Blank parchments & fancy fonts? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Blank parchments & fancy fonts? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Bailrut
09-12-07, 01:13 PM Can anyone direct me to where I can nab some blank parchmenty looking templates and some fancy fonts to make handouts for my group on my pc? I can't seem to locate 'em anywhere.

Thanks in advance!
wizardguy2003
09-12-07, 01:39 PM Just pick up some parchment looking paper at an office supply store, like Office Depot or Staples and put it in your printer. As to fonts, just do a search on google for fantasy fonts. They run the gambit from free ones to pretty pricey ones. I say stick with the free. ;)
Bailrut
09-12-07, 02:09 PM Thanks for the input, but I'm actually looking for a template that resembles parchment that I can just print out. Know what I mean?
Cifer
09-12-07, 02:15 PM Now while I don't know such a template, there's an easy recipe to aged paper: Age it yourself. You can try carefully baking it in the oven or you can give it a bath - black tea works wonderfully there.
There are a few pages in the net that discuss aging paper. Just try out what works best.
wizardguy2003
09-12-07, 02:57 PM Considering the price of ink nowadays I still think paper is the best route. As to templates, just do a search for parchment on google (again :) ) and put that as the background of whatever text program your using. If you can't do that, just print out a full sized image of the parchment picture you found then put it back into the printer and print over it.
Kamin_Majere
09-12-07, 03:17 PM Thanks for the input, but I'm actually looking for a template that resembles parchment that I can just print out. Know what I mean?

I'm going to agree with Wizardguy here. Just buying paper that already looks like parchment will actually be your cheaper route (unless you some how get free ink).

If not why not just use the parchement back ground thats on this very board. Its actually called parchment if I remember correctly
Radijs
09-12-07, 04:46 PM Now while I don't know such a template, there's an easy recipe to aged paper: Age it yourself. You can try carefully baking it in the oven or you can give it a bath - black tea works wonderfully there.
There are a few pages in the net that discuss aging paper. Just try out what works best.

This works wonders. To complete the effect take a match to the corners of the paper and burn the corners off.
Kamin_Majere
09-12-07, 05:42 PM This works wonders. To complete the effect take a match to the corners of the paper and burn the corners off.

Why is it that all parchment in D&D seems to HAVE to have burned edges? I mean does no one in the D&D universe make fresh parchment?

In 20 years i've never had a hand out that wasnt burned by the DM... though in honesty i've also never given out one that wasnt burned either. Its like everyone we get parchment from had an arsonist living next door
Cifer
09-12-07, 05:52 PM @Kamin
I was thinking the same thing. And, incidentally, all of my first parchments were burned as well.

Burning pages is pretty cool, as long as you have a reason why they are burned - manuscripts rescued out of a blazing library are fine.
Rogue Elendae
09-12-07, 06:52 PM I'll agree on several counts...buying parchment-type paper (typically sold at art/craft shops in fairly large pads that're often in a couple different shades of parchment from off-white to heavily yellow) is probably cheaper than printing color onto normal printer paper on top of the writing. Especially if you use a laser printer...toner's not exactly cheap, y'know?

Further, it's even cheaper to just take fairly sturdy paper (I've used Bristol or watercolor paper, which furthermore has a bit of a tooth to it) and soak it in leftover tea, coffee, or whatever. That's how I made parchment for a few projects. It looks really good if you take the teabags and actually let them rest on a few spots on the paper, creating heavier splotches of color in places while the rest is tan. I'll also crumple the paper a bit before the soak to soften it and add interesting veins of color after the dying, and even took sandpaper to the edges and corners to soften them out. If you want the paper to have a crease in it, work it over in a similar fashion (or crease, reverse the crease, and repeat several times) to wear it in, especially after the writing is already done, to add wear on the letters that cross the crease.

I personally recommend not going with the burning method...it's easy to damage the paper more than you intend, and it's simply not necessary. A bit of manual wear and tear by a bit of crumpling, folding, creasing, and such will give it a more parchment-like texture as it softens. If it should look ripped out of a book, I'd suggest putting stitches in one side where it might've been sewn into the book, then giving them a rip to fray the edge just right, maybe even leave some thread hanging (you might have to soak the thread in tea, too...just to get a good color/age on it). If it's a scroll, get a little sealing wax and a stamp if you can find it, and make a seal on it, or tie it with a ribbon of appropriate color (red or violet, perhaps, if from a king or noble). And etcetera...I could go on...I love doing this stuff.

