As some of you may remember, I'm printing myself an album for the People's republic of Bulgaria a.k.a. Communist Bulgaria. It's almost complete, so yesterday I decided that I need some decent title pages. Well, I've finished them just now. I say THEM because one is in English and one in Bulgarian.
Here's the English version:
On top of the page, I've put the current Bulgarian coat of arms to symbolize that this is a modern-time collection whose purpose is to study the Eastern bloc part of my country's history, but not cherish it. As much as I like the stamps of that period, it was a reign of an oppressive regime, and I'm glad I was born after its demise. The communist-era crest is on both sides of the title.
What do you think about it? I'll be glad to hear any advice or opinion you might have.
I thought of adding a map and a country profile, but this may be on another page because it'll get too crowded here.
re: I'd like your opinion on this title page for my album
Very nice!
The crests are very eye catching, perhaps highlight them more?
Good Start - a nice period map & some details on a next page would go well
The text would read better as
People's Republic of Bulgaria (apostrophe after e & capital on R of REPUBLIC )
re: I'd like your opinion on this title page for my album
I haven't got the slightest clue how the apostrophe disappeared, but I think I typed it before exporting the file. Anyway, thank you for the idea! I tweaked it a bit. Here's the result: http://i.imgur.com/bl6fhTq.png
/The Bulgarian version/ If you wonder why I've made the pages "bilingual", so to speak, it is because the main body of pages is in English and I didn't really want to translate it, because it's a good opportunity for me to refine my foreign language abilities. Also, translating the titles of the different sets may interfere with the layout, because some words are longer in Bulgarian than in English.
re: I'd like your opinion on this title page for my album
It is a very attractive page.
It is a very minor note, but because I am who I am I will note that while in most languages, the first letter of the word "republic" is not capitalized. In the English language, it is.
Of course the final design is your own choice and as I said, you have chosen well.
re: I'd like your opinion on this title page for my album
TuskenRaider said:
"The border is nice for the title page, but would be a bit much for stamp mounting pages."
I quite agree. I designed that border just for the title pages.
"I have seen many homemade pages on here and none looked nearly as good and so professionally designed."
Thank you!
smauggie said:
"It is a very minor note, but because I am who I am I will note that while in most languages, the first letter of the word "republic" is not capitalized. In the English language, it is. "
I corrected that in the final version.
You can see the title page in Bulgarian a few posts up.
Thanks to everyone for their kind words!
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