linear Universe" by Arncil on Redbubble, which i just used as an example for an image you could use!

here are some of the skins that i can remember using as part of this, but i've been building it for years so forgive me if i forget some:

Shortening long tag fields by Xparrot (on ao3)

Slim Shaded by AO3 (on ao3)

Lily Garden by tealtiam (on Tumblr)

AO3 Tag category coloring! by ao3css (on Tumblr)

come back here to my tips or leave a comment if you need some help customizing the code!

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steps to create a new skin using this code:

log into ao3 account

go to dashboard >> skins

click "create site skin"

make sure TYPE is "site skin"

add a unique title

copy all code below

paste into field 'CSS'

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FONT SIZE: at the very top of the code, change the "90%" to be bigger or smaller to change the font size within a fic

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SECONDARY COLORS: find all hex codes within the code and change those numbers as you like! i changed all colors to match with the color palette of the header photo that i chose to make it feel cohesive

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HEADER PHOTO: find the link towards the end of the code right before the warning tags and replace it with a link to any photo you like! it loops, so you don't have to worry about sizing or anything

FONT: i'm unsure how exactly to do this, but the in-fic font is currently set to Georgia Serif, so i suppose just go find that and replace it with your preferred font!

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[bluejayblueskies]

Red, White & Royal Blue Rebind

[ID: Eight pictures of a hand-bound rebind of the book "Red, White & Royal Blue." The first shows the cover, which has been bound in light gray bookcloth and is decorated to look like a suit with a union jack tie. There are two cardstock buttons, one that says "Vote Claremont" and the other that says "History, huh?" On the right side, the title "Red, White and Royal Blue" is painted on in red, white, and blue paint respectively. On the left side, the author name "Casey McQuiston" is painted on in white paint. The second shows the spine, covered also in gray bookcloth. It has the title "Red, White and Royal Blue" painted on in red, white, and blue paint respectively and the author name "Casey McQuiston" painted on in white paint. The third shows the book from the top so the headbands, sewn with red, white, and blue thread, can be seen. The fourth shows the title page of the book, which has the title "Red, White and Royal Blue" in red, white, and blue ink respectively, as well as the author name "Casey McQuiston" beneath it. The fifth shows the colophon page (left) and dedication page (right). The colophon has details about the book, as well as the binder logo for Blue Skies Books (a bluejay) and the logo for Renegade Publishing (a bookpress). The dedication page says, "For the weirdos and the dreamers" in a sans serif font above a black and white drawing of a reflective lake with pine trees around it. The sixth shows a chapter header page, which has a gray skyline that merges the skylines of DC and London across the top of it. The word "One" is in all caps in white on the lefthand side of the skyline, and body text is beneath it in a serif font. The seventh shows the inside of the book, drawing attention to the formatting of the emails throughout the book. The emails include icons for both Henry and Alex, email addresses, timestamps, and subjects. The eighth shows the inside of the book, drawing attention to the red, white, and blue heart page divider and the handwriting fonts used within the regular body text for certain words. /End ID]

When the Red, White and Royal Blue movie came out last year, I rediscovered my love for this book and these characters and just had to do a rebind of it! This is a full rebind, so I've done the typeset myself as well as the cover. I had a delightful time coming up with the cover design (I imagine this is modeled after a theoretical Alex suit, though it could be Henry's as well!), and I had an especially fun time doing the typeset. There are so many fun formatting elements in this story, and it was great getting to put my own spin on them.

Logistics-wise, this bind uses Lumeiere fabric paint and a Silhouette-cut stencil for the words, Silhouette-cut cardstock for the decorative elements, handmade cotton bookcloth for the cover, cotton embroidery thread for the endbands, and regular Hammermill cream paper for the textblock. (Once I've saved up for it, I'm looking forward to getting some short-grain textblock paper! This is still long grain.) The body font is Cochin and the title font is Montserrat.

And finally: my bind versus my trade paperback copy!