Further, I honestly think a good fountain or dip pen and a little time spent writing works better than trying to find type fonts...you'll have scratch-outs, drips of ink or soak spots where the pen rested too long, places where you might've written too fast and it's scribbled or slanted differently...it just looks more real than straight, precise rows of type. And it doesn't have to be fancy Gothic/Olde English/illuminated manuscript-ish writing, either. I do it that way, and just draw certain letters out, add curls or scrolling to the ends of vertical lines, or make things swirl and scroll more than my normal writing does. It's not that hard, really...just takes a bit more time, sometimes.
Kouk
09-12-07, 07:35 PM Why is it that all parchment in D&D seems to HAVE to have burned edges? I mean does no one in the D&D universe make fresh parchment?

In 20 years i've never had a hand out that wasnt burned by the DM... though in honesty i've also never given out one that wasnt burned either. Its like everyone we get parchment from had an arsonist living next door

It's a feature, not a defect. :D
Xeen
09-12-07, 09:09 PM in the last 15 year of gameing that i remember we have used the fonts a lot with books and messages but not in the same way you may figure. burning the edges and toasting the paper is good but we have found more fun in the font.
NOW THESE CAN BE JUST FOR LOOKS BUT FOR US WE ADDED (sorry caps) a decifer script play into the messages. these letters were typed up and then we change the font so that it could not be read and we would need to translate it by hand. sometimes a player would go out and find the font and do it over the computer (scan/id script/change font/ect...) but this ends up takeing longer then by hand (especially now). old fonts like the dethek or esper work great but there are times to use bar codes and i-ching. since we dont identify any of these it becomes a hard chore and definatly something that we can do while being either bored or frustrated at work. (lately i have done research into ww2 cypher machines too)
if you would like i can send some of the fonts we have found to you or anyone. i would need to send as i cant remember for all my lives where i found them all anymore. i think i may have a parchment template too that is nice but we havent used stuff like that in a while. to hard to notate on. i should just post the files someplace so that other people can use them too but im just to lazy i guess. (as im writeing this at work instead of working)

Z
dragonface72
09-12-07, 09:44 PM Why is it that all parchment in D&D seems to HAVE to have burned edges?
Cause it's cool!:D

I agree that you should just buy the parchment-style paper, and then Google some free fonts. I like Rogue Elendae's suggestion for free-handing it (I've done this with treasure maps and the like, with mixed results). After printing, I like to burn the edges, and then crinkle and smooth it out a few times. Sometimes I run it under water a little to get the ink to run (really depends on the ink and paper, though--sometimes I get lots of run, and sometimes none). Seems to give that "aged" feel. It's a quick and dirty method, but everybody likes hand-outs, right?

I also use Xeen's alternate font method to create cryptograms. Just type out the message and then change the font. And there you go: a nice, easy to make puzzle that will keep the players occupied for a bit while you collect your thoughts. (Note: make sure you spellcheck everything!)
Giao
09-12-07, 10:35 PM Why is it that all parchment in D&D seems to HAVE to have burned edges? I mean does no one in the D&D universe make fresh parchment?

In 20 years i've never had a hand out that wasnt burned by the DM... though in honesty i've also never given out one that wasnt burned either. Its like everyone we get parchment from had an arsonist living next door

Maybe we have discovered it! Most D&D players and DM's especially are closet pyro's :D
Mock26
09-12-07, 11:37 PM Thanks for the input, but I'm actually looking for a template that resembles parchment that I can just print out. Know what I mean?

Cheaper to actually buy the parchment looking paper. Another option is to soak paper in cold tea. As for fonts, just do a google search for Fonts.
darkdrgon2136
09-12-07, 11:57 PM Maybe we have discovered it! Most D&D players and DM's especially are closet pyro's :D

Closet, no I openly admit it. and i hardly ever burn edges. I use caligraphy for my handouts, and thats just too much work if i ge a little say... overexcited from the Fire
Radijs
09-13-07, 04:56 AM @Kamin
I was thinking the same thing. And, incidentally, all of my first parchments were burned as well.

