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JB; quick question about your font.

April 6 2004 at 1:00 PM
Darren A. Dew  (Login DarrenDew)
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Is your font protected by copyright? Any chance you'd post the set here, for reference sake? Or is there a file, possibly? I think many might find it useful.


Thanks,
DADDIO

 
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Anonymous
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 6 2004, 1:34 PM 

If you mean the font I have used on most of my DC work, that's based on Jack Morelli's lettering. He asked me to create a font for him about 10 years ago. When he asked what I charge I said "I get to use it."

 
 

Danton Lopes
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 6 2004, 8:05 PM 

"If you mean the font I have used on most of my DC work"


Is it the same font you used in NAMOR?
I heard or read somewhere that the font you used in NAMOR is your hand drawn letter, is it true?

--Danton

 
 

Anonymous
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 6 2004, 8:15 PM 

In NAMOR and NEXT MEN I used a font based on the lettering in the POGO newspaper strip.


 
 
Darren A. Dew
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Now that is just darn skippy.

April 6 2004, 10:35 PM 

Thank you, JB. Do you have a preference?


DADDIO

 
 

Danton Lopes
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 14 2004, 12:44 PM 

What program is the professionals' choice to letter comics?

~Danton

 
 
Todd H
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 14 2004, 2:12 PM 

JB,

What were your reasons for going to computerized lettering fonts rather than the traditional hand written fonts?

Todd

 
 

Anonymous
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April 14 2004, 3:07 PM 

What were your reasons for going to computerized lettering fonts rather than the traditional hand written fonts?


**********


My hand lettering sucks.

One day I found out about Copi-Tak, a self-adhesive film that can be cut an applied like zip-a-tone, and I realized this was the perfect way for me to do my own lettering, since the computer would allow me to create fonts far superior to my own lettering.

 
 

Danton Lopes
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 14 2004, 3:22 PM 

And you won't say the program name, will you?

~Danton

 
 


(Login SimonBowland)
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 14 2004, 3:38 PM 

Most professionals use Adobe Illustrator to letter comics, although a very rare few will use Macromedia Freehand. Generally the lettering files are composited with the high resolution, coloured artwork files in an application called Quark XPress.

 
 

Danton Lopes
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 14 2004, 4:23 PM 

Thx Simon!

~Danton

 
 


(Login hwirtz)
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 14 2004, 4:59 PM 

I gotta say, I love Jack Morelli's stuff. About the only letterer I like more is John Workman. And don't get me started on Richard Starkings' lack of a soul.

 
 


(Login SimonBowland)
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Re: JB; quick question about your font.

April 14 2004, 5:38 PM 

And don't get me started on Richard Starkings' lack of a soul.

Er... what's that supposed to mean?

 
 
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