HammerHawks
THE Niklas Hjalmarsson Super Collector, Verified T
Hey all, need some input. As some of you have probably seen, I'm working on a "master collection" of 2003-04 products with the goal of completing each base set including SPs. I have put together a design that works both for vertical and horizontal sets, but need to decide what to do with sets that include both vertical and horizontal cards (think of UD1/2 each year...some cards are vertical, some horizontal).
So, the question becomes what do I do with those mixed sets in terms of my maps? I see three possible solutions, but if you think of something else, please share it.
My maps as they are have spots for 12 cards each, meaning three rows of four cards for vertical sets and the opposite for horizontal sets. Here is an example for the vertical layout.
Options I can think of:
1) Stay true to one given orientation throughout an entire set, even if that means some cards look sideways
2) Stay true to each card's orientation and display them as such (meaning figure out a way to mix the two together on the same map)
3) A combination of both. Take the UD1/2 illustration for example. If the majority of base cards are vertical, just place the occasional horizontal card into the vertical slot (making it appear sideways) and then make the switch to a horizontal layout when the checklist gets to a horizontal-focused section.
I hope I am explaining these options well. I suppose I could mock up each option and share to better illustrate, but hoping the words speak for themselves.
My inclination is option 1 or 3, just to have some uniformity, as staying true to each card's orientation could prove to be a massive amount of extra work and would likely create weird spacing within each mixed map page.
Please give some feedback as well...I want to hear your thoughts about this, not just your vote!
EDIT: I thought about it a bit more and started playing around with it. I feel like option 3 is probably the best and easiest method.
Here is a specific illustration to show what I mean. 2003-04 Titanium is 100% vertical from 1-140 and then switches to 100% horizontal from 141-215. If continuing uninterrupted, a 12-card map page would mean a page of cards 133-144. But, that would look weird to switch within the same page. So, I opted to split after 140 and start a new page at 141.
I'd listen to other arguments, but this is likely the best way to go now that I have actually tried it and seen the result. Even though there is the abrupt end on the first page as though it's the end of the set, I think it's better than awkwardly trying to fit two horizontal cards on there at the bottom before switching to the horizontal layout on the next page.
So, the question becomes what do I do with those mixed sets in terms of my maps? I see three possible solutions, but if you think of something else, please share it.
My maps as they are have spots for 12 cards each, meaning three rows of four cards for vertical sets and the opposite for horizontal sets. Here is an example for the vertical layout.
Options I can think of:
1) Stay true to one given orientation throughout an entire set, even if that means some cards look sideways
2) Stay true to each card's orientation and display them as such (meaning figure out a way to mix the two together on the same map)
3) A combination of both. Take the UD1/2 illustration for example. If the majority of base cards are vertical, just place the occasional horizontal card into the vertical slot (making it appear sideways) and then make the switch to a horizontal layout when the checklist gets to a horizontal-focused section.
I hope I am explaining these options well. I suppose I could mock up each option and share to better illustrate, but hoping the words speak for themselves.
My inclination is option 1 or 3, just to have some uniformity, as staying true to each card's orientation could prove to be a massive amount of extra work and would likely create weird spacing within each mixed map page.
Please give some feedback as well...I want to hear your thoughts about this, not just your vote!
EDIT: I thought about it a bit more and started playing around with it. I feel like option 3 is probably the best and easiest method.
Here is a specific illustration to show what I mean. 2003-04 Titanium is 100% vertical from 1-140 and then switches to 100% horizontal from 141-215. If continuing uninterrupted, a 12-card map page would mean a page of cards 133-144. But, that would look weird to switch within the same page. So, I opted to split after 140 and start a new page at 141.
I'd listen to other arguments, but this is likely the best way to go now that I have actually tried it and seen the result. Even though there is the abrupt end on the first page as though it's the end of the set, I think it's better than awkwardly trying to fit two horizontal cards on there at the bottom before switching to the horizontal layout on the next page.
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