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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by drailin@kbin.social to c/dnd@lemmy.world

Hey there everyone, I am back with v1.1 of my Latex Template for making D&D Item Cards. I received one major point of feedback from multiple people in the fediverse: make an option for fixing the card dimensions for easier printing and distribution/storage at the table. So that is exactly what I did!

Now you can choose the (admitedly more user-friendly) option of letting the card length vary for digital distribution, or you can fix the card aspect ratio. The item art background and text backgrounds can also now be changed, and a number of options have been included for item art backgrounds, but you can use whatever images you want.

Example Cards

The fixed-size cards are 5:7 by default, the same as playing cards. They include a front and back side for longer item descriptions, but you will have to edit the text more carefully and decide where to split between front/back content.

For the printable card item art, I highly recommend using a PNG with a transparent background and modifying tcolorbox interior style to set your background. Ensure your backgound art is close to 7:5 for best results. You can also load your image as the background art if you'd like instead, again, making sure it is in 7:5.

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[-] Linuto@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Looks really cool! I'm going to ask what is probably a dumb question: how do I use this?

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Not dumb at all. If you aren't familiar with latex, the easiest way to use it would be to make an overleaf account, open the template, and follow along through the comments in the document. Most everything is formatted for plug-and-play entry, so you just fill in the required fields. It is a bit technical, but should be mostly readable even without markup experience. You can also copy the text from the .tex files (itemcard.tex, ItemCommands.tex, and tcolorboxSettings.tex into chatGPT along with your item description and it will convert it for you.

[-] Linuto@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Got it, thanks! I'll play around with it this weekend.

this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
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