Tired of Comic Sans?

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:13 pm

Keffria wrote:www.bancomicsans.com

http://www.littlewonder.pwp.blueyonder. ... /index.htm

SamSim · Post by **SamSim** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:15 pm

Comic Sans is evil, it's a terrible, terrible font, either for comics or for ANYTHING. There's a petition to get it banned, did you know?

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:50 am

I don't care. Whatever fits in your artistic vision. After all, it is your comic, right? For myself, I think it will be easiest to letter by hand. Too much effort to learn how to edit scanned pictures and make it look less than absolutely horrible.

Bekka · Post by **Bekka** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:03 am

I use Digitalstrip from Blambot usually, but as a reader I don't care what font a comic uses, as long as it entertains me it could be all in Times new roman for all I care...

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:12 am

Bekka wrote:as long as it entertains me it could be all in Times new roman for all I care...

<graphic_designer> *shudder* </graphic_designer>

- Joel Fagin

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:12 am

I'm picky about what fonts I use on my own comic... I want it to look good, and a lot of times I'll draw my own... I really should start doing some phactorri font packages... as I do have fontographer... but I tend not care what other comics use as long as its readable... but this is in the same line as art.. if I can't tell whats going on.. then I won't read the comic.. if I can't read what the characters are saying I'll go elsewhere/

PDI · Post by **PDI** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:29 am

I really see nothing wrong with Comic Sans -- or any font as long as it's legible and conveys what the artist wants it to convey. Comic sans is practically invisible as a font, and that's good. I don't like fonts that call attention to themselves.

THAT said, using comic sans because it's what everyone else uses, or because you cannot think of anything else, well, that's pretty weak.

And to the "I can't hand-letter" people -- hogwash, you can too. Trouble is, it'd take practice, much like learning to draw did. My handwriting is horrible. My hand lettering is not too bad, and getting better every week.

I sort of looking at it as drawing letters, rather than writing, and it works out that way.

IVstudios · Post by **IVstudios** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:12 am

It's not my handwriting that keeps me from doing my wording by hand, it's my spelling. I need a spellchecker or I'm done. Plus, making speech bubbles is so easy on the computer.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 11:43 am

Behold my lettering of hand!

Also, behold my comics before I learned how to ink, make word balloons, create a decent logo, or otherwise manage to draw anything remotely good! Huzzah!

And there was also my pr0n banner for Sawdust . . .

I think I'll be sticking with computer lettering for just a little while longer.

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