[ID: A picture of the hand-bound version of "Red, White and Royal Blue" from above held next to the mass-produced paperback version of the same book. They are made in different styles with different color schemes, but both have a fun and slightly whimsical appearance to them. /End ID]

[copperbadge]

I've been a little stymied and thus somewhat putting off work on the new novel, Simon's chef novel, not so much because I'm blocked but more because I wanted to get Royals/Ramblers put to bed and also I was struggling a little to determine the love interest for the story.

While I often tell the Shivadh stories from dual points of view, there's usually a character I think of as the protagonist and one as the love interest -- like in Infinite Jes we knew Michaelis but I had to build Jes (my initial conception of Jes was a trans woman but I had to shift that a bit for various reasons). I've been talking to you guys about this story for a while so I had a bit of market research I guess, which started fitting things into place, but last night was the first time I sat down and just kind of thought about it for a while, so I think I'm finally starting to get her built.

Someone had mentioned they'd love to see what I believe they phrased as "a salt-and-pepper butch" which I liked, and I've been meaning to introduce more characters of color, but I also knew I wanted her to be native Shivadh, so mostly I needed to work out how to navigate her heritage. I'm going to do a bit more research as I write, but I think I've established her as a Sephardic Jew of African heritage, her family having immigrated from Tangier sometime in the 19th century and still having familial links back to Morocco. She's a chef specializing in Moroccan-Sephardic cuisine opening a restaurant on the Promenade, a she/her butch around Simon's age (mid-fifties) who has basically worked in restaurants her entire life and is now finally getting to open her own. I really like the idea of her using fem pronouns but a male name, so I've been doing some research and I think it's going to be either Jacob or Elias -- I like Elias better but there's already Eddie and Ephraim, and I'm trying not to use the same letters for names over and over (M, G, and C are ruled out, too many of them already). I suppose I could go with the unorthodox spelling Ilias, but that looks odd especially with a sans-serif font.

Anyway, now the research fun begins! Time to come up with an appropriate name for her restaurant and then get cracking on the Meet Ugly (they meet when he accosts her for her ricotta and she tells him to get bent).

[capybonara]

So the graphics are based on Breath of the Wild, but wanted to keep the questions open enough so you can answer for any game universe. You can focus on one or multiple characters!

I don’t know if I’ll do these myself but I wanted to contribute a challenge. So if you give it a try, I hope you have fun, and feel free to tag me cuz I’d love to see! C:

Written text from the template under the cut!

LEGEND OF OC-TOBER

Rules: 

This is about showing your OCs some love! 

Each week focuses on a topic

Do any prompt you want, skip any you want

You can draw or write your responses

Weekends have no prompts so you can rest or catch up! 

But most importantly, this is for fun so don’t pressure yourself!

WEEK 1: Introductions  October 1st thru 4th

Introduce your OC(s)

Name, age, race, in-game universe

What are some of their likes and dislikes

Draw a ref sheet/Make a mood board

Or show off one you already made!

Pick three expressions/emotions that best represent their personality

WEEK 2: Backstory October 7th thru 11th

What inspired you to create your character?

Draw them as a child (What was growing up for them like?)

Do they have dreams or goals? (Do they go on their own hero’s journey?)

List some of their insecurities and fears

WEEK 3: Relationships October 14th thru 18th

Does your OC have friends or allies? (OC or canon)

Do they have enemies or rivals? (OC or canon)

Do they have a romantic interest? (OC or canon)

Talk about your character’s family (found family included)

If none of these apply to your character, draw your OC in your fav in-game outfit!

WEEK 4: Scenarios October 21st thru 25th

Write or draw a short scenario based on these quotes

“Well, well. This IS interesting!

"I’ve been waiting for THREE HOURS!”

“You really shouldn’t have said that”

“Are you gonna eat that?”

“Are you…blushing?”

WEEK 5: FREE WEEK! October 28 thru 31st

Draw or write what you want! Don't know what to do? Here are some ideas!

Catch up on prompts

Do an art trade with someone!

Show appreciation for someone else’s OCs!

Or…REST!!!