Burning pages is pretty cool, as long as you have a reason why they are burned - manuscripts rescued out of a blazing library are fine.

Simple logic really
You find apples under apple trees.
Treasure under altars and burns on parchment.

And heroes will have adventures.
Mock26
09-13-07, 01:21 PM According to Whackipedia.org there is a legitimate reason for burnt parchment. During the dark ages the world was, well, very dark. So, people were forced to use lots of canles, torches, and fires in order to generate enough light by which to write. Of course, this is true only for those who knew how to write, but it is true none the less.

For the writings of monks the most common source of light was candles. Unfortunately, there was a serious drawback to this practice. Most monks were nearsighted from trying to read by candlelight, and as such they had to lean very close over the parchment they were writing and the oilly hair of the commonly unwashed monks rubbed against the paper, and this oil was flammable. When writing the monks were also forced to move their parchment as close to the candle as possible in order to have enough light to write by, and this often caused the oil on the parchment to ignite. This was easily overcome by constantly blowing out the flames as they ignited, but it left nearly all parchment records from that era being singed all around the edges.
Captn Blake
09-13-07, 02:25 PM I've purchased parchement from these guys before:
http://www.noquartergiven.net/stationery.htm

Good artwork, I like. Who knows - might meet your needs.
-CB
tricky_bob
09-13-07, 03:35 PM Check out Master Accessories, Dangerous Dungeon Goblins' Lairs from www.0onegames.com

It has some nice parchment sheets. I think it'll cost $6.00 or so.
Trebonius
09-13-07, 04:15 PM Alternatively "word" has the option of
Format - Background - Fill effects - then choose an option you like. The mottled brown one looks pretty parchment like.
Mock26
09-13-07, 04:37 PM Check out www.paperdirect.com, specifically in their section of Elegant Unprinted Papers (http://www.paperdirect.com/Elegant+Unprinted+Papers/cid=997/shop.axd/Category).
_Jayne_Cobb_
09-13-07, 05:16 PM During the dark ages the world was, well, very dark. So, people were forced to use lots of canles, torches, and fires in order to generate enough light by which to write. Of course, this is true only for those who knew how to write, but it is true none the less.

For the writings of monks the most common source of light was candles. Unfortunately, there was a serious drawback to this practice. Most monks were nearsighted from trying to read by candlelight, and as such they had to lean very close over the parchment they were writing and the oilly hair of the commonly unwashed monks rubbed against the paper, and this oil was flammable. When writing the monks were also forced to move their parchment as close to the candle as possible in order to have enough light to write by, and this often caused the oil on the parchment to ignite. This was easily overcome by constantly blowing out the flames as they ignited, but it left nearly all parchment records from that era being singed all around the edges.

Just to reiterate, folks, this is a JOKE. It is NOT true. Please do not go and do anything stupid like actually BELIEVE this. Please.
Mock26
09-13-07, 06:25 PM Just to reiterate, folks, this is a JOKE. It is NOT true. Please do not go and do anything stupid like actually BELIEVE this. Please.

But if it is on the internet it is true, right? :D
Cifer
09-13-07, 06:45 PM But if it is on the internet it is true, right?
Not quite. I call rule 34 on it: If it exists, there is porn of it. Meaning you either find me a pornographic depiction of a parchment with singed edges right now or it doesn't exist.
LFK
09-13-07, 06:56 PM I'm gonna go ahead and warn you away from doing an open search for free fonts. Free fonts tend to be broken at best, and trojans at worst.

Go to Staples and buy a font pack for 20$, being very careful to make sure that it's actually compatible with your OS and (most importantly) your font management software. The fonts will mostly be ugly serif/sans variations on a Times theme, but you might find one that suits you in there.

Fonts, good fonts, are very time consuming to make properly, and a well built font will run 15-100$. You can get a decent font pack for 100$ that'll have some choice gems in it.

