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Silent/Steadfast 
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Joined: 03 Jun 2011
Location: Pacific County
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 Topic: The Herald Readability
Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 20:00 |
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Perhaps the font on the herald should be this color!
Edited by Silent/Steadfast - 20 Jul 2012 at 20:01
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"Semantics are no protection from a 50 Megaton Thermonuclear Stormcrow."-Yggdrassil (June 21, 2011 6:48 PM)
"SCROLL ya donut!" Urgorr The Old (September 1, 2011 4:08 PM)
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Kumomoto
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Joined: 19 Oct 2009
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 18:51 |
 RatuJone wrote:
Sounds like (no pun intended lol) Illyriad needs a 'town crier' .... next upgrade? |
Read above... I think Rill just volunteered to be the town sigher!
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RatuJone
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 17:24 |
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Sounds like (no pun intended lol) Illyriad needs a 'town crier' .... next upgrade?
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I'm pretty Harmless, really :)
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Rill
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Player Council - Geographer
Joined: 17 Jun 2011
Location: California
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 17:01 |
Sloter wrote:
I dont agree with any of posted opinions here.I strongy belive that best solution would be that game developers actualy hire someone who will call playes on their phones and inform them in detail what was posted in Herald.They cant honestly expect us to read do they?Wat will they think of next...
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I will offer this service for anyone in the U.S. who wants it, in exchange for 100 cows per call. The service will be confined to reading the Herald and will not include any other conversation and/or heavy breathing. International call cow rates to be negotiated.
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Silverlake
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 16:29 |
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Kumomoto
Postmaster General
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 16:10 |
Sloter wrote:
I dont agree with any of posted opinions here.I strongy belive that best solution would be that game developers actualy hire someone who will call playes on their phones and inform them in detail what was posted in Herald.They cant honestly expect us to read do they?Wat will they think of next...
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lol.
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Mandarins31
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 16:05 |
Well, i personnally like the herald's font... but i agree the reading of it requires more concentration.
Erm, the "important" thing i want to say is that it would be cool to make few characters more readable (if ever it's possible to do so without changing the whole font). I mean, look at page 25 (Elementals Rise From Ancient Battle Sites): the characters [, ] and / are horribly writen (respectly looking like g, Z and &). This would be great to change that, to permit a more pleasant reading when alliance names or locations does appear in the Herald
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Sloter
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 15:35 |
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I dont agree with any of posted opinions here.I strongy belive that best solution would be that game developers actualy hire someone who will call playes on their phones and inform them in detail what was posted in Herald.They cant honestly expect us to read do they?Wat will they think of next...
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bansisdead
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Location: UK
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 15:27 |
Daefis wrote:
Bansisdead, ... If you chose to read it out of context then that's your choice...
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As is stated by another user there was no context to your original post. Even with context, too my understanding herbalist was complaining because they found the style of font difficult to read (comparing it to Sanskrit), no different to my problem with the Illy herald font. So I was merely wondering whether you regard me as a lazy reader?
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GM Luna
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Community Manager
Joined: 22 Oct 2011
Location: Illyriad
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012 at 15:22 |
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Thanks for your input everyone. I totally respect everyone's opinions on the matter. There's no one "right" or "wrong" answer here. Some people may find it difficult to read, some may not. In this instance though, we chose to use a style more in keeping with the theme of the game than to use a font that is ideal for readability. It was a sacrifice we made to add some flavor and immersion to the game. And at this time we are not looking to redesign the herald again.
As I said, if you know anyone who is having a hard time with the font, let them know that they can come to the forum to read the updates as well. Thanks.
Luna
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GM Luna | Illyriad Community Manager | community@illyriad.co.uk 
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