Decision Making in Comic Book Lettering | Strip Panel Naked

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This episode I wanted to talk a little more about lettering, and the best way I can is by discussing a couple of examples from some of my own work, to talk about decision making processes. Looking at a page from Test #1, and what decisions went into the look of the balloons and font, and breaking down dialogue into smaller, separate balloons, based on character design.
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[@stevenpreston]

I loved this. One thing I really like in the modified version is how the second word balloon cuts off the first with the overlap which you didn't see in the original text version.

[@StripPanelNaked]

Yeah I did that throughout Test as a stylistic choice. It's a fine line I think, because it draws attention specifically to the artificial nature of everything a little more, but I also think it reads more specifically as someone talking over someone else, which just having a slight balloon overlap doesn't signify quite as dramatically.

[@Darkkomics]

For a guy who is starting learning about lettering like me, this video is really helpful.
Thank you so much for making this videos

[@StripPanelNaked]

Thanks for checking 'em out :)

[@StripPanelNaked]

Thanks for checking out this episode! I wanted to talk a bit more about lettering, and try and give a bit of a primer as to some of what goes into the decisions on it, less on a technical level but on a story one. I think there's quite a bit of technical information out there, but maybe less of this kind of thing. Anyway, maybe a glimpse at some of my process is helpful in helping open discussion about the role of lettering!

[@TheThirdDaySH]

I'm super nervous about lettering my first comic, lol, stuff like this really helps. Thanks.

[@StripPanelNaked]

Good luck with it!

[@kaushalyafernando]

Since im so early i just wanna say i really enjoy your videos, there’s lots of people analysing movies and t.v shows so to see a guy talking about comic book techniques is really interesting. Keep doing what you are doing cause its the bomb!

[@StripPanelNaked]

Thanks so much!

[@spectacularlysentimental]

Good job with the new video Mr. Hassan! I learned a lot. Good thinking with changing Aleph's speech bubbles by the way. It may seem like a subtle thing but when you compared it to normal lettering, it's so much more fit to the character and it works so well.

[@StripPanelNaked]

Thank you!

[@mothman6651]

Hey! Regarding lettering I would be interested in why some words are bold. I initially thought that it would be to put an emphasis on them due to the story or the character, but this pattern hasn't proven to be true.
Anyways, please keep up the great work. Though I don't work in this field myself I really enjoy your videos and your general style. Getting somewhat of an insight to the thought process is really INTERESTING. :)
Thanks!

[@StripPanelNaked]

Honestly it depends on the writer and the letterer. Some writers I've worked with bold stuff in the script that's like the key words for that balloon, some bold for performance, where if someone was reading it out loud the places they'd naturally add stress. Some writers don't bold at all and I just add in where I think it works (I lean on performative choices).
As a quick example, you could have dialogue that said: YOU NEED TO GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL NOW!
And you could bold that as: YOU //NEED// TO GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL //NOW!//
or you could bold it as: YOU NEED TO GET HIM TO THE //HOSPITAL// NOW!
The first one is more how you'd probably say it out loud, but the second one will make the word HOSPITAL really stand out in the balloon, giving that clear importance, which can be helpful for clarity.

[@mothman6651]

@@StripPanelNaked Thanks again! :")

[@MarsDorian]

Interesting take on splitting a speech bubble which changes the tone of the what is said. Big text bubble = monologue/speech, shorter text bubbles = stacchato-style snippets

[@StripPanelNaked]

I'm sure there's arguments against this, but at least that's what I wanted to establish with this series, yup.

[@kennethhymes9734]

extremely helpful

[@BonafideShaunDent]

This has been helpful.

[@StripPanelNaked]

Thanks!

[@ethansloan]

Fascinating.

[@adityadamle554]

Can someone suggest some good fonts for lettering

[@exartex]

Thanks for your videos!

[@StripPanelNaked]

Thanks for checking them out :)

[@TheSeensca]

❤谢谢你。
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[@AceHardy]

📙💯

[@StripPanelNaked]

👊👊👊

[@lucagiuliano3464]

Name of the font?