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Making Journal Images

Um, I'm wondering if anyone knows a shortcut or cheaty method for making, uh...Journal images. Something like a sheet of paper covered in words, like Parchment. My image making skills are very lacking so if anyone knows anything handy, I'd sure appreciate it!
I use Gimp(free). You can youtube tutorials on how to make parchment or vellum looking paper, then just type text onto it. It might take a few hours to get used to it, but it's nice. Here is one exxample I put together in about 10 minutes
Install GIMP/Photoshop/whatever Find some parchment and vellum textures you like Use them to fill the background layer Type on top of it with a font you like Profit!
GM Mu said: Install GIMP/Photoshop/whatever Find some parchment and vellum textures you like Use them to fill the background layer Type on top of it with a font you like Profit! I apprecate this, because it's EXACTLY what I did, and it worked out great. Any font suggestions? It kind of became an issue.
There are a few handwriting fonts in Photoshop that aren't awful, though I have yet to find a calligraphic font I personally like. Just try to get something that's readable without too much eyestrain. If it's something very long, you may even be better off just going with a boring italicized sans serif since your players will appreciate being able to read things without going bananas. A good example of a font to not use is Papyrus, found in faux-chic restaurant menus nobody can read. There are other fonts people claim to not like for advertising copy, but mostly it's because they're overused and/or "outdated," neither of which matters a whole lot for RPG handouts. One of the nice things about Roll20 is you can repaste your text into a plain text field underneath your graphic, thus satisfying the whining of people who want flavor with the whining of people who want easy-to-read text on screen.
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Viner Hand ITC is a pretty good 'handwritten' font that is still totally legible <a href="http://www.freefontsdb.com/detail/2252/Viner-Hand-ITC" rel="nofollow">http://www.freefontsdb.com/detail/2252/Viner-Hand-ITC</a>
Casey P. said: I apprecate this, because it's EXACTLY what I did, and it worked out great. Any font suggestions? It kind of became an issue. Dafont.com is a good go-to resource for free to download fonts.
I collect fonts. There's a ton of free fonts out there. This is one of the neat, easy to use features of Roll20.