Most people don't know how much work fonts take (the people who make fonts are a little crazy, even by designer standards) and think that they ought to be one more "free commodity" that the internet just spews out at random. That demand makes them a good bait for people looking to spread malware, just like smileys.
The9Circles
09-13-07, 08:35 PM Not quite. I call rule 34 on it: If it exists, there is porn of it. Meaning you either find me a pornographic depiction of a parchment with singed edges right now or it doesn't exist.

If I know where such is located but flee from the BANSTICK does that count?
Cifer
09-13-07, 08:40 PM Only if you are a paladin or similar class that is forbidden from lying under pain of losing class features. Oh, and you must prove that you're that class. Wait, that gets circular, doesn't it?

I believe a PM would solve the problem, anyway. :P
Mock26
09-13-07, 09:04 PM Not quite. I call rule 34 on it: If it exists, there is porn of it. Meaning you either find me a pornographic depiction of a parchment with singed edges right now or it doesn't exist.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Mock26/PornParchment.jpg

And here's one of an actual depiction of a couple from the dark ages having sex. Since it is so old, though, the image is in black and white. It was also blurred by the Inquisition to protect the souls of anyone who might see it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Mock26/PornParchmentToo.jpg
mtrpcic
09-13-07, 09:58 PM Print it on normal white paper, dip it in Tea for a few seconds, and put it in the oven. Voila.

Trust me, it works.

You can burn the edges with a lighter for that "aged" effect.
The9Circles
09-14-07, 12:11 AM Only if you are a paladin or similar class that is forbidden from lying under pain of losing class features. Oh, and you must prove that you're that class. Wait, that gets circular, doesn't it?

I believe a PM would solve the problem, anyway. :P

I am indeed a Paladin....of Tyranny. Does that count? :P
EcthelionKarakse
09-14-07, 07:07 PM Cheaper to actually buy the parchment looking paper. Another option is to soak paper in cold tea. As for fonts, just do a google search for Fonts.

paper bags from grocery stores work excellently as well,

for maps or more sturdy writings found on lambskin or the like.

Tear the edges and crinkle it up, iron it, then crinkle it once more.

