T-6. Six days until the Traveller Liftoff crowdfunding.

[RouvenW]

T-6. Six days until the Traveller Liftoff crowdfunding.

And today I will show you what it will look like. We have prepared a sample layout which you can download when you follow the link.
Many of you like the old plain layout and we respect that, but in order to capture a new and younger audience we had to spice things up a little. The layout had to be visually pleasing while at the same time not distract the reading. And this is our solution.

http://www.13mann.com/index.php/en/.../downloads?download=211:liftoff-sample-layout

 

[Prime_Evil]

Wow...that's an excellent layout that really freshens up the look and feel of the game (without changing the content).

I just wish that we could also get a deluxe copy of the core rulebook with this layout - I'd love to have it in hardcover....

My only reservation is the choice of font.

 

[Prime_Evil]

Speaking of fonts, here are some interesting tidbits regarding font choices for SF works.

The traditional Traveller font choices are Optima and the Univers family.

And here are a few fonts from Science Fiction movies noted for their bold production design:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey makes extensive use of Gill Sans with Eurostile Bold Extended for computer user interfaces. Futura is also used on some signage.
  
• Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) uses Eurostile Bold Extended in a number of places, with Berthold City Light for computer interfaces - interestingly this is a proportional font rather than a monospaced one, so it's actually a bad choice in some respect. However, it does look a bit futuristic on the screen!
  
• The various early Star Trek Movies extensively used Microgramma Extended Bold and Square 721 Condensed (a Eurostile clone) for signage and computer interfaces. Later Star Trek movies swapped to Eurostile Bold Extended.
  
• The LCARS interfaces in Star Trek: The Next Generation used Swiss 911 Ultra Compressed - a variant of Helvetica Ultra Condensed.
  
• Duncan Jones's "Moon" uses a variant of Eurostile Bold Extended and Bank Gothic Medium for titles and signage throughout the movie, with OCR-A (Optical Character Recognition font) for some computer interfaces.
  
• Ridley Scott's Prometheus uses Eurostile Bold Extended and Microgramma for signage aboard the starship. Gotham Book is used for some signage and computer graphics, while the Trivial Font (http://www.dafont.com/trivial.font) and Micro Technic (http://www.ufonts.com/search/micro%20technic) are used for computer interfaces.

 

[Lord High Munchkin]

Generally I like it, it's clean and modern looking.

You can see the influence of 'Eclipse Phase' in the general design aesthetic... but that's not a bad thing, given how visually stunning that game its.

My only qualm is that I'm not sold on the 'Lift-off' logo. It's quite "fussy" and cramped, as well as looking a bit "muddy" when looked at from afar (perhaps losing the ship would have helped).

That said, the general page lay-out and design is pretty attractive to gaze over and read.

 

[TrippyHippy]

Nice design and layout. I just hope they sort out the character options a bit, before they go to print.

 

[Sigtrygg]

Version 1.3 of the rules are up.