You made it to the end! Congratulations

• Fonts used: Hylia Serif, The Wild Breath of Zelda, Open Sans  • Background Texture by Ezlo-x • Template done by Capybonara/Maudie

[yojiapparelprints]



I think I found the Japanese equivalent to Comic Sans.

So I've always had trouble reading Japanese on the default windows font, because it was made for a much different kind of monitor where it doesn't look shit. After stealing some shady code off the internet and searching for hours for the perfect font, I chose Zen Kurenaido. It's one of those fonts that roud up everything so there's no sharp edges. I chose it thinking it would cause the same effect as san serif fonts do in the Latin alphabet.

Serif fonts, like this, are ideal for print, because they add sharp edges that do not smudge as easily, meaning it's easier to read. On your display, however, it looks busy and tires the eye, which is why in digital we usually use sans serif, which is rounder and easier to process.

My idea was that I would be able to read Japanese faster if I got rid of the edges and abstracted the characters to their base shape.

It works. However, there is a catch.

It looks godawful.

It looks condescending. It's like it's looking down to me. Moreover, it reminds me of this:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the font, it is objectively very good. It just doesn't feel right. And the problem is, it actually does what I wanted it to do. I can absolutely read Japanese faster and more comfortably now. It is improving my life, it is helping me so much. It just looks so damn goofy.

I can't even respect my kanji of the day extension anymore. It looks like a street sign you hang at the airport so the foreign tourists don't feel intimidated by the language.

But man, subtitles are on easy mode now.

I can actually catch up with the auto captions now. I've never been able to do that before, I just assumed my kanji knowledge was bad, but no, it was just the damn edges making it hard to read. And now I have to live with the fact that this goofy ass font is objectively the best way to read Japanese digitally. I can't ever change it back. I made this hell for myself.

[notedchampagne]

i've seen that in certain tlt comics you assign certain fonts to certain characters. do you have a list of each one? the only ones i could really guess at would be courier new for palamedes and arial for pyrrha, but i could be totally wrong. if you have any thoughts on why certain fonts were chosen i'd love to see that too!

(im assuming youre referencing this comic) i dont have a list of fonts to use for characters, sorry to disappoint </3 i used different fonts for this comic specifically to distinguish camilla and palamedes. for ooctlt i use bahnschrift semilight semicondensed because i like the way it looks in both sentence case and all caps.

just to entertain you though i used to like casual calligraphy, so heres the handwritings i would try to mimic with fonts (with transcript):

transcript:

I think necromancers have messy handwritings so Palamedes would have a doctor's scrawl that gets worse the more he is panicked/rushing.

            Font: Times New Roman. I don’t want to pick fonts that match the illegibility of their handwriting, but instead something that is readable and gets the spirit across. If he would type he would choose something meant for academia. Note that this isn’t consistent with the comic I drew – it’s because I don’t think this far ahead.

Harrow's is even worse. She writes cramped and sometimes blende in cursive with her lettering for ease of writing. Sometimes she will overlay her words on top of each other

            Font: Daytona condensed. Clean, but tall and squished.

Gideon’s handwriting only looks neat but she writes very loosely and doesn't join her h,n,m,ps. SOMETIMES SHE WRITES IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IT'S EASIER.

              Font: Corbel. Strange spacing but not too bad to look at.

Camilla's handwriting is clean and crisp, although she might switch how she writes her 'a's and forgets to dot her 'i's. Hold on im not good at clean handwriting okay she would write like this. [scribbled out signature] yeah i cant do this one she's too good for me

            Font: Microsoft Sans Serif. The classic.

[canon-in-too-deep]

Fonts: Body Fonts

I had some free time, and I thought, what could be more fun, than putting together a post of some of my thoughts on my favorite fonts? Certainly not going outside or any activity involving moving from my chair, so font talk, here we come! (Links to where to get the fonts for free included in this post). So of course first up we have the majestic Comic Sans..........I kid! <insert baaing goat gif> While it is surely a most iconic font, I will unfortunately not be covering Sir Comic of the Sans in all his glory. See below the break for the full actual post on my favorite fonts to work with.

