[Fic] "Trollstuck," part 6 -- Homestuck

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Warning: long memo is long! It's hard to gauge wordcounts on chatlogs, but I think this section clocks in around 3,000 words. I did break it up with a bit of narrative for sheer formatting relief, but even so. LONG. :-/

( Trollstuck, part 6 )

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Oh my god, TOO MANY PEOPLE TALKING AT ONCE. (In colors that are too close to each other, no less.) As you can see, I tried to make some concessions to how online conversations actually go, with people talking over one another and multiple conversation threads co-existing in confusing fashion, though for the sake of narrative flow this is still more coherent than real life would probably be.

It's also a giant backstory and world-building infodump. Because I can, and because if that sort of lecture is in-character for anybody, Rose is that person. Or Alonde is that troll. Whatever. :-)

Trollstuck worldbuilding details - please help Liz decide!

It has been suggested to me that Alonde's typing quirk should be to use a completely different font from normal chatlog text (i.e., Courier New). This will help differentiate her from Eridan and Feferi, whose colors are otherwise far too similar to hers.

The thing is, font display is such a hit and miss thing, plus there's the issue of finding one that lines up nicely when set next to, on top of, and underneath a whole bunch of Courier New. And it can't distort emoticons too much either.

So. Here are a few options. Please tell me if they display or fail to display on your computers! Please also tell me if they are too small to easily read.

( font options! )

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On the subject of other things that could inform a typing quirk, Alonde likes tentacles and needles. She's a seadweller. And her symbol is Eris:

or ( other variations on the Hand of Eris )

(Jarlia is Ceres , Jothan is Mercury , and Davven is the Sun , btw. Because of Symbolic Reasons, and also in the latter case because it's the closest mimic I could find to a record. *grin*)