North American Card size - details

[iKarith]

Based on https://www.jampaper.com/paper-weight-chart.asp and the BEST I could do with my cheap Chinese caliper (which gets off by as much as 0.02mm if you slide it out and back in just once) it's right about 66# bond which ought to be 247gsm or thereabouts. But I really don't trust that figure.

[lestodante]

What is the font used for the US version of the cards? I noticed the title font should be an italic version of CAXTON but there are so many versions and I can't find a good one matching. You can recognize it is the wrong one by looking at the letter E.
Even the font pack downloadable from the Inn do not have a proper one and cards are never mentioned on the list.
Also noticed Romic fits good but still not matching 100%.
They also changed font from the Game-System (Letraset Romic Italic) to the Barabrain and Elf Quest Pack.
Still searching...

[HispaZargon]

What is the font used for the US version of the cards? I noticed the title font should be an italic version of CAXTON but there are so many versions and I can't find a good one matching. You can recognize it is the wrong one by looking at the letter E.
Even the font pack downloadable from the Inn do not have a proper one and cards are never mentioned on the list.
Also noticed Romic fits good but still not matching 100%.
They also changed font from the Game-System (Letraset Romic Italic) to the Barabrain and Elf Quest Pack.
Still searching...

I use MS-Word software to make US-looking cards and these are the parameters I use:

Regular cards (Spells, Artifacts, Treasure, etc.):

- Card Title: Romic-MediumItalic, size 12 pt. Font space between characters Expanded, 0.6 pt.

- Card normal text: Aldine721 BT, size 8.5 pt. Font space between characters Compressed, 0.3 pt. Paragraph interows Exact 10 pt.

- Card text's words in italics: Plantin-Light, size 8.5 pt, Bold, Italics. Font space between characters Compressed, 0.5 pt. Paragraph interows Exact 10 pt.

- Card bottom text copyright line/s: Swis721 BT, size 5.5 pt. Font space between characters Compressed, 0.3 pt. Paragraph interows Simple.

Monster cards:

- Card Title: Same as regular cards.

- Stats table headings: Aldine721 BT, size 5.5 pt. Font space between characters Compressed, 0.8 pt. Paragraph interows Exact 5 pt.

- Stats table numbers: Aldine721 BT, size 12 pt, Bold.

- Card bottom text copyright line/s: Same as regular cards.


Could exist some imprecissions, but I derived all those mentioned parameters from original scans of the cards and tried to find the better fit. I hope these parameters could be useful for your designs.

[Kurgan]

These are all well and good but also I would note that the EQP/BQP seem to use different font conventions from the other NA content (and we acknowledge the EU edition uses different font conventions too). Each quest pack seems to have its own eccentricities.

You have a sharp eye for those kinds of things HZ, so I figure you would agree! Many wish to make their custom cards look at least like they "fit" with the rest of the classic material, even if there isn't a perfect 100% standard for those.

[HispaZargon]

Yeah, the parameters I listed before were derived from the basic Game System cards.

[Daedalus]

For comparison:

Regular Cards

American
Title = Romic 12pt Italic
Subtitle = Romic 10pt Italic
Text = Aldine721 8pt
Card Back = Romic 14pt Bold Italic

European
Title = Gaze 12.5pt
Text = Aldine721 8pt


Monster Cards

American
Title = Romic 12pt Italic
Stat Titles = Aldine721 5pt Bold (spacing between letters varies to fit column width)
Stats Numbers = Aldine721 12pt Bold
Abilities/Cost = Aldine721 6pt Bold

European
Title = Gaze 14pt Bold
Stats = Aldine721 8pt Bold


Character Cards

American
Title = Romic 30pt Bold Italic
Description Text = Aldine721 11pt Bold
Stat Titles = Aldine721 10pt Bold
Stat Numbers = Aldine721 18pt Bold
Starting Equipment = Aldine721 11pt Bold

European
Title = Gaze 32pt Bold
Description Text = Gaze 12.3pt Bold
Stat Titles = Gaze 13.2 Bold
Stat Dice = Gaze 12pt Bold
Starting Stats = Gaze 13.2pt Bold



I don't know the font types, sizes or characteristics for the copyrights, or European Card Backs.

[lestodante]

I found the BQP and EQP are using CAXTON BT for the card titles but it is not italic, it is skewed -15 degrees.
here is an example, black one is my text matching the original one (brown).

uf card title.jpg

[Kurgan]

Good find! Somebody want to whip up a graphic table showing the different fonts all on one page with labels?

[Dreadaxe]

I use MS-Word software to make US-looking cards and these are the parameters I use:

Can you share your template?

[Dreadaxe]

I have also put all the texts into a Google sheet, for easier generation of my placards. The texts are slightly recorded though.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... p=drivesdk

Can you share the template for use with this sheet?