Note, my interest in fonts is entirely enthusiastically non-professional. Thus, if there's a technical aspect I called 'the tippy bits' instead of tapers or what have you, uh, my amateur ass doth apologizes.

Body Fonts

Body fonts are the all the main parts of a text. The good ol' torso that carries the headers and stands above the footers. They're the font you see the most of and spend the most time with. They're the part of the text that hugs the eyes, to use an entirely weird metaphor. *** My favorite body fonts are the IM FELL series. Especially IM Fell English.

Look at that pretty serif. It's got a great classic appearance to it that reminds me of old paperbacks. There's a grittiness and unevenness to it that gives a more 'natural' look, and is reminiscent of text from a typewriter. The imperfections of this font (like the uneven tippy bits of that lower case y) are my favorite parts, and they add a lot of character to a text while still being legible. I know some folks may not be as fond of the italicized version of IM FELL, but personally I've never had trouble reading it, and enjoy how fancy it looks. IM FELL English is a font that could work as a letter from a gentleman's daughter to the arrogant, handsome heir visiting town, or as the carefully kept diary of a mad scientist detailing the experiment that would eventually rise up and try to kill him. Fun things like that. *** Next font is Crimson Text (there's a Crimson Pro as well, but I like the Text version better for it's fancier capitals).

Just take a look at that w. Sharp enough to cut through digital paper. And the capital W is even better. The angles, the triple Vs...whew, that letter's a work of art! It looks like it should be walking down the runway at a european fashion show and stared down by an unsmiling stone cold magazine editor.

Crimson Text is a very clean, crisp font. It's got those little sharp tippy bits at the end of letters that look like they could prick you if you tried to pick them up. Crimson Text lends itself well to more modern, artistic text. I tend to personally use Crimson Text sparingly, because while it is a very aesthetically pleasing text, it can be a bit harsh for my tastes, and difficult to work with when pairing with other fonts/design elements. Crimson Text is a font that I feel like is for a special occasion, and that occasion is hard to pinpoint, but when it arrives, it makes the most striking appearance. *** Following that, we have EB Garamond, which is probably the second most used font in my personal typesets.

Garamond is a classic. You see it a lot, in one version or another, in published works. For me, it feels very familiar and comforting to read text in EB Garamond. It's like an old, worn blanket that's still perfectly soft and plush. It's the kind of thing that'd get past down generations in the back of a closet, brought out whenever there was a need. Simple, straightforward, and timeless. The only caveat with EB Garamond is the 'e' in it's italicized form is a bit of an exhibitionist that likes to inappropriately protrude it's bottom bits out into it's neighbor. It's a quick fix to teach that 'e' some modesty if you're on Affinity. Just turn off the final forms for the font by going into Text Style Editior -> Variants -> uncheck Final Forms. And now you're prudently dressed for a night of font formatting. *** The last I'm going to talk about in this post is Baskervville. This is, as per the about page on google fonts, a 'revival of Jacob’s revival of Baskerville’s typeface'. I'm not familiar with the original Baskerville, but hey, an extra letter thrown in has to be extra lucky, right?

The thing that really sticks out for me with Baskervville is the 'o's, and the 'o' shape you can see with the 'e's and 'b's and 'd's and such. It's a very...circular, and pronounced font. Round. Rotund. Orbital. There's a flow and balance to this font that stands out, and makes it unique against other fonts on this list. Conversely, the lines of this font as much thinner and sharper than, say, the lines in the Libre Baskerville version. I like that contrast, though it is a bit of a strange one. Like having long stick thin arms and legs and a really round torso. Like one of those mascots for M&Ms (controversial footwear unspecified). Anyway, Baskervville kind of hovers between classic and modern. It's a font you see a lot of (in one version or another) in published works. It's 'family' has been around a long time, and this latest version is like the youngest son of an old, rich, prestigious family. It's got a lot of potential, and can be applied in new, exciting ways, or it can easily fall into a traditional role and live off of it's trust fund. Recently, I used Baskervville for a Pride and Prejudice modern day high school au, and it really felt like the font blended together the two worlds and two time periods well. It's kind of like a hipster that manages to pull off the fedora (a fine hat, I might say. Hats need a bigger comeback, in my opinion). *** That brings us to the end of this post. You'll have noticed that all these fonts were serif fonts. I just like serif fonts best for body fonts. They're the most commonly used in published books, and so they're the ones I've grown most comfortable with. However, a good sans serif can work well in the right setting. For my own work, though, sans serif are usually kept to titles or headers. If there's interest, I'd like to do similar posts on Drop Caps fonts, Title fonts, etc.