they look beautiful

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Bailrut 09-12-07, 01:13 PM	Can anyone direct me to where I can nab some blank parchmenty looking templates and some fancy fonts to make handouts for my group on my pc? I can't seem to locate 'em anywhere. Thanks in advance!
wizardguy2003 09-12-07, 01:39 PM	Just pick up some parchment looking paper at an office supply store, like Office Depot or Staples and put it in your printer. As to fonts, just do a search on google for fantasy fonts. They run the gambit from free ones to pretty pricey ones. I say stick with the free. ;)
Bailrut 09-12-07, 02:09 PM	Thanks for the input, but I'm actually looking for a template that resembles parchment that I can just print out. Know what I mean?
Cifer 09-12-07, 02:15 PM	Now while I don't know such a template, there's an easy recipe to aged paper: Age it yourself. You can try carefully baking it in the oven or you can give it a bath - black tea works wonderfully there. There are a few pages in the net that discuss aging paper. Just try out what works best.
wizardguy2003 09-12-07, 02:57 PM	Considering the price of ink nowadays I still think paper is the best route. As to templates, just do a search for parchment on google (again :) ) and put that as the background of whatever text program your using. If you can't do that, just print out a full sized image of the parchment picture you found then put it back into the printer and print over it.
Kamin_Majere 09-12-07, 03:17 PM	Thanks for the input, but I'm actually looking for a template that resembles parchment that I can just print out. Know what I mean? I'm going to agree with Wizardguy here. Just buying paper that already looks like parchment will actually be your cheaper route (unless you some how get free ink). If not why not just use the parchement back ground thats on this very board. Its actually called parchment if I remember correctly
Radijs 09-12-07, 04:46 PM	Now while I don't know such a template, there's an easy recipe to aged paper: Age it yourself. You can try carefully baking it in the oven or you can give it a bath - black tea works wonderfully there. There are a few pages in the net that discuss aging paper. Just try out what works best. This works wonders. To complete the effect take a match to the corners of the paper and burn the corners off.
Kamin_Majere 09-12-07, 05:42 PM	This works wonders. To complete the effect take a match to the corners of the paper and burn the corners off. Why is it that all parchment in D&D seems to HAVE to have burned edges? I mean does no one in the D&D universe make fresh parchment? In 20 years i've never had a hand out that wasnt burned by the DM... though in honesty i've also never given out one that wasnt burned either. Its like everyone we get parchment from had an arsonist living next door
Cifer 09-12-07, 05:52 PM	@Kamin I was thinking the same thing. And, incidentally, all of my first parchments were burned as well. Burning pages is pretty cool, as long as you have a reason why they are burned - manuscripts rescued out of a blazing library are fine.
Rogue Elendae 09-12-07, 06:52 PM	I'll agree on several counts...buying parchment-type paper (typically sold at art/craft shops in fairly large pads that're often in a couple different shades of parchment from off-white to heavily yellow) is probably cheaper than printing color onto normal printer paper on top of the writing. Especially if you use a laser printer...toner's not exactly cheap, y'know? Further, it's even cheaper to just take fairly sturdy paper (I've used Bristol or watercolor paper, which furthermore has a bit of a tooth to it) and soak it in leftover tea, coffee, or whatever. That's how I made parchment for a few projects. It looks really good if you take the teabags and actually let them rest on a few spots on the paper, creating heavier splotches of color in places while the rest is tan. I'll also crumple the paper a bit before the soak to soften it and add interesting veins of color after the dying, and even took sandpaper to the edges and corners to soften them out. If you want the paper to have a crease in it, work it over in a similar fashion (or crease, reverse the crease, and repeat several times) to wear it in, especially after the writing is already done, to add wear on the letters that cross the crease. I personally recommend not going with the burning method...it's easy to damage the paper more than you intend, and it's simply not necessary. A bit of manual wear and tear by a bit of crumpling, folding, creasing, and such will give it a more parchment-like texture as it softens. If it should look ripped out of a book, I'd suggest putting stitches in one side where it might've been sewn into the book, then giving them a rip to fray the edge just right, maybe even leave some thread hanging (you might have to soak the thread in tea, too...just to get a good color/age on it). If it's a scroll, get a little sealing wax and a stamp if you can find it, and make a seal on it, or tie it with a ribbon of appropriate color (red or violet, perhaps, if from a king or noble). And etcetera...I could go on...I love doing this stuff. Further, I honestly think a good fountain or dip pen and a little time spent writing works better than trying to find type fonts...you'll have scratch-outs, drips of ink or soak spots where the pen rested too long, places where you might've written too fast and it's scribbled or slanted differently...it just looks more real than straight, precise rows of type. And it doesn't have to be fancy Gothic/Olde English/illuminated manuscript-ish writing, either. I do it that way, and just draw certain letters out, add curls or scrolling to the ends of vertical lines, or make things swirl and scroll more than my normal writing does. It's not that hard, really...just takes a bit more time, sometimes.
