Not to get too woke, but is the problem name "Jap Girls Don’t Date Lepers" not a tad racist? It stuck out a bit when I was looking through it. In light of current movements (e.g. https://gripped.com/news/ending-colonialist-and-racist-place-and-route-names/) this may be a chance to rethink the name of such problems.
Awesome feedback folks - really really appreciate this (and yes, that name is a bit anomalous so could easily be updated - as I recall, it was a slur on one of the guys inability to pull a certain young lady the night before, which he attributed to a bad case of sunburn / peeling skin )the V? relate to problems I need to go back out and check or lines I've spotted that may not have been climbed yet (did a bunch of them last night to start finishing things off). Will be a thorough check to make sure none of these slip through the cracks and stay when I eventually go to print
Re fonts / layout - my advice would be to pick a really clear sans serif for the cover / headings, etc like Helvetica / Univers / Neue Haas Unica. Futura would work well too. Then use a nice serif for the body text - I use Sabon for almost everything like this. The latter is more legible / nicer to read, and feels a bit less cold than setting everything in sans serif.I’d love to design a guidebook one day - it’s the maps and diagrams that freak me out. The ones in the Font Straight Ups guides must’ve been so much work...
After 16-years sitting on my arse I've decided it's about time I updated the bouldering guide for Hong Kong. As such, i'm looking for some inspiration in terms of guide 'style' and format. Any recommendations on quality guides already out there that are stylish, functional etc. and I can 'borrow' ideas from? Couple of examples of current working formats included here (with one UKB star currently filling a few photo spots until I get some good pics of the young local lads crushing) - note these are still working drafts so include an abundance of typo's etc still:https://hongkongclimbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ShekO.pdfhttps://hongkongclimbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HaFaShan.pdf
Just don't use what 3 words for directions!