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That dark moment when you realize the beautiful swash just cannot be made to fit and then you’re sad.
I have...successfully recreated 70s bodice-ripper lettering.

If only I had been trying to do that.
Honestly, I’m just staring at it and it is so perfectly a Johanna Lindsey circa 1980 lettering that I kinda love it. It’s completely unusable, but oh my god.
Y'all demanded proof? BEHOLD
It is so wildly out of step with modern covers and I still just wanna lick that G.
Okay. Back to the font mines I go.
Oh, if you feel the urge to title your next cover with Bodice Ripper Chic, this font is Wallington Pro.
But Ursula! you say. Surely the font cannot matter THAT much?

heh heh heh heh heh heh no surely not
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“Hmm, my Adobe thing gives me ten free stock photos. I guess I could pick some out as a basis for covers...”

***TEN MINUTES LATER***

oh crap this is like fonts isn’t it
So much respect for stock photo models. “You want me to wear a leather WHAT?”
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BUFFALO: I am resistant to bludgeoning, slashing, and piercing damage!
CHEETAH: So you're just resistant to DAMAGE, then?
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GM: ...oh dear.
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