More Nature Faeries, now in PDF!

~~tantric~~ · 12-28-2009, 06:34 PM

I'm working on converting all the messed up hypertext setting information I have for my naturalistic high fantasy setting. After banging my head against several *very* uncooperative programs, I settled on writing it in OpenOffice and then 'printing' it as a PDF via Bulldog. I welcome all comments on appearance,etc as I've never done anything like this before. The link below with either open in your browser as a PDF or let you download it. Speaking of which, I very much need a new place to keep this stuff - suggestions?

The Waterfey PDF

Crakkerjakk · 12-28-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tantric

After banging my head against several *very* uncooperative programs, I settled on writing it in OpenOffice and then 'printing' it as a PDF via Bulldog.

You don't need a separate program. File > Export as PDF, in OpenOffice.

I'll try to post a response to the actual PDF after the new year.

Zwitty · 12-28-2009, 08:58 PM

Well If your just looking for a place to keep it try http://www.scribd.com/

Gollum · 12-29-2009, 12:45 AM

First, your pdf is very easy to read and quite beautiful. It's nice.

Second, it is interesting.

Conclusion: great work!

Just some little notes...

The first paragraph is not justified (while all others are).
The heights of the Waterfey are given in centimenters. I'm French, so I like that! But a lot of GURPS readers are American or English. So, in my humble opinion, it would be welcome to give them the translation in inches.
There are sometime double brackets "(HT-2))"
It would be nice to use another writing style for the titles (or to write them in blockletters), to make them easy to notice.
I do agree with Crakkerjakk. If you use Open Office, you don't have to use a pdf program. Open Office does it well. You just have to click on a button.

~~tantric~~ · 12-29-2009, 03:05 AM

Thanks! I'm having a ball doing this - the pics of the critters are SO cool - the purple fluorescent Atelopus toad is gorgeous. Am I wrong in giving these guys Attractive (universal) and then noting that their coloration makes the natives cautious?

To Gollum: thanks for the tips, I will take care of those bits. I intend to do all metric/Imperial stuff in the end, but for now I'm sticking to what I know (all the papers and books use metric). I am very much in love with Open Office, but I'm new to it. I'll try PDF printing directly. I can't believe a French person is telling me not to use metrics - just for that, I'm going to butcher your language with high school French of 17 years ago: Je ne peut pas croire que un person francais dit-mois que utilizer le system imperial est okay! ;-) Yuck, that was ugly!

Gollum · 12-29-2009, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tantric

Thanks! I'm having a ball doing this - the pics of the critters are SO cool...

Yes they are.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tantric

Je ne peut pas croire que un person francais dit-mois que utilizer le system imperial est okay! ;-) Yuck, that was ugly!

Not ugly at all. Perfectly understandable, even if there are some spelling mistakes; but everyone does some spelling mistakes in French!

Having said that, to answer to your note, yes I like imperial units. Actually, I'm now so used to GURPS that I can think in imperial units. And playing GURPS without imperial units sounds strange to me.

Captain-Captain · 12-30-2009, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Crakkerjakk

You don't need a separate program. File > Export as PDF, in OpenOffice.

I'll try to post a response to the actual PDF after the new year.

That's too much trouble. I just click the pdf icon on the toolbar to get it saved as a pdf. ;)

Gollum · 12-30-2009, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain-Captain

That's too much trouble. I just click the pdf icon on the toolbar to get it saved as a pdf. ;)

Yes, that works very well.

There is sometimes a problem with some Windows versions... In which case the solution is very easy: just write ".pdf" after the name of the file, and the problem is solved.

~~tantric~~ · 12-30-2009, 02:59 PM

The next installment, here on Animal Fantasy Planet....Sprite, Drunkards and Arachees! (btw, I have absolutely nothing else to do for a week, so this will indeed keep piling up)

Sprites, Drupes and Arachees

I'm working on Mantids and Orthoptera/Grigs - does anyone know if 'grig' is a real word, or did EGG make it up?

Also, anyone have a fav bug? I do requests, I'll be here all week....

Gollum · 12-31-2009, 01:56 AM

To my mind, the Goliath Hunter sounds to be too strong. ST+1 means above an average man. Isn't it to huge for a 45cm (18") creature?

12-28-2009, 06:34 PM	#1
~~tantric~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Athens, GA	More Nature Faeries, now in PDF! I'm working on converting all the messed up hypertext setting information I have for my naturalistic high fantasy setting. After banging my head against several very uncooperative programs, I settled on writing it in OpenOffice and then 'printing' it as a PDF via Bulldog. I welcome all comments on appearance,etc as I've never done anything like this before. The link below with either open in your browser as a PDF or let you download it. Speaking of which, I very much need a new place to keep this stuff - suggestions? The Waterfey PDF

12-28-2009, 08:58 PM	#3
Zwitty Join Date: Jul 2009	Re: More Nature Faeries, now in PDF! Well If your just looking for a place to keep it try http://www.scribd.com/

12-29-2009, 12:45 AM	#4
Gollum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: France	Re: More Nature Faeries, now in PDF! First, your pdf is very easy to read and quite beautiful. It's nice. Second, it is interesting. Conclusion: great work! Just some little notes... The first paragraph is not justified (while all others are). The heights of the Waterfey are given in centimenters. I'm French, so I like that! But a lot of GURPS readers are American or English. So, in my humble opinion, it would be welcome to give them the translation in inches. There are sometime double brackets "(HT-2))" It would be nice to use another writing style for the titles (or to write them in blockletters), to make them easy to notice. I do agree with Crakkerjakk. If you use Open Office, you don't have to use a pdf program. Open Office does it well. You just have to click on a button. Last edited by Gollum; 12-29-2009 at 12:52 AM.

12-29-2009, 03:05 AM	#5
~~tantric~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Athens, GA	Re: More Nature Faeries, now in PDF! Thanks! I'm having a ball doing this - the pics of the critters are SO cool - the purple fluorescent Atelopus toad is gorgeous. Am I wrong in giving these guys Attractive (universal) and then noting that their coloration makes the natives cautious? To Gollum: thanks for the tips, I will take care of those bits. I intend to do all metric/Imperial stuff in the end, but for now I'm sticking to what I know (all the papers and books use metric). I am very much in love with Open Office, but I'm new to it. I'll try PDF printing directly. I can't believe a French person is telling me not to use metrics - just for that, I'm going to butcher your language with high school French of 17 years ago: Je ne peut pas croire que un person francais dit-mois que utilizer le system imperial est okay! ;-) Yuck, that was ugly!

12-30-2009, 02:59 PM	#9
~~tantric~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Athens, GA	Re: More Nature Faeries, now in PDF! The next installment, here on Animal Fantasy Planet....Sprite, Drunkards and Arachees! (btw, I have absolutely nothing else to do for a week, so this will indeed keep piling up) Sprites, Drupes and Arachees I'm working on Mantids and Orthoptera/Grigs - does anyone know if 'grig' is a real word, or did EGG make it up? Also, anyone have a fav bug? I do requests, I'll be here all week.... Last edited by tantric; 12-30-2009 at 08:10 PM.

12-31-2009, 01:56 AM	#10
Gollum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: France	Re: More Nature Faeries, now in PDF! To my mind, the Goliath Hunter sounds to be too strong. ST+1 means above an average man. Isn't it to huge for a 45cm (18") creature?