[tabletopgayventures]

What I look for in a tabletop role-playing game

Just my thoughts on what makes a game interesting.  Not necessarily good or bad, just what I would like to see in a game.  

First off, I want my games to be all in one book.  All you need to get started playing is just a single rulebook.  I prefer physical books but I’ll take both physical and digital.  I want the book to include a brief intro about the game, have the next section go over the game rules, then go over the setting, and the final part of the book will go over character creation.  Referee options, like challenges or bestiaries, can either be with the game rules or in a section after character creation.  I have yet to find a book that puts things in this order, but hopefully with my large collection of books I’ll finally find the order.  

The reason I want the book organized like this is that you need to understand the game mechanics in order to know how you want to build your character.  You also need to know the game setting to come up with a story for your character.  Finally, in most systems, character building takes up the majority of the book.  Especially in more complicated games with lots of character options.  Having the book organized this way will also increase the likelihood of players actually READING THE DAMN RULES.

Last thing about the game book.  Hardcover, paperback, pdf I don’t care.  But make your books easy to read and navigate!  Have a key on the fore-edge of the book in different colors so if you know the colors you can jump to that section.  Also an index!  Have an index please so you can find which pages talk about your special game mechanics.  Use colors and font size to define both hierarchy and sections in your layout, please don’t just have a white page with black text.  Finally, please use sans-serif fonts!  They’re so much easier to read than Times New Roman or Baskerville.

I also like looking for safety tools in my game books.  People who regularly play ttrpgs tend to know about lines, veils, surveys, and x-cards.  But not everyone does!  If a new player picks up your game and you don’t have a safety section you as a designer are depriving them of an important resource.  Also sometimes game designers think up new ones or have an interesting take so I like to learn.  

I don’t care how complex or simple the game system is, I just want it to be interesting and work.  I started with 3.5 and Pathfinder 1st edition so I do have a preference for more complicated games with lots of character options but only if they’re interesting or established.  I also like my systems to be loose enough that you can easily homebrew additional mechanics, change mechanics, or make new in game material.  I like to homebrew, it’s fun.  

[sysboxes]

Sysboxes, now with ✨extra customization✨

Ok so we decided it would be good for y’all to know what options you’ve got when requesting!

You’ve definitely seen our boxes:

And you may have seen our banners:

And you may have already known that you can request any color scheme you want! You can also request specific photos but, as a reminder, we don’t do photos of real people (unless its like while they are playing a character) and if its art by someone else then we need their permission. But we have even more customization options available! (Also its super helpful if you include a hex code or rgb values if you want a specific color/shade, but absolutely not required! You can find a hex code or rgb value here <- link)

If you are really specific, we can draw the little photos for you instead of finding them online (examples made by mod plush):

(It’s important that you are specific when requesting what you want us to draw though!)

But wait! Theres more! I (Mod Morpho) have been fuckin’ around and finding out, and what I have discovered is the ability to do different fonts and to underline, bold, and italicize. So here’s your shiny new font options! Unless you specify something else, your request will be done in sans-serif with nothing fancy (though I tend to bold the ones I make by default so it may be bolded).

UPDATE: with a new (but very similar) method mod wonder has been using recently for boxes, you can now also request google fonts for the text! you can find a list here.

So that's what we’ve got for you!

TL;DR You can now request bold, underline, italics, and different fonts. You can also request hand drawn images if you are specific!