General Lettering Discussion

[SuperSurfer]

Told you.

And there was me assuming you were using Photoshop. Dur.

(Still on CS2 round here. Yet to load my CS5.)

[Jim_Campbell]

My blog is finally back in action! Sunday Surgery returns to discuss the limits of letterer's role, and the dark art of trapping: http://j.mp/deEIer

Now that I've finished lettering True Grit: Mean Business* in seven languages, my schedule looks a bit calmer and the updates should be more frequent and feature some actual, well, content.

Thanks to everyone for their forbearance and patience.

Cheers!

Jim

*Another plug? Yes, I have no shame.

[Jim_Campbell]

Well, slowly but surely we're limping back up to full speed on the blog, which means it must be time for Sunday Surgery…

This week brings a quick Q&A thanks to this board's very own Conor 'Uncle Fester' Boyle, who has some pertinent enquiries about sizing, spacing, and some lettering conventions. Check it out here if any of that sounds like it might be of interest.

Cheers!

Jim

[Jim_Campbell]

With apologies for an entirely Mac-centric topic, today's Surgery post asks whether you've ever looked at the capabilities of OS X's Automator application. I hadn't, and that turns out to have been a mistake that's been costing me time and making my life just a fraction more difficult than it needed to be. See if the little chap could be helping you, too, in today's blog post.

Cheers!

Jim

[Jim_Campbell]

Not lettering-specific by any stretch of the imagination, Sunday Surgery on my blog has a quick overview of my newfound enthusiasm of the Pomodoro technique for time management.

Cheers!

Jim

[Emperor]

Interesting piece on word balloon placement in early comics:

http://comicscomicsmag.com/2011/03/awkward-word-balloon-placement-in-early-comics.html

[chilipenguin]

Did I see somewhere a guide to creating SFX that acts as a single object but is still, in fact, a text element? By which I mean, SFX that you can go back into and edit as you would any other piece of text but that retains the attributes of an 'add shape' element.

[Jim_Campbell]

Did I see somewhere a guide to creating SFX that acts as a single object but is still, in fact, a text element? By which I mean, SFX that you can go back into and edit as you would any other piece of text but that retains the attributes of an 'add shape' element.

Yes, yes, you did.

Cheers!

Jim

[chilipenguin]

I knew I'd seen it somewhere. As always, if in doubt, check with Jim.

Cheers!