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SAS~Storebror

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Cockpit Pictures WIP
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:43:13 AM »

Hi guys,

Following the screenshot I've posted here: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,37961.msg688404.html#msg688404
I thought I'd already show a WIP of the "Cockpit Pictures" mod I'm working on.

Here are some examples for the german planes.
These are the english language versions:











































...and the same thing in native language:











































The remaining kites will be in english language only, as I'm neither fluent in italian nor in russian.

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Mike
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2019, 09:04:33 AM »

I didn't expect it to happen that soon.  ;D

You could spare a bit of space on the sheets by omitting the plane type -- the mod will place the files into their proper folder anyway.

Just nitpicking, but the Fraktur in typscript looks a bit odd for me, no doubt it was used here and then, but most typescripts I've seen from the era were in Antiqua.

Anyway, great work again, keep it coming, and thanks a lot!  ]thumbsup[
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2019, 09:09:48 AM »

Fraktur will only be used on german kites, other planes will have a simple typewriter font like this one: https://www.dafont.com/dk-p-i.font
I agree that it's a bit over the top, but I thought for the sake of immersion, why not use a font that screams "Nazi!" out of every single line.

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Mike
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2019, 09:36:48 AM »

for the sake of immersion, why not use a font that screams "Nazi!" out of every single line.

Think it over...  8) :P
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2019, 04:00:46 PM »

Fraktur will only be used on german kites, other planes will have a simple typewriter font like this one: https://www.dafont.com/dk-p-i.font
I agree that it's a bit over the top, but I thought for the sake of immersion, why not use a font that screams "Nazi!" out of every single line.

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Mike
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2019, 04:57:07 PM »

Man, you´re just great!
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2019, 06:12:28 AM »

These sheets are great!
they could even be useful outside cockpits as sort of "handbook" collected document!


However, about the font "Fraktur"...

for the sake of immersion, why not use a font that screams "Nazi!" out of every single line.

Think it over...  8) :P

For what it's worth, to me it's also very counter immersive.
(if anything, it is telling me "Kaiserzeit"...)

There's the historical fact that the Fraktur renaissance was very short lived in the 30s and never supported by Nazi top level. There never was a unified typewriter set, so particularly if you want to recreate a typewriter written Luftwaffe document from that time, Frakture could be seen as actually counter-immersive and near impossible. A Fraktur typewrite would be a very unlikely Luftwaffe item in any case since it was never standardised. Fraktur might be plausible as pre-print font if the base form itself is supposed to look like a pre-1941 print.

In January 1941 "Antiqua" was declared the German regular type (by Führer Order) and the old fraktural types explicitly discarded as "font of the Jews" by Martin Bormann in the executive letter. It was even forbidden to be used in official documents from that time on and even in schools "as soon as possible".

On Wikipedia is a facsimile of that letter. Please note the ridiculous fact that the whole head and seal of the document is in Fraktur Gotic letters while the typewritten text discards this font as "type of the jews" on several occasions...


My several cents on the matter of immersion :D
carry on the good work!

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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2019, 06:46:08 AM »

Very interesting, I didn't know about the prohibition of Fraktur, thank you for the info.
Bormann's argument is bullshit of course, blackletter types were ubiquitous throughout the later middle ages in all Europe, both in hand-written manuscrips and in printing.
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2019, 10:01:43 AM »

I've already started alternatives with standard Typewriter fonts.
Just sit back and relax, in the end it's a matter of choice by the user ;)
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2019, 12:01:32 PM »

Typewriter Versions, still WIP:















































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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2019, 04:48:27 PM »

I prefer this 2nd version: they are more essential, easier to read, and therefore functionally better. Can't wait  :D
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Re: Cockpit Pictures WIP
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2019, 12:33:48 AM »

As I said, the plan is to let users choose.
There'll be a "default" set where all the notes ship in english, with typewriter font.
Then there's the option to have the notes in german for german planes.
And finally there's the option to have the notes in fraktur font for the german planes, english and/or german.

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