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Comic Sans MS is the groovy script font which was first supplied with the Windows 95 Plus! pack. Although it might be seen as a novelty typeface, which is great for titles, it's also extremely readable on-screen at small sizes, making it a useful text face. A note from Vincent Connare, Comic Sans' designer.
During 1994 I noticed that a large number of cartoon/comic style software titles were under development at Microsoft. As Microsoft Creative Writer had a need for fun fonts, I had an idea to make a lettering script similar to the lettering used by the major comic books. There was a consistent style used in comics, which was quite unlike the style of lettering you see in newspaper cartoon strips. I also noticed that many people were inappropriately using drafting lettering in comic speech balloons. I started to make the font in October 1994. Initially it was picked up by the team working on Microsoft 3D Movie Maker for use in speech balloons. As 3D Movie Maker progressed, the programmers added sound so that the characters didn't use balloons. However, the regular weight was still used for help pop-ups and dialog boxes. Because the regular weight was cleanly hinted for the screen it was also included with the Windows 95 OEM version, the Windows 95 Plus pack, Publisher and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Hope you find the font fun.
Interesting fact - the euro has eyes.
Comic Sans MS version historyVersion 2.10 - This version includes some minor table updates, but no new glyphs. Version 2.00 - Comic Sans version 2.00 was added to our core fonts for the Web page on 4 March 1998. This WGL4 version includes the euro currency symbol. Version 1.20 - Comic Sans MS version 1.20 was first supplied with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3, and included as one of the original Microsoft core fonts for the Web. This version was also supplied with Internet Explorer 4. Version 1.10 - This version of Comic Sans MS was supplied with the Windows 95 Plus! pack.
I do have a question if anyone reads this though!: Where does one get free fonts? All the fonts I have on my pc aren't really the best to be using--and it isn't as eye catching-- so if anyone have any recommendations it would be much appreciated!
my pages are always the same size, so I've found that as long as I use the same font and the same size, everything is still legible when I export. I've found that not all texts are created equal. They come in all shapes and sizes, even when they are technically the same "font size". Behold:
as you can see, all those texts were at size 17, but they are all different in size. This is the standard size I use for tapastic, 940x1329 pixels. I recommend finding what size text works for you based on the font you like and how it looks when you export.
It seems a lot of people (myself included) experiment and change and adjust their typesettings as they learn. Basically winging it and seeing what sticks. For all you comic veterans, do you create some kind of style sheet in the planning stages that helps you determine what fonts you will use in a comic and how, what designs to give your balloons, etc? And if so how do you structure or test it out so you don't end up changing things retroactively (which is easy enough to do for webcomics but I imagine this as a question more geared towards those who publish in print)
@El_Psy_Congroo I dont really have a "set of fonts" that I will use for my comic other than the main word balloon/dialogue font and the title logo. As I'm lettering I usually get a feel for what other font I want to use in addition to the main dialogue font- though I'm a big Tom Orzechowski fan(guy who used to letter the X-Men comics back in the 80's; lettered Spawn in the 90s), and so I try to incorporate ways of how he did his lettering into my work. When using certain words that are hyper stressed, I will use a font in my arsenal that allows me to get that effect.
I do test out my fonts, so that I have an idea of what works best for the page/panel. I've noticed that when I first started getting into fonts & lettering I used to pick out a lot of stuff coz it looked "unusual, wild, or cool looking", where nowdays I'm a little more conservative with my choices- and mainly because I'm trying to get max usage out of them. The panel above is from my print series, The Clique; I dont really change up my mechanics as much. As for balloon designs- I havent had to design any special made balloons yet, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.
As for fonts, I use "Sunday Comics" from blambot, mostly because it was one of the few free lowercase comic fonts (I'm personally not a fan of doing all-caps comics, I don't mind it in other comics but for my own it just doesn't seem to fit). And I like how it kind of "sticks out" while still being easy on the eyes to read large amounts of. For other text (some panel descriptions ect) I often use mini-wakuwaku... or just stick with Sunday Comics.
I try to keep my text sizes the same, since little details like that can just look SLIGHTLY off enough to show the artist hasn't learned how to plan their comics well enough to have consistency. You pretty much never see pros who vary their font size.
I like to hand letter sound effects in my comic Meat&Bone, but I think using a font for the bulk of text and speech is fine, so long as it's not ugly or too obvious, like comic sans....there's a bunch of really great comics fonts available for free. Letters, like your lines and colours, help set mood. You wouldn't typeset a horror comic in the same font as a love story.
I'm using two font sizes - one standard size and a smaller one (1-2 pt smaller) for muttering or background conversations. I wasn't really doing this before SPEJS though, so my comics had quite a font-size party perviously XD
There's almost no plain bold in comics dialogue. Typically, bold italic is used when emphasis is placed on a word. Occasionally you may use a non-traditional dialogue font that will actually work better with plain bold. I've found this most often comes up with indie/underground books with their own very specific look and feel.
Burst Balloons are used when someone is screaming their dialogue. They tend to be more irregular and chaotic than the radio balloon, perhaps with a heavier stroke. Burst balloon dialogue is often bold with certain words enlarged or underlined for even more emphasis. A less punchy variation on the burst balloon is a regular balloon with a small burst where the tail meets the balloon.
There are four types of captions in comics: Location & Time, Internal Monologue, Spoken, and Editorial. Location & Time captions can be in the same font as your dialogue only inside a caption box and italicized. Alternately they can be blocky, sans-serif fonts to indicate locations and time stamps. In many cases these are italicized and can be lowercase as well as having drop caps or outlines. Internal Monologue captions, largely replacing thought balloons, are the inner voice of a character. These are typically italicized. Spoken Captions are the vocalized speech of a character that is off camera. These are not italicized but make special use of quotation marks. Finally, Editorial captions feature the voice of the writer or editor and are also italicized.
A reduced font size is used when a character mutters something, says something to him/herself, or speaks sheepishly. Often you'll see a lot of space left in the balloon. This is sometimes used for whispering.
When a character is speaking off-camera, from behind a door or from inside a building, for instance, the tail of their balloon terminates at the point of origin and has a small, multi-pointed burst at the end of it, called a squink. Letterers often take creative license with the burst, sometimes giving it curves, making an irregular star shape, or even using something that resembles a pair of breath marks.
They are fully installable font files, able to be used in any software program for testing and comping purposes. They are not allowed to be used in a final project (whether personal or commercial) without purchasing a license.
Balloon is a brush script commonly used for signage or display purposes. It was designed in 1939 by Max R. Kaufmann, for American Type Founders, in response to Howard Allen Trafton's Cartoon, cut for Bauer Type Foundry in 1936. It had no lowercase letters and was cast in Light, Bold, and Extra Bold.[1][2] The two lighter weights were identical with Kaufmann Script and so could be used as alternate capitals for that face. It is most notably used in the Madeline books, TV series and film. The font was most famously known for the typeface of the Nickelodeon logo from late 1984 to 2009 in white letters with an orange splat background.
In the Customize Balloon tab, change the Walk-Thru step balloon theme. Customize the theme color, font, animation, and shape. In the preview box, view how the balloons will appear with the selected settings.
Hello Liz,
Is there a way to change the Default Balloon Text font size on a computer? I would like to see if a setting can be changed (ie default), so that when a user receives a document with tiny comments, the font size will automatically be changed to the default (ie a readable font size).
Thank you, Brad