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A quick question about paper formats. I assume it is ok to release print&play material in A4? Don't think I can buy US letter around here for test prints.

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Why would it be a problem? I suspect not everyone who buys PDFs prints them out in order to play, and if they do, Letter and A4 paper are close enough in size that you'll just have some weird margins. For what it's worth, my own Tales of Space and Magic is typeset on A4, and nobody has complained yet. :P

Of course, that goes for tabletop RPGs. If you're talking card games or some other type of material that requires scissors, you'll need to either leave enough of a margin, thus wasting paper, or else make two versions of the game. And the latter is a big can of worms.

Yeah, It's about cut out materials. I am asking because I have never seen a letter fomat in my life. :D Got no feelign for it. If A4 is widespread n the US I will just go with it. And ignore letter until there is demand.

Thanks

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Me either, all I know is that Letter paper is a little wider and shorter than A4. This might help plan for an error margin (heh).

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Yeah, A4 is hard as heck to get in the states unfortunately. I think you can get it at specialty paper shops and japanese bookstores, but other than that, I haven't seen it. I would just put safe areas on your prints so they can be safely cropped to fit both paper formats.

Thanks. I will work something out.