You have to read the book to understand the cover, duh.
Catie
9 years ago
My first thought was, that’s not an angel, that’s a dragon. The second was, cat font? CAT FONT? REALLY? Then finally, is there such a thing as vertical kerning? Because the font from the author’s name looks a bit like Papyrus because it fails to be centered properly. The R looks as if it’s about to fall off.
This is just not a good font for vertical centering. The leg on that R is just too long and makes the whole letter very off center. It just goes to show you have to pay attention to every little detail.
Naaman Brown
9 years ago
If vertical type is to be used at all, it should be right aligned if on the right side of the page, left aligned if on the left, and centered only when used in the center of the page.
Especially since it has no reviews. Must be the dragon.
Catie
9 years ago
I’ve just read the blurb. “The Adelaide national park is ablaze and fireman Ben O’Reilly is running for his life. When he is saved by a dragon and flown to a sanctuary of shapeshifters, Ben’s world is changed forever. Darren is no ordinary dragon and when he reveals his human form to Ben, the two men are instantly attracted to one another. Fire and rescue is Ben’s life, but how can he accept a man who is also a fire-fighting dragon?”
I dunno… If I were a firemen, I’d have no problem accepting a fire-fighting dragon. That’d be like having your own private air support. And he’s a beast in the sack. A fire-breathing dragon, on the other hand, I can see a problem with that.
L-Plate Pen
9 years ago
Y’know, the author almost had me with the picture of the fireman – but then she did the thing with the dragon-puppet-on-a-stick and the lets-torture-some-cats-font…
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Those white cats were out walking in yellow snow.
The photobombing pseudodragon was bad enough, but that font! It didn’t even register at first what the letters were composed.
Cats. Dragon. Fireman. And the author name?
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This is a confusing mishmash of unrelated elements. *ugh*
You have to read the book to understand the cover, duh.
My first thought was, that’s not an angel, that’s a dragon. The second was, cat font? CAT FONT? REALLY? Then finally, is there such a thing as vertical kerning? Because the font from the author’s name looks a bit like Papyrus because it fails to be centered properly. The R looks as if it’s about to fall off.
I opened Word and did
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in Papyrus centered and it looked better. Not good, just better than this.
Thus admitting that you have Papyrus installed on your computer.
D:
BUSTED!
This is just not a good font for vertical centering. The leg on that R is just too long and makes the whole letter very off center. It just goes to show you have to pay attention to every little detail.
If vertical type is to be used at all, it should be right aligned if on the right side of the page, left aligned if on the left, and centered only when used in the center of the page.
Not really, just making the point vertical type has never looked good in Roman lettering.
Well, Trajan is based on the lettering of Trajan’s column.
Not a good enough reason to use it that way.
You mean this isn’t historically accurate?
Imagine how confused the movie business would be if that Roman stone cutter had used Trajan on a Papyrus scroll.
(I saw Papyrus and Trajan used together on a TV movie a couple of weeks ago . . . it actually worked, sort of.)
Hey – give Astrid a break – I’m sure she is having a hard enough time putting her life together after the FRINGE Unit was disbanded.
And yet, this book is ranked better than a lot of books on Amazon. How the heck does that happen?
Simple:
Cat font!
Especially since it has no reviews. Must be the dragon.
I’ve just read the blurb. “The Adelaide national park is ablaze and fireman Ben O’Reilly is running for his life. When he is saved by a dragon and flown to a sanctuary of shapeshifters, Ben’s world is changed forever. Darren is no ordinary dragon and when he reveals his human form to Ben, the two men are instantly attracted to one another. Fire and rescue is Ben’s life, but how can he accept a man who is also a fire-fighting dragon?”
I dunno… If I were a firemen, I’d have no problem accepting a fire-fighting dragon. That’d be like having your own private air support. And he’s a beast in the sack. A fire-breathing dragon, on the other hand, I can see a problem with that.
Y’know, the author almost had me with the picture of the fireman – but then she did the thing with the dragon-puppet-on-a-stick and the lets-torture-some-cats-font…