Kouk 09-12-07, 07:35 PM	Why is it that all parchment in D&D seems to HAVE to have burned edges? I mean does no one in the D&D universe make fresh parchment? In 20 years i've never had a hand out that wasnt burned by the DM... though in honesty i've also never given out one that wasnt burned either. Its like everyone we get parchment from had an arsonist living next door It's a feature, not a defect. :D
Xeen 09-12-07, 09:09 PM	in the last 15 year of gameing that i remember we have used the fonts a lot with books and messages but not in the same way you may figure. burning the edges and toasting the paper is good but we have found more fun in the font. NOW THESE CAN BE JUST FOR LOOKS BUT FOR US WE ADDED (sorry caps) a decifer script play into the messages. these letters were typed up and then we change the font so that it could not be read and we would need to translate it by hand. sometimes a player would go out and find the font and do it over the computer (scan/id script/change font/ect...) but this ends up takeing longer then by hand (especially now). old fonts like the dethek or esper work great but there are times to use bar codes and i-ching. since we dont identify any of these it becomes a hard chore and definatly something that we can do while being either bored or frustrated at work. (lately i have done research into ww2 cypher machines too) if you would like i can send some of the fonts we have found to you or anyone. i would need to send as i cant remember for all my lives where i found them all anymore. i think i may have a parchment template too that is nice but we havent used stuff like that in a while. to hard to notate on. i should just post the files someplace so that other people can use them too but im just to lazy i guess. (as im writeing this at work instead of working) Z
dragonface72 09-12-07, 09:44 PM	Why is it that all parchment in D&D seems to HAVE to have burned edges? Cause it's cool!:D I agree that you should just buy the parchment-style paper, and then Google some free fonts. I like Rogue Elendae's suggestion for free-handing it (I've done this with treasure maps and the like, with mixed results). After printing, I like to burn the edges, and then crinkle and smooth it out a few times. Sometimes I run it under water a little to get the ink to run (really depends on the ink and paper, though--sometimes I get lots of run, and sometimes none). Seems to give that "aged" feel. It's a quick and dirty method, but everybody likes hand-outs, right? I also use Xeen's alternate font method to create cryptograms. Just type out the message and then change the font. And there you go: a nice, easy to make puzzle that will keep the players occupied for a bit while you collect your thoughts. (Note: make sure you spellcheck everything!)
Giao 09-12-07, 10:35 PM	Why is it that all parchment in D&D seems to HAVE to have burned edges? I mean does no one in the D&D universe make fresh parchment? In 20 years i've never had a hand out that wasnt burned by the DM... though in honesty i've also never given out one that wasnt burned either. Its like everyone we get parchment from had an arsonist living next door Maybe we have discovered it! Most D&D players and DM's especially are closet pyro's :D
Mock26 09-12-07, 11:37 PM	Thanks for the input, but I'm actually looking for a template that resembles parchment that I can just print out. Know what I mean? Cheaper to actually buy the parchment looking paper. Another option is to soak paper in cold tea. As for fonts, just do a google search for Fonts.
darkdrgon2136 09-12-07, 11:57 PM	Maybe we have discovered it! Most D&D players and DM's especially are closet pyro's :D Closet, no I openly admit it. and i hardly ever burn edges. I use caligraphy for my handouts, and thats just too much work if i ge a little say... overexcited from the Fire
Radijs 09-13-07, 04:56 AM	@Kamin I was thinking the same thing. And, incidentally, all of my first parchments were burned as well. Burning pages is pretty cool, as long as you have a reason why they are burned - manuscripts rescued out of a blazing library are fine. Simple logic really You find apples under apple trees. Treasure under altars and burns on parchment. And heroes will have adventures.
Mock26 09-13-07, 01:21 PM	According to Whackipedia.org there is a legitimate reason for burnt parchment. During the dark ages the world was, well, very dark. So, people were forced to use lots of canles, torches, and fires in order to generate enough light by which to write. Of course, this is true only for those who knew how to write, but it is true none the less. For the writings of monks the most common source of light was candles. Unfortunately, there was a serious drawback to this practice. Most monks were nearsighted from trying to read by candlelight, and as such they had to lean very close over the parchment they were writing and the oilly hair of the commonly unwashed monks rubbed against the paper, and this oil was flammable. When writing the monks were also forced to move their parchment as close to the candle as possible in order to have enough light to write by, and this often caused the oil on the parchment to ignite. This was easily overcome by constantly blowing out the flames as they ignited, but it left nearly all parchment records from that era being singed all around the edges.
