New Baseball Card

tcblcommish · 06-18-2005, 10:54 AM

I am just playing around with the idea of making a set of baseball cards for my league and I was just looking for some pointers and comments...

I know it's the Expos and not the Nationals...

tcblcommish · 06-18-2005, 11:32 AM

This is the back of the card...

CHCfan · 06-18-2005, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tcblcommish

I am just playing around with the idea of making a set of baseball cards for my league and I was just looking for some pointers and comments...

I know it's the Expos and not the Nationals...

Those look real nice. Unless you want real nitpicky criticisms, I've got nothing to suggest. (But if you do, I would add card numbers

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ukhotstove · 06-24-2005, 07:45 AM

Very nice, you stated the only thing what I could see wrong and thats it being the Nationals and not Expos, take that away and I can't find fault.

canadiancreed · 06-24-2005, 07:47 AM

the background colour is a bit strong, but that's probably jsut me.

did you have to manually do it all or was it something that you could automate at all

dcpcarmona · 06-24-2005, 08:44 AM

[QUOTE=canadiancreed]the background colour is a bit strong, but that's probably jsut me.

I agree, could you maybe tone it down a shade or two? Overall, I lub them!

dcc

SandMan · 06-24-2005, 09:39 AM

Actually you could shade the red border to the same read as the expos logo and the lettering to the logo blue. Make the other team cards using the teams primary colours.

rangers85 · 06-25-2005, 01:32 AM

To me, the blue of the stats is almost unreadable against that brown background. I'd suggest maybe lightening the brown a couple shades maybe to a sandy brown.

Other than that, it looks real nice.

Le Grande Orange · 06-25-2005, 01:51 AM

Overall, quite nice.

Mostly minor suggestions to offer:

For the back of the card, I'd left align the player name with his basic data. Right now the name is offset to the right a bit. I'd also always try to keep the club name lined up with the second column of basic data, though for long named clubs that might be a challenge.

For the front of the card, I don't like the fonts for the player and team name. They just don't look like something I'd really see in print for something. Maybe try a sanserif typeface like Helvetica or Arial. I'd also drop the blue outlines around the player name, or change the colour; the current pairing really clashes, at least to me. Outlines generally work better around sanserift typefaces since those don't have the fine serif detail that something like Times or Garamond has.

06-18-2005, 10:54 AM	#1
tcblcommish Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,440	New Baseball Card I am just playing around with the idea of making a set of baseball cards for my league and I was just looking for some pointers and comments... I know it's the Expos and not the Nationals... Last edited by tcblcommish; 06-06-2007 at 11:21 PM.

06-18-2005, 11:32 AM	#2
tcblcommish Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,440	Back of the Card This is the back of the card... Last edited by tcblcommish; 06-06-2007 at 11:21 PM.

06-24-2005, 07:45 AM	#4
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Very nice, you stated the only thing what I could see wrong and thats it being the Nationals and not Expos, take that away and I can't find fault. __________________ Detroit Diesel Dynasty San Antonio Calzones of Laredo Dynasty

06-24-2005, 07:47 AM	#5
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	the background colour is a bit strong, but that's probably jsut me. did you have to manually do it all or was it something that you could automate at all __________________ PT21 PT22

06-24-2005, 08:44 AM	#6
dcpcarmona All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: at the New Moon Posts: 1,644	[QUOTE=canadiancreed]the background colour is a bit strong, but that's probably jsut me. I agree, could you maybe tone it down a shade or two? Overall, I lub them! dcc __________________ "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -Rogers Hornsby

06-24-2005, 09:39 AM	#7
SandMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,946	Actually you could shade the red border to the same read as the expos logo and the lettering to the logo blue. Make the other team cards using the teams primary colours.

06-25-2005, 01:32 AM	#8
rangers85 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX...home of the mighty TCU Horned Frogs Posts: 909	To me, the blue of the stats is almost unreadable against that brown background. I'd suggest maybe lightening the brown a couple shades maybe to a sandy brown. Other than that, it looks real nice.

06-25-2005, 01:51 AM	#9
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,642	Overall, quite nice. Mostly minor suggestions to offer: For the back of the card, I'd left align the player name with his basic data. Right now the name is offset to the right a bit. I'd also always try to keep the club name lined up with the second column of basic data, though for long named clubs that might be a challenge. For the front of the card, I don't like the fonts for the player and team name. They just don't look like something I'd really see in print for something. Maybe try a sanserif typeface like Helvetica or Arial. I'd also drop the blue outlines around the player name, or change the colour; the current pairing really clashes, at least to me. Outlines generally work better around sanserift typefaces since those don't have the fine serif detail that something like Times or Garamond has.