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Each month, we answer a lettering question, or provide a tip or trick
via our Balloon Tales website and newsletter. Here's the latest entries:
Tutorial: Font Creation
July 1, 2010
Moment-by-moment creation of our upcoming fonts SHIVER and SHAKE
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Has the rise of technology ruined the craft of typography?
March 10, 2010
Graphic design student Sean Knowles recently interviewed Comicraft's JG Roshell for his dissertation on this subject.
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Interview with R. Sikoryak
November 16, 2009
JG interviews artist extraordinaire (and Comicraft font afficionado) R. Sikoryak
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Tutorial: Creating the Moritat font
July 1, 2009
The creation of Moritat's lettering font for Elephantmen War Toys: Yvette. A day's work compressed into three minutes...
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Text and the City: Route 66
April , 2009
For spring break this year, I drove the family through SoCal and Arizona in an RV. The Grand Canyon was jaw-droppingly awesome, but the highlight of the trip for me was cruising Route 66 and looking for old road and motel signs. The family thinks I'm weird, but too bad -- I'm driving!
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Production: Aged Comic Cover
July 1, 2008
How to create an aged, crusty old-looking comic cover.
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Lettering: Thought Balloons
April 15, 2008
How to create thought balloons in Illustrator.
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To see more, visit BalloonTales.com. If you have a lettering question to ask, post it in the Balloon Tales forum!
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