1970 Topps baseball centering question

digicat

I'm working on a custom 1970 Topps card, but am not sure on the centering. Is it from the top border to the bottom of the main text line, or would it be from the top border to the bottom of the text itself? Example, if there's a lower case "y" in the player's name, would it measure from the bottom of the Y, or the imaginary line that the rest of the text sits on?

LarkinCollector

I'm not sure how PSA grades the centering on these, but I like the top border to equal the RL borders (assuming it's centered R/L). That's the way they look centered to me on any card w/only 3 clearly defined borders.

hammered

In my experience they measure it from the edge of the card to the bottom of any text that drops below the line.

jmoran19

dont know but cant wait to see your custom card, 2nd favorite year for all things Topps. 1971 ranks #1

John

Mickey71

The answer is.......whatever mood they're in with 1970's. Don't even get me started with 54 Topps.

digicat

Hmm, after mocking up a few examples, I think I think matching the top border with the bottom text line (not the text that dips below it) has better eye appeal.

Top border matching absolute bottom of text -------------- Top border matching with left and right borders


Top border matching imaginary line text sits on

digicat

Anyways.... Here's the customs I'm working on.

Originally I made this card for these 3 Giants players who never appeared on cardboard. Since they all made their debut in 1970, I figured a 1970 style card would be good. The photos I found weren't that great, so I improvised by making a triple rookie card out of them:



I ended up finding some higher resolution photos of these guys, and figured I'd go back and see what they looked like on individual cards:


I haven't taken the time to design backs for them yet, that'd be the next step.

lahmejoon

Very cool. I'm curious - do you plan on printing these on card stock?

digicat

<< <i>Very cool. I'm curious - do you plan on printing these on card stock? >>



What I've been doing in the past is just printing them up on photo paper, cutting them down to size and putting them in a top-loader.

dennis07

I love your 1970 custom cards. I think your left and right borders might be a smidge narrow though. Do you give lessons?

digicat

<< <i>I love your 1970 custom cards. I think your left and right borders might be a smidge narrow though. >>



Crap, you think they were trimmed?



<< <i> Do you give lessons? >>



Scan in a card to use as a template. Then in Photoshop (or a photo editing program you're comfortable with), recreate the card's elements (fonts, shapes, colors), and once you have your own template created, it's just a matter of finding good photos to drop in.


Here's a few of my other creations....

60sfan

<< <i>I'm not sure how PSA grades the centering on these, but I like the top border to equal the RL borders (assuming it's centered R/L). That's the way they look centered to me on any card w/only 3 clearly defined borders. >>



100% agree!