Captn Blake 09-13-07, 02:25 PM	I've purchased parchement from these guys before: http://www.noquartergiven.net/stationery.htm Good artwork, I like. Who knows - might meet your needs. -CB
tricky_bob 09-13-07, 03:35 PM	Check out Master Accessories, Dangerous Dungeon Goblins' Lairs from www.0onegames.com It has some nice parchment sheets. I think it'll cost $6.00 or so.
Trebonius 09-13-07, 04:15 PM	Alternatively "word" has the option of Format - Background - Fill effects - then choose an option you like. The mottled brown one looks pretty parchment like.
Mock26 09-13-07, 04:37 PM	Check out www.paperdirect.com, specifically in their section of Elegant Unprinted Papers (http://www.paperdirect.com/Elegant+Unprinted+Papers/cid=997/shop.axd/Category).
_Jayne_Cobb_ 09-13-07, 05:16 PM	During the dark ages the world was, well, very dark. So, people were forced to use lots of canles, torches, and fires in order to generate enough light by which to write. Of course, this is true only for those who knew how to write, but it is true none the less. For the writings of monks the most common source of light was candles. Unfortunately, there was a serious drawback to this practice. Most monks were nearsighted from trying to read by candlelight, and as such they had to lean very close over the parchment they were writing and the oilly hair of the commonly unwashed monks rubbed against the paper, and this oil was flammable. When writing the monks were also forced to move their parchment as close to the candle as possible in order to have enough light to write by, and this often caused the oil on the parchment to ignite. This was easily overcome by constantly blowing out the flames as they ignited, but it left nearly all parchment records from that era being singed all around the edges. Just to reiterate, folks, this is a JOKE. It is NOT true. Please do not go and do anything stupid like actually BELIEVE this. Please.
Mock26 09-13-07, 06:25 PM	Just to reiterate, folks, this is a JOKE. It is NOT true. Please do not go and do anything stupid like actually BELIEVE this. Please. But if it is on the internet it is true, right? :D
Cifer 09-13-07, 06:45 PM	But if it is on the internet it is true, right? Not quite. I call rule 34 on it: If it exists, there is porn of it. Meaning you either find me a pornographic depiction of a parchment with singed edges right now or it doesn't exist.
LFK 09-13-07, 06:56 PM	I'm gonna go ahead and warn you away from doing an open search for free fonts. Free fonts tend to be broken at best, and trojans at worst. Go to Staples and buy a font pack for 20$, being very careful to make sure that it's actually compatible with your OS and (most importantly) your font management software. The fonts will mostly be ugly serif/sans variations on a Times theme, but you might find one that suits you in there. Fonts, good fonts, are very time consuming to make properly, and a well built font will run 15-100$. You can get a decent font pack for 100$ that'll have some choice gems in it. Most people don't know how much work fonts take (the people who make fonts are a little crazy, even by designer standards) and think that they ought to be one more "free commodity" that the internet just spews out at random. That demand makes them a good bait for people looking to spread malware, just like smileys.
The9Circles 09-13-07, 08:35 PM	Not quite. I call rule 34 on it: If it exists, there is porn of it. Meaning you either find me a pornographic depiction of a parchment with singed edges right now or it doesn't exist. If I know where such is located but flee from the BANSTICK does that count?
Cifer 09-13-07, 08:40 PM	Only if you are a paladin or similar class that is forbidden from lying under pain of losing class features. Oh, and you must prove that you're that class. Wait, that gets circular, doesn't it? I believe a PM would solve the problem, anyway. :P
Mock26 09-13-07, 09:04 PM	Not quite. I call rule 34 on it: If it exists, there is porn of it. Meaning you either find me a pornographic depiction of a parchment with singed edges right now or it doesn't exist. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Mock26/PornParchment.jpg And here's one of an actual depiction of a couple from the dark ages having sex. Since it is so old, though, the image is in black and white. It was also blurred by the Inquisition to protect the souls of anyone who might see it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Mock26/PornParchmentToo.jpg
mtrpcic 09-13-07, 09:58 PM	Print it on normal white paper, dip it in Tea for a few seconds, and put it in the oven. Voila. Trust me, it works. You can burn the edges with a lighter for that "aged" effect.
The9Circles 09-14-07, 12:11 AM	Only if you are a paladin or similar class that is forbidden from lying under pain of losing class features. Oh, and you must prove that you're that class. Wait, that gets circular, doesn't it? I believe a PM would solve the problem, anyway. :P I am indeed a Paladin....of Tyranny. Does that count? :P
EcthelionKarakse 09-14-07, 07:07 PM	Cheaper to actually buy the parchment looking paper. Another option is to soak paper in cold tea. As for fonts, just do a google search for Fonts. paper bags from grocery stores work excellently as well, for maps or more sturdy writings found on lambskin or the like. Tear the edges and crinkle it up, iron it, then crinkle it once more. they look beautiful